Tuesday, 5 March 2024

Northern Victoria Region

Wendy LOVELL (Northern Victoria) (12:56): (709) My question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. The 2022–23 state budget included $3.5 million to upgrade the intersection of Graham Street and Numurkah Road in Shepparton, a project which is to include traffic lights. Two years later not a single thing has been done to upgrade this intersection. Graham Street is the location of Goulburn Valley Health hospital, and this intersection, as the main access point to the hospital, is increasingly busy. It is important that this intersection be as safe as possible, but at the moment it is a nightmare during busy traffic periods. A major regional hospital with a busy emergency department must have simple and safe road access. Minister, when will the Graham Street–Numurkah Road intersection be upgraded, and when will the promised traffic lights be operational?