Tuesday, 17 March 2026

 Wendy LOVELL (Northern Victoria) (12:58): (2223) My question is for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. When will the minister release the final designs for the duplication of Donnybrook Road and the bridge over the Hume Freeway? Last year the Minister for Roads and Road Safety informed me that planning work for the Donnybrook Road upgrade would be complete in late 2025. We are now well into 2026, but there is still no sign of any design work being released to the public. Results of a community survey were published in November last year, and the feedback reflects what local residents have been saying for years: fully duplicating Donnybrook Road, including the bridge over the Hume, is an urgent necessity. Yet the Allan Labor government is instead prioritising a new intersection at Mitchell Street that requires ripping up the roundabout they built in 2024 and replacing it with traffic lights. The government promised the final designs would be complete in 2025. Labor must stop the delays, release the designs and reveal how it plans to upgrade Donnybrook Road.