Northern Victoria Region
Wendy LOVELL (Northern Victoria) (12:45): (1687) My question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. Minister, when will you order comprehensive repairs to the atrociously bad sections of the Goulburn Valley Highway? Just south of Numurkah there are two sections where potholes cover the entire southbound carriageway that have been developing over several years and are now dangerous. Between Tallygaroopna and Congupna there are two very long stretches of potholes on the left-hand side of the southbound lane and a section where potholes are scattered across the carriageway. South of the Murchison turnoff there has been a section of the southbound carriageway where the speed limit has been reduced since about last September, but beyond that there are potholes that are even worse than those within the speed restriction area. On Saturday night I was driving on this section and there were at least six cars pulled over between Murchison and Nagambie changing tyres in the rain due to the appalling state of the road. The minister must instruct the Department of Transport and Planning to urgently start work on comprehensive repairs to those dangerous sections of the GV highway.