Footscray electorate
Katie HALL (Footscray) (14:35): (41) My question is to the Deputy Premier and Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, and I ask that the minister update my community on the progress of the West Gate Tunnel Project. I was delighted to join yesterday with the Deputy Premier to visit the site of the breakthrough of the tunnel-boring machine, Vida, which has completed its 2.8-kilometre journey under Yarraville to the West Gate Freeway. My community is very interested in the benefits of the project and what it will bring locally, particularly around thousands of trucks which currently use local roads that will go on to the West Gate Tunnel when it opens. Deputy Premier, it was exciting to witness this massive milestone in the life of the project, and I ask that you update my community on the progress of the West Gate Tunnel, which will have such a massive impact on my electorate, particularly in Yarraville and Footscray.