Thursday, 29 August 2024

Northern Victoria Region

Wendy LOVELL (Northern Victoria) (12:42): (1087) My question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. When will the government respond to repeated calls to fix the C729, the Epping-Kilmore Road? The stretch of the Epping-Kilmore Road between Donnybrook Road and the Hume Freeway at Wandong is in a disgraceful condition. It is a 100-kilometre-per-hour road with sections with a reduced speed limit of 40 kilometres per hour because of supposed roadworks, but no roadworks are actually going on, leaving local commuters incredibly frustrated. Once you leave the reduced speed area and get back to the 100-kilometre area, the road condition deteriorates to a worse state than within the restricted speed limit area. It is riven with cracks, ripples and potholes that can damage cars and force motorists to swerve at speed. Constituents have been complaining about the road for years, but no action has been taken by the government to fix it.