Thursday, 26 May 2022

Constituency questions

Northern Metropolitan Region

Mr ONDARCHIE (Northern Metropolitan) (12:30): (1799) My constituency question today is for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. Every morning and night Greenvale residents experience choked roads and frustrations with the traffic that is just banked up. Greenvale residents were thrilled when the former federal Liberal government announced they would fund the duplication of Mickleham Road to the tune of $109.5 million. I wonder if the new Albanese government will now match that and ensure the residents of Northern Metro get that funding? The state government has now been dragged kicking to the table with an additional $96.5 million in the state budget. Residents have raised with me their worries about Somerton Road missing out again and also why this duplication of Mickleham Road between Somerton Road and Dellamore Boulevard is so expensive—$207 million to duplicate 1.4 kilometres of road seems high. The question for the minister is: would the government respect Greenvale residents and explain why the cost to duplicate Mickleham Road to Dellamore Boulevard is so high for such a short stretch of road?