Wednesday, 19 February 2025

Goulburn Valley Highway, Numurkah

Rikkie-Lee TYRRELL (Northern Victoria) (18:18): (1428) My adjournment this evening is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. The action I see is for the minister to direct the Department of Transport and Planning to repair the deep potholes on the Goulburn Valley Highway south of the township of Numurkah. The Goulburn Valley Highway is the second-most complained about road by my constituents in my electorate of Northern Victoria. Of serious concern are large potholes in the southbound lanes south of the township of Numurkah. Frequented by hundreds of cars, trucks, motorcycles, passenger and school buses and farm machinery, the Goulburn Valley Highway is a vital thoroughfare from the Murray Valley Highway in the north to the Hume Freeway in the south.

The state of the Goulburn Valley Highway has been a serious concern during my entire time in Parliament and before. My constituents have complained of damage to vehicles caused by the degrading road surfaces. In October last year the government announced a road maintenance blitz of $964 million across the state, with 70 per cent of it to be used for regional roads. Well, it has been five months since that announcement and the roads in my region have only deteriorated more. So the action I seek is for the minister to direct the Department of Transport and Planning to repair the deep potholes on the Goulburn Valley Highway south of the township of Numurkah.