Wednesday, 15 October 2025

 Rikkie-Lee TYRRELL (Northern Victoria) (18:46): (2002) My adjournment this evening is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and the action I seek is for urgent repairs to be undertaken on the Midland Highway between Mooroopna and Elmore in my electorate of Northern Victoria. Once again, I find myself standing here raising yet another road that is in dire need of repair and maintenance. The condition of the Midland Highway between Mooroopna and Elmore is unacceptable at best and dangerous at worst. Sections of the road, especially around the areas of Ardmona and Corop, are littered with potholes, crumbling bitumen, sinking road surfaces and, most dangerous of all, rutting, causing huge rises and lumps in the road. This is particularly dangerous for the many trucks and motorcyclists who travel this road daily.

Last week saw one of the largest agricultural field days in Victoria take place at Elmore. As I drove the highway from Shepparton to Elmore, I was deeply concerned at the conditions, watching truck after truck swerve to miss the deep rutting and potholes and cars thrown off course by the crumbling road surfaces. It is putting the lives of my constituents in danger every single day. Minister, the action I seek is for urgent repairs to be undertaken on the Midland Highway between Mooroopna and Elmore in my electorate of Northern Victoria.