Constituency questions
Polwarth electorate
Richard RIORDAN (Polwarth) (14:41): (110) My question this afternoon is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and the question I have for this minister is the same question I have had for her predecessors, which is about the as-yet-incomplete, unfinished roundabout at Colac East on the Princes Highway west redevelopment. This project was started back in 2015, and just for the minister’s benefit we have now endured two election campaigns since this commitment was made. The roundabout is sitting there as an absolute civic disgrace to the people of Colac Otway shire and the city of Colac. The roundabout has gone through one design phase, which was a disaster – all the plants died and it was not prepared properly. It is still under the remit of Major Road Projects Victoria and VicRoads. It is essential that this roundabout, which was committed to by the government to be a feature and a centre point of our city, be finished and restored back to its glory.