Tuesday, 14 November 2023

Northern Victoria Region

Wendy LOVELL (Northern Victoria) (13:00): (544) My question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and it concerns the Euroa-Mansfield Road. On 3 August I asked a constituency question that raised a dangerous 4.9-kilometre stretch of the Euroa-Mansfield Road from Ridge Road to the Gooram Falls visitor car park. The minister’s response on 21 August advised me that, following my question, the Department of Transport and Planning met with Victoria Police and CFA members on 11 August and that as a result of that meeting DTP determined that reducing the speed limit on this section of road to 60 kilometres was appropriate and that DTP would undertake the necessary steps to amend the speed. Unfortunately three months later that still has not happened, and on Cup Day two people were seriously injured in a single-vehicle accident on this section of the road. Surely installing a couple of speed limit signs should not take this long, and if it does, a temporary speed reduction sign could have been placed on the road, which may have prevented the accident. Can the minister please explain why the speed limit has not been reduced as promised and when this change will take place?