Northern Metropolitan Region
Evan MULHOLLAND (Northern Metropolitan) (14:03): (1118) My constituency question is to the Minister for Planning. I ask the minister to investigate design flaws in new planned precinct structure plans to ensure there is adequate road space on our streets, particularly the planned Greenvale North and Craigieburn West PSPs. Many new estates in the north have such narrow streets that residents are forced to park on nature strips to avoid blocking the road. This obviously attracts council fines and has led to countless residents contacting me about accidents and fines on narrow streets. I note that Hume City councillor Sam Misho has had a motion passed at council so that residents who live on those streets can avoid paying the fines for parking on nature strips. Obviously that is a good thing, but we want to avoid these kinds of issues in the future, so I ask the minister to investigate the width of streets and roads in the planning phase so that these issues can be avoided in the future.