Northern Metropolitan Region
Adem SOMYUREK (Northern Metropolitan) (12:40): (394) My question is directed to the Minister for Public Transport regarding the provision of bus services in Craigieburn and Donnybrook. I have received numerous correspondence from residents of Cloverton estate in Kalkallo distressed at being stuck in traffic every day just to leave their estate. With only one road going in and out of the estate, residents say they have to wait an hour every day to travel 1 kilometre to get onto the main road. It is true that the population of Kalkallo has increased exponentially from 105 people in 2016 to 5502 in 2021, but that is no excuse for the gridlock, because the population projections have been forecast for a very long time. The government has only recently taken steps to build a new road. The population projections show that a road on its own will not fix the problem. I ask the minister to introduce more direct bus services to Cloverton estate to link with the Donnybrook and Craigieburn train line.