Tuesday, 15 October 2024

Eastern Victoria Region

Melina BATH (Eastern Victoria) (13:03): (1141) My question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. Recently Danny O’Brien, our Shadow Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and I met with the Lang Lang business and community group to discuss their very valid concerns about the significant increase in heavy-vehicle traffic on the main street and beside a new housing precinct. They are concerned about public safety, and they are concerned about dust, fumes and noise. Hundreds of truck-and-dog haulage vehicles pass through the city centre daily. The Department of Transport and Planning met recently with the group and others and said in April that they would, and I quote Travis and Peter, ‘work on a plan’. This prospective bypass has been mooted in this area for years, so my question is: Minister, what are you doing to complete the planning works for the Lang Lang bypass?