Tuesday, 18 March 2025

Western Victoria Region

Joe McCRACKEN (Western Victoria) (12:54): (1460) My constituency question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. My constituent lives in Bacchus Marsh and often uses the Bacchus Marsh Road, which turns into the Old Western Highway. This road has roadwork signs on it and has had for the last four years. The speed limit has changed multiple times in the last 12 months, from 40 k’s an hour to 60 k’s an hour and 80 k’s an hour towards Melton. On the dual carriageway there is one lane that has been closed off when you go up Anthony’s Cutting, and that has been closed off completely. The irony of that situation is it means that all the traffic goes on one particular lane, and that one particular lane is riddled with potholes, cracks; it is in a really bad state of disrepair. It has concentrated all the traffic on that. With all the bollards and barriers in place and no actual work being done, it is a pretty laughable situation. My question to the minister is: what are you going to do to fix this situation? Because it is an absolute disgrace.