Thursday, 31 July 2025

Northern Victoria Region

Rikkie-Lee TYRRELL (Northern Victoria) (12:51): (1709) My constituency question today is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and my constituents ask when the northern section of the Goulburn Valley Highway between Shepparton and Strathmerton will be fixed. Yet again I find myself standing in this place with questions from my constituents regarding the disgraceful, dangerous and downright unacceptable condition of the Goulburn Valley Highway, in particular the northern section between Shepparton and Strathmerton. My constituents are reporting deep potholes in the southbound lane before Spences Road and just south of the Numurkah township, which I have raised in earlier questions. Constituents are also reporting crumbling bitumen in numerous sections, such as just before the 80-kilometre-per-hour zone southbound at Congupna and in the overtaking lanes between Numurkah and Congupna. There have been at least five serious traffic incidents along this stretch of highway in the last 12 months, with two of those being fatalities. So my constituents ask the minister when the northern section of the Goulburn Valley Highway between Shepparton and Strathmerton will be fixed.