General News
25 August, 2023
One city project would fix local potholes: MP
STATE Parliament was told last week that the cost of one road overpass project in Melbourne would be enough to repair flood damage to Loddon roads. Northern Victoria Region MP Gaelle Broad has called on the Government to allocate more road...
STATE Parliament was told last week that the cost of one road overpass project in Melbourne would be enough to repair flood damage to Loddon roads.
Northern Victoria Region MP Gaelle Broad has called on the Government to allocate more road maintenance funding to rural and regional areas.
“As I drive across the region, there are still many uneven roads with deep potholes in need of repair, and the only work done in the past 10 months is to put up signs reducing the speed limit to 40kmh and advising ‘rough surface,” Ms Broad told Parliament.
Ms Broad said Victorians were required to drive roadworthy vehicles and the Government had collected a record $2.5 billion from vehicle registration in the past year.
“We expect the State Government to provide roads that are safe to drive on – but our roads are anything but safe.
“Hidden bumps and potholes are extremely dangerous for motorcyclists. In the last five years almost 200 motorcycle riders and pillion passengers have been killed on Victorian roads. 78 per cent were in Regional Victoria.
“At a meeting of the Loddon Campaspe Group of Councils last week a point was made that just one overpass built in Melbourne would be enough to repair flood damaged roads across the whole of the Loddon Shire,” she told Parliament.