Wednesday, 31 July 2024

 Ryan BATCHELOR (Southern Metropolitan) (12:42): (978) My question is to the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. Does the minister have an update on the proposed cycling corridor along Queens Avenue in Caulfield East? The Labor government is committed to improving cycling links across Melbourne. We know that the cycling link between the trail on the Frankston line, the Djerring trail, and Caulfield train station is a vital missing link in our cycling infrastructure here in Melbourne, and it will be particularly important with the opening of the Metro Tunnel in 2025. Caulfield station will be transformed with both Metro Tunnel and city loop trains. As part of the Level Crossing Removal Project, which removed level crossings in Glen Huntly Road and Neerim Road, which are now gone and gone for good and making life a lot easier, a cycling corridor, that missing link, was promised. An agreement has now been reached between the City of Glen Eira and the level crossing removal authority to put this cycle path in place, save the trees and save the parking, and it is a great outcome for the local community.