Tuesday, 4 March 2025

North-Eastern Metropolitan Region

Richard WELCH (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (13:11): (1422) My question is for the Minister for the Suburban Rail Loop. As part of the SRL works, the citybound lanes of Burwood Highway outside Deakin University in my electorate have become a bottleneck, leaving locals stuck in major traffic jams. Parents dropping off their kids at school, students heading to Deakin and commuters travelling to work or to the shops are now forced into a single lane instead of three due to poor planning and communication by the SRL. They are making traffic worse. What I ask the minister is: how long will Burwood Highway remain reduced to one lane outside Deakin, and were any traffic management surveys completed before this decision was made?