Tuesday, 13 May 2025

Western Metropolitan Region

David ETTERSHANK (Western Metropolitan) (12:47): (1541) My question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety and concerns the Palmers Road corridor. My constituent lives in Taylors Hill and relies heavily on Calder Park Drive, Westwood Drive and Robinsons Road to get around. According to Moving Melton, an excellent advocacy resource by the City of Melton, 30,500 vehicles use this corridor every day, and traffic modelling predicts an additional 8000 cars per day by 2031. This busy stretch of road also saw 148 traffic accident related injuries between 2019 and 2024, including one fatality and 39 serious injuries. My constituent asks: will the minister consider Melton and council’s plea to designate Calder Park Drive, Westwood Drive and Robinsons Road as Department of Transport and Planning managed roads and provide the necessary funding for upgrades?