Northern Victoria Region
Wendy LOVELL (Northern Victoria) (12:50): (16) My question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and it is to inform her of the dangers for motorists using the intersection of the Calder Highway and the Belar Avenue extension in Irymple. The intersection is a T-intersection and has been the location of three vehicular collisions since June 2022. The latest was in early December when two women were injured, and it has been reported that Department of Transport and Planning data reveals a further nine collisions have occurred at the intersection between 2016 and 2021. With that section of the Calder Highway experiencing high traffic volumes each day in October 2021, I asked the former minister to upgrade the road to a four-lane carriageway and to complete a safety audit of the Belar Avenue extension intersection to improve safety, but these requests were ignored. Will the minister order an immediate safety audit of the intersection of the Calder Highway and Belar Avenue extension?