Rowville electorate
Kim WELLS (Rowville) (15:04): (874) My question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. When will VicRoads undertake essential mowing of median strips on state roads in the Knox council area? Residents are just in disbelief on how high the grass has grown along median strips along Wellington, Stud, Napoleon, Lysterfield, Ferntree Gully, Burwood and High Street roads. Residents have noted that it is getting to the point where the grass is actually higher than the roadsides, making it impossible to view road signs. This is dangerous. One resident was genuinely fearful that a person operating a mower would injure themselves running over fallen signs that are unable to be seen through the grass. I suspect it is yet another budget cut by the state Labor government and VicRoads. I hope that vital road maintenance is not just the next item on the Labor Party’s chopping block.