Western Victoria Region
Joe McCRACKEN (Western Victoria) (13:00): (670) My constituency question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and it relates to a matter in Beaufort in my electorate. I had a constituent contact me with concerns about the Western Highway and the fact that there are potholes that are causing noise. My constituent contacted VicRoads to no avail. She then contacted the member for Ripon, and I have got her email correspondence here, which I know the member for Ripon followed up very, very briefly. But this is what it says: that she followed up in April last year with Regional Roads Victoria and that a site visit was conducted and found the road to be of acceptable quality and standards. She was also advised that the existing patch would need 12 months to settle and that as such there is no further action that can be taken. So I ask the minister to step in and actually fix the road, because it is clear that the member for Ripon does not want to.