Murray Valley Highway, Yarrawonga
Tim McCURDY (Ovens Valley) (19:04): (353) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and the action that I seek is for the minister to coordinate an onsite meeting with me and the traffic management crew from north-east Regional Roads Victoria. Up in our patch they call it ‘Rough Roads Victoria’ – but no, I will not enter into that – but Regional Roads Victoria is the group that I need to speak with. The section of road that I am concerned about is on the Murray Valley Highway just west of Yarrawonga. Yarrawonga is the fastest-growing town in regional Victoria – for good reason – but with that growth comes growing pains. Some of those growing pains are traffic management. There is a section of road between Bunnings and Hogans Road which has more than tripled in traffic movement within the last five years obviously with the establishment of the magnificent Sebel, the Black Bull golf course and the Silverwoods estate. The 80-kilometre speed limit along the Murray Valley Highway makes traffic movement like a game of Russian roulette when you are trying to enter the Murray Valley Highway and head east back into town from either Hogans Road or the Silverwoods drive. I recently met with a large group of locals led by Marg Duff who are very, very keen to see the changes. I am not a traffic management expert, so I am not here to say whether it should be a pair of roundabouts or a speed-reduction sign – that is for Regional Roads Victoria to determine. But it is important that we meet onsite and get a better understanding of the issues and how to address those issues. Again I ask the minister to coordinate an onsite meeting with me and Regional Roads Victoria north-east.