Tuesday, 17 March 2026

 Aiv PUGLIELLI (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (13:01): (2226) My question today is for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. The incredibly disruptive night works continue to cause great distress to many residents along the North East Link toll road construction site. People are going for many, many nights without sleep. It is noisy, their houses are vibrating, the lighting is glaring – it is appalling. People are expected to just deal with these massive disruptions and be able to continue on with their everyday lives. They are enduring noise and vibration and light that continue day and night, let alone the dust and the grime. Many of these night works are classed as unavoidable; that is how the project can get away with disturbing residents for weeks and months on end. Minister, what considerations, if any, are made to resident wellbeing when night works are classed as unavoidable? Because surely people’s ability to sleep and people’s health and wellbeing should be a key consideration in these determinations, and currently I think many residents would say that their wellbeing is not being considered at all.