Thursday, 3 August 2023

Northern Victoria Region

Wendy LOVELL (Northern Victoria) (12:50): (317) My question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. The Euroa-Mansfield Road is a VicRoads thoroughfare between Gooram and Merton and is the main road for motorists accessing the northern point of Lake Eildon. A dangerous section of this road is a 4.9-kilometre stretch from Ridge Road to the Gooram Falls visitor car park. This section is zoned 60 kilometres for 300 metres in a northerly direction from Ridge Road and then becomes 100 kilometres an hour for the remaining 4.6 kilometres to the car park. It has been the location of several serious motor car collisions this year, including, sadly, a fatal collision just last month. It is the view of local community members, in particular the Gooram CFA captain Michael Stubbe, that lowering the speed limit to 60 kilometres for this section of the road would make it safer for all road users. Will the minister ensure a safety audit is completed of the Euroa-Mansfield Road between Ridge Road and the Gooram Falls visitors area with a view to making this section of road a 60-kilometre speed zone?