Towards Zero Community Grants program now open

The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy is encouraging community groups, schools and Councils across Lowan to apply for grants of up to $30,000 to boost road safety in their local area. “Local Councils, schools and community groups play a key role in identifying and improving road safety issues in their local area,” Ms Kealy…

Everyone but Labor acting to fix rural roads

The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy has welcomed a Federal Liberal Nationals Government announcement that it will provide a huge $2 billion boost to Victorian road funding, with rural and regional roads to take the lions share. “This funding will fix dangerous intersections, widen bridges and roads and repair potholed highways,” Ms Kealy said.…

Labor’s neglect for rural roads

Daniel Andrews and Labor have voted down a plan to direct more state revenue towards fixing rural roads. The Liberal Nationals wanted to increase the amount of money directed from the Better Roads Victoria Trust Account toward repairs and maintenance on our country roads. But the Labor government voted against it. The Nationals Member for…

Kealy continues country roads campaign

The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy is continuing her call for Labor to take urgent action to address the dangerous condition of a number of key roads in the Lowan electorate. Ms Kealy highlighted the Casterton-Apsley and Dunkeld-Cavendish Roads as two high priority roads in need of urgent repair during a speech to Parliament…

Kealy calls for halt on rumble strip installations

The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP has been inundated with complaints from local residents deeply concerned about the Andrews Labor Government’s botched rollout of centre line rumble strips on narrow and crumbling country roads. Ms Kealy raised the matter in Parliament this week, asking the Minister for Roads to immediately halt the rollout…