Northern Metropolitan Region
Evan MULHOLLAND (Northern Metropolitan) (12:54): (720) My constituency question is for the Minister for Planning and concerns the construction of the Gunns Gully Road interchange on the Hume Freeway. Traffic is a constant issue for residents of Cloverton in Kalkallo. Labor’s inability to plan for future growth areas has left commuters in the north paralysed in traffic. The development of infrastructure moves at a snail’s pace as population skyrockets. Construction of the interchange needed to commence yesterday, yet just like many other projects it has fallen behind and is delayed. According to the Victorian Planning Authority the growth area infrastructure contribution work-in-kind agreement with Stockland is still being negotiated. I ask the minister: when will the work-in-kind agreement be formed, when will construction begin and when will the project be completed? Will it be late 2026? Will it be early 2027? We need this project done yesterday.