Constituency questions
Northern Victoria Region
Wendy LOVELL (Northern Victoria) (12:59): (1004) My question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. When will the government fund and commence works for the upgrade of the Howard Street and Midland Highway intersection in Epsom? This is a very busy intersection, with both roads carrying in excess of 10,000 vehicles a day and with a primary school on one side and a shopping centre on the other. It is also notoriously dangerous, the site of many traffic accidents in recent years – including some involving primary school students – and the Labor government has not responded with enough urgency. Back in 2021 and again earlier this year I spoke in Parliament about the danger of this intersection, and now the recently released RACV report My Country Road confirms that Howard Street and the Midland Highway is the most dangerous intersection in regional Victoria. This intersection has missed out on funding time and time again, and it is time the government stepped up and funded the upgrade.