Tuesday, 3 October 2023

North-Eastern Metropolitan Region

Matthew BACH (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (13:00): (418) As normal, I was depressed to read the latest AAMI crash index, and that is because Plenty Road in Bundoora in our electorate, as normal, has been rated as the most dangerous road in the entire country.

Evan Mulholland interjected.

Matthew BACH: Now, that is the case, Mr Mulholland, in fact for the sixth year in a row. But when you look in a little bit more detail at the data, you find that Victoria’s four most dangerous roads all are in the North-Eastern Metropolitan Region, and so my question today is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. What will she do to fix not only Plenty Road in Bundoora but the top four most dangerous roads in our state, all of which rest in our electorate? Now, picking up on some of the comments that have been made on this side of the chamber since I took to my feet, the government has other priorities. Road safety, the maintenance of roads, is a key, very basic priority for government and a responsibility of government. In my electorate the roads are particularly bad. What will the minister do about it?