Thursday, 4 December 2025

 Rikkie-Lee TYRRELL (Northern Victoria) (12:42): (2058) My constituency question today is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. My constituents ask: will the minister order urgent repair work to be undertaken on the Murray Valley Highway between Barnawartha and Cobram? The Murray Valley Highway has to be one of the most neglected highways in Victoria. Spanning 663 kilometres, starting at Euston and ending at Corryong, this highway literally carries motorists from one side of my electorate of Northern Victoria to the other. Running along the southern bank of the Murray River, this highway is vital for the tourist towns dotted along it, so you would think the minister would take the complaints of my constituents seriously and fix this road. Deep rutting and potholes east of Rutherglen and crumbling surfaces all along the entire length and breadth of this road make it treacherous for all road users. The rutting and potholes around Rutherglen have been there for over two years. The same can be said for the rough surfaces between Yarrawonga and Cobram. This is completely unacceptable. Regional Victorians deserve the same standard of roads as their city counterparts, not to be avoiding the same potholes and rutting for years. So my constituents ask: will the minister order urgent repair work to be undertaken on the Murray Valley Highway between Barnawartha and Cobram?