Narracan electorate
Wayne FARNHAM (Narracan) (14:44): (158) My question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. Residents in Nar Nar Goon, Maryknoll, Tynong, Garfield and Bunyip want to know when action will finally be taken on the Princes Highway between Nar Nar Goon and Bunyip to upgrade these dangerous intersections. Last week the federal Labor budget did nothing to improve our road infrastructure in West Gippsland, and these residents are now worried that projects will continue to be ignored, putting lives at risk. Heavy vehicle traffic is increasing in the area, with trucks taking material from local mines and quarries to Melbourne for the government’s Big Build, and it is destroying our local roads in the process. So my question to the minister is: with a federal Labor government now in Canberra and a state Labor government on Spring Street, what is the excuse for not funding these projects to protect road users in my community?