Tuesday, 21 June 2022

Eastern Metropolitan Region

Dr BACH (Eastern Metropolitan) (12:14): (1849) I have a constituency question today, once again, for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. Traders in Surrey Hills, in particular along Union Road, have been treated shamefully by the Andrews Labor government in relation to their ongoing level crossing removal work there. While everybody supports the removal of these two level crossings, there are ways and ways of doing these things. I was recently contacted by a local trader called Simon. After years of lockdowns Simon informed me that his business was unduly impacted too long but is now being impacted, once again, by ongoing road closures. The question that I have for the minister is: will she meet with local traders to both understand how the impact of these ongoing works can be mitigated and come to a broader understanding of their needs?