Shepparton electorate
Ms SHEED (Shepparton) (14:44): (6502) My constituency question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. Constituents are constantly telling me about the poor state of our regional roads and especially the Shepparton alternate route from Ford Road to Knights Road and from Channel Road to Poplar Avenue. Trucks use this route constantly. It is a main thoroughfare for trucks around the city of Shepparton. It is now full of potholes. There is so much damage down the side of each road. There are very limited shoulders on either side of the road, so vehicles have very little opportunity to avoid the potholes and damage that is there. Of course that causes damage to vehicles, and it seriously runs the risk of accidents occurring. So much of the road has now been reduced to a 40-kilometre speed limit because of the damage. This is unacceptable, and the question I ask is: what will the government do to address this serious issue?