Western Metropolitan Region
Mr FINN (Western Metropolitan) (13:00): (1997) My constituency question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. The western suburbs of Melbourne are experiencing unprecedented population growth. People living in the outer west are particularly impacted by severe traffic congestion on roads that were built many years ago—long before many of what are now booming suburbs experienced any human habitation. Every day more housing developments are attracting people to these new areas and roads cannot cope at all. Every week local residents waste untold numbers of hours sitting in traffic jams on clogged roads. It is a disgraceful situation. Minister, what plans do you have to alleviate this burden felt by my constituents, and when can we expect them to be implemented?
Sitting suspended 1.01Â pm until 2.07Â pm.