Tuesday, 4 March 2025

South-Eastern Metropolitan Region

David LIMBRICK (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (13:00): (1413) My question is for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. The citybound on-ramp at Thompsons Road–Mornington Peninsula Freeway is the perfect trap for gridlocking traffic during peak hour. On the eastern side of this turnpike is a roundabout which directs traffic with no issues, but the western side’s unique design only allows a slip lane with no traffic lights. Oncoming traffic from Lakeview shopping centre can cause so few breaks in the traffic that the queue to get onto the freeway extends over the freeway bridge and halfway to EastLink. Being stuck at the back of that line on a particularly hot day right next to Melbourne Water treatment plants is not an experience I would wish upon my worst enemy. Will the government assess the current suitability of the Thompsons Road–Mornington Peninsula Freeway citybound on-ramp intersection and commit to improving the design for better traffic flow?