Wednesday, 16 October 2024

Shepparton electorate

Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (14:52): (848) My question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and the information that I seek is: when will the minister provide more funding to fix the appalling condition of the roads in my electorate? In the announcement this week the minister announced some road-repairing funding that only included 1.4 kilometres of road repairs in my electorate. The Echuca–Mooroopna road is only one of many roads in my electorate that are in desperate need of repairs and urgent attention. I recently attended a road safety community forum run by Victoria Police. The appalling condition of our roads was raised as a matter of urgency. RoadSafe Goulburn Valley were in attendance and also raised their concerns with the unsafe condition of our roads. Our community has experienced a significant rise in road accidents and fatalities in recent months, and we must do all we can to ensure that our roads are safe to drive on. Currently they are not. My office is inundated with concerned constituents calling for repairs to our roads. Our unsafe roads are crumbling and filled with dangerous potholes, and our broken road service is putting lives at risk.