Thursday, 3 August 2023

South-Eastern Metropolitan Region

Rachel PAYNE (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:50): (316) My constituency question is for the Minister for Public Transport Minister Carroll. My constituent is a resident of Noble Park. Like many people in South-Eastern Metro, my constituent commutes every day via public transport. The closest train station to my constituent’s home is a significant distance, and the walk home from the station is long and dangerous at night. This leads my constituent to opt for the bus. Their local bus route, the 800, does not have Sunday services and has very limited services on Saturdays, meaning that my constituent and many others in the community do not have access to frequent and reliable public transport on the weekends. So my constituent asks: will the government commit to more frequent services on the weekend to Noble Park station and, further, to installing a bus stop at Corrigan Road?