Tuesday, 20 September 2022


Constituency questions

Northern Victoria Region


Northern Victoria Region

Ms LOVELL (Northern Victoria) (12:35): (1976) My question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. I recently raised with the minister the ongoing problems surrounding Regional Roads Victoria’s maintenance program of the Doyles Road section of the Shepparton alternate route, specifically between Poplar Avenue and the Broken River. It has now come to my attention that the condition of the Grahamvale Road section of the Shepparton alternate route, in particular from just south of Ford Road to the intersection with the Goulburn Valley Highway, is even worse. This 5.2-kilometre stretch of roadway carries a large amount of traffic, including many heavy vehicles each day, and both lanes of the carriageway are littered with large potholes throughout. Both lanes are breaking up and falling apart in some locations, causing dangerous hazards for road users. Will the minister provide an undertaking that he will order an audit of the road surface of the Grahamvale Road section of the Shepparton alternate route and ensure that the necessary repairs of the road surface are completed?