Thursday, 29 May 2025

Northern Metropolitan Region

Evan MULHOLLAND (Northern Metropolitan) (12:59): (1619) My question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and it concerns the appalling state of the roads in my electorate. The budget revealed that major road-patching targets have been cut by 89 per cent in outer metropolitan Melbourne. This will directly impact my long-suffering constituents, particularly those in towns like Wallan, who consider themselves to be subject of somewhat of a Wallan tax because of the amount of times they have to get their car suspension, gears and tyres fixed every year due to the damage to their cars. Given the government’s massive cuts to road funding, can the minister advise when the people of Wallan can expect the government to finally fix their roads?