Thursday, 1 August 2024

Northern Metropolitan Region

Evan MULHOLLAND (Northern Metropolitan) (12:54): (1001) My constituency question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. Can the minister advise of any works to repair the Northern Highway in Wallan? The recent RACV My Country Road survey showed 64 per cent of 7000 residents now rate potholes and poor road condition as the biggest threat to road safety. Every week my office receives dozens of calls from locals in Wallan complaining about the state of the roads. Labor continues to neglect regional roads in Victoria, with the road maintenance budget 16 per cent below what it was in 2020. An astonishing 91 per cent of Victorian roads were rated ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’ in a government survey last year. Over 800 Wallan locals have signed my petition to fix Wallan potholes. In the last three years almost 2000 Victorians have lodged claims for vehicle damage. It is time for the government to get on and do their job and properly fund our roads.