Thursday, 7 April 2022

Western Metropolitan Region

Mr FINN (Western Metropolitan) (12:45): (1748) My constituency question is to the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change. Minister, soil spillages are now becoming a regular event on Sunbury Road. Soil is carried in an ever-increasing number of trucks servicing the ill-fated West Gate Tunnel Project. It is bad enough now, but it is bound to become worse as the number of trucks continues to grow. We anticipate up to an extra 900 heavily laden trucks per day. My very great concern is what will happen to local people and to the local environment when these spills contain carcinogenic PFAS material. It is almost unbelievable that the Andrews government has been instrumental in ensuring this threat actually exists. Minister, what are you doing to protect Sunbury and Bulla residents and the local environment from these soil spills?