Three communities in Lowan’s south-west will benefit from funding for upgrades to road safety and sporting infrastructure under a Liberal and Nationals Government. Member for Lowan Emma Kealy visited Hamilton, Dunkeld and Mirranatwa this week to announce three election commitments, including a pledge to build a new signalised pedestrian crossing at the Ballarat Road and…
Eight years after Labor promised to complete the Western Highway upgrade between Buangor and Ararat by 2020, regional Victorians are still waiting for the project to be delivered. On 14 June 2018, Labor announced work had started on the next stage of the Western Highway duplication, promising the section between Buangor and Ararat would be…
My constituency question is to the Premier. Premier, why doesn’t regional Victoria ever get its fair share under Labor? This year country Victoria got just 12 per cent of Labor’s state infrastructure investment, despite 25 per cent of Victorians calling country Victoria home. For 23 of the past 27 years, successive Labor governments have ripped…
The Nationals’ positive plan to rebuild Victoria’s roads has been reinforced by a major new RACV report, which has found more than a quarter of the state’s most dangerous roads are in western Victoria. The RACV’s My Country Road 2026 survey identified the 52 most hazardous stretches of road in the state, with 14 of…
The tragic death of a motorcyclist after striking a pothole on the Western Highway has brought Victoria’s worsening road crisis into devastating focus. A 71-year-old Ballarat man died after his motorcycle struck a pothole and lost control on the Western Highway at Trawalla on Sunday. Victoria Police is investigating the circumstances of the crash. The…
I would like to just continue from the contribution by the member for Bellarine, because when you are talking about being honest with Victorians, when you are talking about lacking credibility about what you say and what you actually do, we have had a marvellous document tabled in the Parliament today that would be exhibit…
The Nationals are ready to get on with the job of strong and stable government, with a positive plan to rebuild regional Victoria. The Nationals will fix our roads, investing $5 billion to repair and rebuild our state road network, plus $288 million for local country roads and bridges. The Nationals will tackle crime, with 3000 additional police,…
Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy, and The Nationals, will deliver $54 million to councils across Lowan to fix local roads and bridges, taking pressure off council budgets and local ratepayers. The commitment is part of The Nationals and Liberals Country Roads and Bridges Program, providing $288 million over four years to rural councils across Victoria.…
The Nationals are backing rural councils calling for their fair share of state government funding to tackle the growing backlog of deteriorating local roads and bridges across country Victoria. Rural Councils Victoria has called for $288 million over four years, warning councils simply cannot keep carrying the enormous cost of maintaining the local road network…
My question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. Five Gatto-linked M1 companies are still listed as accredited traffic management companies by the department of transport. Which roads and projects are these companies currently working on? Paul HAMER (Box Hill – Minister for Roads and Road Safety) (14:23): I have made it very…
