General News
29 October, 2023
Overdue and disappointing road blitz, says Walsh
A STATE Government road blitz was overdue and disappointing, said Murray Plains MP Peter Walsh. Mr Walsh says if the Government’s idea of a maintenance blitz is the four years it has taken to announce the deadly Appin South turnoff on the Loddon...
A STATE Government road blitz was overdue and disappointing, said Murray Plains MP Peter Walsh.
Mr Walsh says if the Government’s idea of a maintenance blitz is the four years it has taken to announce the deadly Appin South turnoff on the Loddon Highway, “we are in for another long wait”.
“Twelve months down the track and the Government is finally acknowledging what we have been saying since floods hit northern Victoria in October 2022 – country roads have suffered the most damage, bearing the brunt of heavy rain and flooding during the past year,” he said. “As for its latest claims – that it will now sink $6.6 billion into roads maintenance and ‘future proofing’ local roads – well, I would be fascinated to know where that money is coming from, or if it will ever arrive.”