Western Metropolitan Region
Ms VAGHELA (Western Metropolitan) (12:47): (1966) My constituency question is directed to the Honourable Ben Carroll MP for the minister’s responsibility for roads and road safety. Taylors Road, along with Green Gully Road, provides an uninterrupted corridor between the Calder and Western freeways via Keilor Downs and Caroline Springs. The Taylors Road corridor is increasingly performing an arterial function for the broader original road network. Significant growth in the area is adding to traffic congestion and long delays for commuters using Taylors Road. The state government manages the section of Taylors Road between Sunshine Avenue and Kings Road. The remaining sections of the road are managed by the Brimbank and Melton city councils. This disjointed corridor ownership makes it difficult to plan and coordinate upgrades and manage conditions. My question to the minister is: will the Victorian government commit to changing the entire Taylors Road corridor to a state-managed arterial road and particularly prioritise the section between Kings Road and Westwood Drive?