Thursday, 21 March 2024

Eastern Victoria Region

Renee HEATH (Eastern Victoria) (12:54): (777) Heavy vehicles along Lang Lang’s narrow streets have concerned locals for years. 350 trucks using local roads, nearly half the traffic on council-owned McDonalds Track, are heavy vehicles. The streets were never designed for this type or this amount of traffic, and it is getting worse. Lang Lang District Business & Community Group president Peter Smith has been advocating for a truck bypass for years to divert the heavy traffic away from the centre of the town, schools and pedestrians. It is about safety and accessibility. During the 2022 election campaign the coalition committed $1 million to complete the initial planning. Unfortunately it was unmatched by Labor. Will the Minister for Roads and Road Safety provide the much-needed funding for the much-needed bypass?