North-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Aiv PUGLIELLI (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:48): (1380) My question today is to the Minister for Public Transport, and it relates to the accessibility barriers people are facing over at Ivanhoe station. Lisa has started a change.org petition to draw awareness to the fact that Ivanhoe station does not have any tactile ground surface indicators. These are the bumpy strips that assist people who have impaired vision to navigate our public transport stations safely. Lisa’s daughter Lilly is blind and about to start university. Ivanhoe is her nearest station, and it would be the easiest way for her to travel to uni; however, without the tactile surface indicators it is just too dangerous for Lilly to use this station. Minister, I have called before for this train station to be upgraded to make it more accessible. This is an urgent and tangible example of what happens when these upgrades do not occur. Will you install tactile ground surface indicators at Ivanhoe station to ensure that Lilly and others are able to safely catch the train?