Wednesday,2 April 2025
Constituency questions
Northern Victoria Region
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Northern Victoria Region
Wendy LOVELL (Northern Victoria) (12:43): (1514) My question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. Will the minister commit to prioritising construction of the duplication of Donnybrook Road and delivering the state’s share of the necessary funding? Residents of Donnybrook are frustrated and have been given no hope by the Allan Labor government that it will do anything to fix Donnybrook Road. Federal Labor are no better. The Prime Minister stood in Kalkallo just to announce that they were going to tear up the same roundabout that the state Labor government upgraded in 2023 to replace it with other upgrades but did not commit to duplicating Donnybrook Road or the bridge over the highway. By contrast, the Liberals have a real plan to fix Donnybrook Road. Jason McClintock, the Liberal candidate for McEwen, has worked hard to secure a commitment from a Dutton Liberal government to provide $192 million to duplicate Donnybrook Road as well as the bridge over the Hume, remove the level crossing and upgrade the Mitchell Street intersection and the connections to the Hume Highway.