Thursday, 14 November 2019

 Ms LOVELL (Northern Victoria) (12:44): My constituency question is for the Minister for Health and it relates to the inadequate car park capacity at Goulburn Valley Health. Parking at Goulburn Valley Health has always been a longstanding issue, and with construction works involved in stage 1 of the hospital’s redevelopment currently underway, the situation has become much worse. The population of the Goulburn Valley Health catchment region is growing exponentially each year and more people are visiting the hospital each day. Whether they are patients, family or staff, this is placing even more pressure on already inadequate car parking infrastructure. I was recently contacted by a constituent who is a regular visitor to GV Health and uses the existing car park frequently. He is concerned that the current problems will get worse in the future unless additional car parking infrastructure is provided. Will the minister give a commitment to addressing the parking issues at Goulburn Valley Health by providing additional parking, including the consideration of a multi-deck car park as part of stage 2 of the hospital’s redevelopment?