Northern Metropolitan Region
Mr ONDARCHIE (Northern Metropolitan) (14:06): (1768) The constituency question I have today is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. Road users in Melbourne’s north are feeling left behind by Dan’s Labor government, and they are concerned about the traffic congestion and the time it takes them to get to work. Disappointingly, the northern suburbs were not part of the smart traffic light upgrade for congested intersections in phase 1. The program is only focused on the south-east, the west and the eastern suburbs. The minister will remember that I have called on the government to investigate congested intersections at Craigieburn, Roxburgh Park, Epping, Lalor, Thomastown, Greenvale, Wollert, Fawkner, Pascoe Vale, Coburg and Reservoir and called for smart traffic light technology to be installed along Plenty Road and Cooper Street. The question I have for the minister is: will the minister now install smart traffic lights in Melbourne’s north under phase 2 of the Smarter Roads program to improve travel, or will my residents continue to be ignored by Dan’s Labor government?