Thursday, 15 August 2024

Northern Victoria Region

Wendy LOVELL (Northern Victoria) (12:51): (1037) My question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. When will repair work start and finish on the Tylden-Woodend Road and the Kilmore Road from Monegeetta to Gisborne? The recent My Country Road report by the RACV, based on a survey of 7000 Victorians, has revealed that the top four worst roads in Victoria are all in my electorate in the Northern Victoria Region. Two of the top three worst roads in Victoria are in Macedon Ranges shire: the Tylden-Woodend Road, C317, and the Kilmore Road, C708, from Monegeetta to Gisborne. The member for Macedon Mary-Anne Thomas said that she has been advocating for investment in these roads, but she cannot have been advocating very hard, because these roads have been atrocious for years. Ms Thomas told our local paper that both of these roads are on the priority list for the upcoming season’s works. The residents of Macedon will believe it when they see it. Victorian regional roads are in ruins after a decade of Labor neglect, and two of the worst roads are in Macedon.