Thursday, 26 May 2022

Southern Metropolitan Region

Mr DAVIS (Southern Metropolitan—Leader of the Opposition) (12:45): (1814) My constituency question is for the Minister for Planning, and it relates to the Walmer Street bridge, a bridge that goes between Kew at the end of Walmer Street and across to what I suppose is Abbotsford strictly—or is it Richmond, really? It is quite near the shopping centre and comes across onto the land where there are bike paths and so forth. I attended a rally before the last state election, and there has been no commitment by the state government of funding for the Walmer Street bridge. I know that our candidates both in Kew and in Richmond have been very supportive of making that bike connection. Lucas and Jess have been very active in seeing that pushed forward. The previous federal government made a commitment of funding to ensure that a component of it was funded, but the state government has not funded it. I ask the planning minister to make that provision to ensure that the Walmer Street bridge is funded and its deteriorated position is improved.