Friday, 14 November 2025

 Katherine COPSEY (Southern Metropolitan) (12:41): My question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. A constituent has written to me about a construction site occupying the cycling lane at 95 St Kilda Road, near Alma Road. This construction site is occupying the lane and forcing cyclists to dismount or to merge into fast traffic at the crest of a hill. Large trucks regularly frequent the site and are parked around it, and the road surface is degraded, which is compounding the risk to cyclists. Minister, St Kilda Road is a declared arterial, and my constituent has been told that the traffic approvals are a state transport issue. Has the Department of Transport and Planning approved a traffic management plan and a memorandum of authorisation for this site? And will you release it to my constituent, as he has been unable to get a copy?