Wednesday, 19 February 2025

 Nick McGOWAN (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:50): (1382) I call on the transport minister to urgently install and implement tactile ground service indicators at Ivanhoe station, as we have heard previously and as we have heard again today, for Lilly Cascun. Not only for Lilly, who is an 18-year-old who studies science at Melbourne University, but for those with low or no vision these are life-saving devices which ensure that we keep our vulnerable citizens safe. There are 26 stations across the metro network that do not have the tactile ground service indicators. For those who do not know what that means, it means the round yellow dots that enable people with low vision or no vision to actually be able to detect the difference between where the platform finishes and where the train line commences. It is absolutely critical. It actually means that at this point in time Lilly has to walk for half an hour. Rather than going from her home to Ivanhoe station, she has to go to the next station, which is half an hour away. That is every single day. We would love for this to be implemented as soon as possible.