Northern Metropolitan Region
Evan MULHOLLAND (Northern Metropolitan) (12:43): (98) My question is to the Treasurer, and it is about the government taking the micky with its Mickleham Road duplication. Given that the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure has determined that $222 million in state and federal funding can only fund a measly 1.6-kilometre duplication of Mickleham Road from Somerton Road to Dellamore Boulevard – curiously, at the same time the government’s 6.6-kilometre duplication of Plenty Road in Mernda in mid 2021 cost over $145 million and the current Craigieburn Road upgrade is costing $300 million – will the Treasurer in the upcoming budget finally commit to funding the full Mickleham Road duplication to at least Craigieburn Road, which is desperately needed for residents in Melbourne’s north, and stop taking the micky with Mickleham Road?