Tuesday, 14 May 2024

 Evan MULHOLLAND (Northern Metropolitan) (13:12): (853) My constituency question is to the Minister for Planning, and it concerns the proposed footbridge from Kalkallo connecting to Donnybrook station. As the minister would know, in several of my constituency questions and adjournments I have advocated for this essential footbridge connecting the Kalkallo Cloverton estate to Donnybrook station by foot so people can actually walk to the train station. I am asking the minister to provide details on when the construction of this footbridge will begin. As the minister knows, this government has been hoarding growth areas infrastructure contribution funds that were meant to be delivered to my community for over two years and has only just delivered some of them to growth areas. A simple footbridge over the Merri Creek connecting Kalkallo to Donnybrook is a no-brainer, yet it has become another entry on Labor’s long list of infrastructure failures in the north alongside bus routes, train stations, pavements and roads. The residents of Kalkallo needed this footbridge yesterday and want to know when construction will begin.