Rowville electorate
Mr WELLS (Rowville) (18:26): (6542) My question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. Minister, when will construction begin on the duplication of Napoleon Road and Wellington Road and an extension of Dorset Road to Lysterfield Road in my Rowville electorate? Three-and-a-half years ago, can you believe it, in the May 2019 budget the federal government provided the full funding to duplicate these arterial roads, with $50 million for Napoleon Road, $110 million for Wellington Road and $80 million to extend Dorset Road to run out to Lysterfield Road. The money was all there. The state government only had one job to do, and that was to build the roads. Through every COVID lockdown, roadworks continued on Labor’s priority projects in Labor priority seats. The pandemic is no excuse. The potholes on Napoleon and Wellington roads are now so deep that drivers are damaging the wheel rims of their cars. A motorcyclist would have no chance if they hit one. Road resurfacing is urgently needed.