Thursday, 30 May 2024

 Tim McCURDY (Ovens Valley) (17:21): (693) My adjournment is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety on behalf of Mr Wes Lawton of Glenrowan. Mr Lawton lives in Glenrowan, which is just out of Wangaratta and the place where Ned Kelly came to grief, which is how most people know Glenrowan very well. It is also situated on the Hume Highway, located on the top of a hill. Combine hills and trucks and engine brakes and it really is a noisy area. We all know small country towns that we drive through where it says ‘Please turn off your engine brakes’, and we understand that in small communities. But when you live right next to the Hume Highway on the downhill run, all night most nights the engine brakes are roaring. Mr Lawton and other members of the Glenrowan community have asked me to seek an action for the minister to look at putting some signage up to restrict engine brake noise, as we see in small community towns. Although it is on the Hume Highway, there is still an opportunity to do so to give the community members of Glenrowan some peace and quiet during all hours of the night. So if the minister could have her team look at the possible opportunities and sites, particularly on the northbound side, on the downhill side of Glenrowan, I would appreciate it.