Thursday, 3 August 2023

Northern Metropolitan Region

Evan MULHOLLAND (Northern Metropolitan) (12:49): (315) My constituency question is to the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Jacinta Allan. In the last couple of months – basically my entire term, actually – I have received so many complaints about the dogged intersection between Mickleham Road and Somerton Road. When will the government commit to improving this intersection and to delivering to Melbourne’s north the infrastructure it deserves? Greenvale residents have long raised concerns about this, since a temporary roundabout was put in that is poorly marked and is quite small. The double-lane roundabout is scaring many residents – many residents feel like they are walking on eggshells going through it. My team and I actually went out and filmed a video on that corner in front of the roundabout and witnessed, on camera, a near miss where a cement truck almost ploughed into a ute. My residents in the north hear about and see these things every day. So I am asking the minister: when will she commit to replacing this temporary roundabout with traffic lights?