Wednesday, 18 October 2023

 Kathleen MATTHEWS-WARD (Broadmeadows) (14:46): (369) My constituency question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and the question I ask is for the minister to consider a safety and speed limit review on the following roads: Pascoe Vale Road, Glenroy; Pearcedale Parade, Broadmeadows; Widford and Blair streets, Broadmeadows; and Wheatsheaf Road, Glenroy. I have been approached by the wonderful and fierce community pedestrian advocate Mary Pope about the safety of pedestrians along the shopping strip in Pascoe Vale Road, Glenroy, and also along Pearcedale Parade in Broadmeadows. She has requested that speed limits be reviewed in these two locations. Michael O’Connor, another hardworking transport advocate, has also requested a speed review of Widford Street in Broadmeadows. The section of Widford Street in Glenroy has been reduced to 50 kilometres per hour thanks to his advocacy, but it remains at 60 as it crosses the ring road, where it passes the Olsen Place shopping centre. He also asked for a speed limit review of Wheatsheaf Road, Glenroy, and Blair Street in Broadmeadows, which both have a number of community facilities and shops.