Tuesday, 31 October 2023

Western Victoria Region

Joe McCRACKEN (Western Victoria) (12:59): (498) My question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and it relates to the Western Freeway, particularly between Ballan and Myrniong. I have had a number constituents who live within the area talk to me and raise concerns about the state of the road. Particularly heading towards Melbourne, there are a number of very difficult parts of that road – potholes. Sometimes you have to actually switch to a different lane because it is that treacherous ‍– and I do not use that word facetiously, I mean that very seriously. Vehicles have received a lot of damage. It has caused quite a lot of distress for a lot of locals within that area. So my question to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety is: will you please look into this so it is actually fixed? Because locals are fed up – it has been far too long. Even despite having winter, nothing seems to have been happening at all. So please, Minister, fix the roads.