Thursday, 15 August 2019

 Dr RATNAM (Northern Metropolitan) (12:57): My constituency question is to the Minister for Roads. Last night Moreland City Council voted to support option 3 in the June–July 2019 Department of Transport consultation on the Sydney Road improvement project. They committed to support a six-month trial of a separated bike lane on Sydney Road between Glenlyon Road and Brunswick Road in Brunswick to trial option 3, which is on the table. Improving cycling safety along Sydney Road is of great concern to my constituents and my colleague in the other place Tim Read, who has been advocating strongly and working with his electorate to improve cycling and pedestrian safety. Brunswick has a strong commuter cycling community that needs separated pathways to ensure they get to work safely. I ask the minister to please give the council’s decision serious consideration and also commit to council’s trial of a six-month separated bicycle lane on Sydney Road.