Kevin Andrews (Menzies, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

This week's Leader NewsRACV hotspot traffic congestion survey indicates that six out of the 10 major areas of traffic congestion in Melbourne affect my electorate of Menzies either directly or indirectly. Some 18,000 people participated in this survey and it shows that the major areas of traffic congestion in Melbourne are in the triangle between Clifton Hill, Greensborough, Doncaster and Templestowe. I see the member for Jagajaga here in the chamber. She would agree with me that Rosanna Road; Jika Street, which flows through into Manningham Road; Bulleen Road; Templestowe Road; Fitzsimons Lane; Chandler Highway; and the Eastern Freeway are all major areas of traffic congestion so far as Melbourne is concerned. It particularly affects my constituents and I know it affects the constituents of the honourable member opposite.

Melbourne needs two major pieces of transport infrastructure. It needs the East West Link—and this government has provided $3 billion of funding, which is sitting on the table, to build that link—and it also needs the North East Link. In the election campaign we committed funding for a feasibility study, which I understand was matched by the Labor Party. Therefore, we are looking for Labor in Victoria to get on board and look at how we can build both the East West Link and the North East Link.

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