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…
My constituency matter is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and the information I seek is: when will the roads in western Victoria and in my electorate of Lowan be made safe? We have seen over the past week the disastrous impacts of Labor’s ongoing cuts to the road asset maintenance budget. It…
While Labor are only focused on fighting each other, the Nationals and Liberals are in here fighting for the Victorians who want a change – who want a fresh start for Victoria. The first thing that people in regional Victoria want is to make sure they get a fair investment in our rural and regional…
Locals across the Wimmera and south-west Victoria will finally see much-needed road repairs under a Nationals and Liberals government, with an announcement this week to fix our roads and make them safe. The Nationals’ plan for better, safer roads includes a 25 per cent increase in maintenance funding and road repairs, bringing back engineers to…
The Nationals’ Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy, is calling on residents across the Wimmera and south-west Victoria to flood the RACV with feedback on the area’s worst roads. The RACV has launched its annual My Country Road survey to ask Victorians for their thoughts on the most dangerous country highways identified by RACV, or to nominate a regional road they believe…
