Thursday, 3 August 2023

Western Metropolitan Region

Trung LUU (Western Metropolitan) (12:54): (321) My question is for the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure. I rise to ask the minister to provide a response on the government’s position in relation to the damage caused by the West Gate Tunnel works to my local residents’ properties in Brooklyn. My constituents are concerned whether the government is even considering addressing the complaint of compensation, especially with the debt the government is in at the moment and in recent days the need for cancelling important events such as the Commonwealth Games due to cost blowouts. Gaps are opening under architraves, internal sliding doors are warped, driveway concrete is splitting and problems are getting worse. It is bizarre that my constituents are extended distasteful forms of offerings of free window washing and $20 pizza vouchers. I hope this is not the way the government is providing compensation. The vibration of heavy machinery and the high volume of trucks have resulted in large cracks in homes. So my question is: can the minister provide a position whether it is going to provide compensation to my residents for the damage caused by the West Gate Tunnel construction?