Wednesday, 19 February 2025

 Evan MULHOLLAND (Northern Metropolitan) (12:56): (1388) My constituency question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and it concerns Lithgow Street in Beveridge and the shocking access for local communities to the Hume. Cars along Lithgow Street are backed up for 45 minutes sometimes in the morning, up to 2 kilometres in the early morning, as Beveridge families try to get to work or drop the kids at school and go about their day. The project overview for Camerons Lane acknowledges that you have got $900 million in federal funding sitting in your bank account committed to the interchange to help get cars onto the freeway. The business case process began two years ago. This is another failure on Rob Mitchell’s watch and under this Victorian Labor government as well. The people of Beveridge have waited long enough. When will you finally start this long overdue project?