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

I rise today to update the House and, indeed, my constituents in Menzies, about a number of major infrastructure projects which were promised for them last year and, indeed, are funded by the Commonwealth. These include projects to increase the number of commuter parking spaces at Eltham station, an area which is—not at the current time during this COVID-19 crisis—normally very overcrowded. The park and ride at Doncaster project will be completed as part of the North East Link, one of the major infrastructure projects underway in Victoria. There are also additional works to be undertaken on the crossing of the Yarra River between Main Road in Eltham and Fitzsimons Lane in Templestowe. The crossing itself is four lanes but there are major blockages at each end of that and this work will be undertaken to deal with those blockages. There are also 17 school pick-up and drop-off points in the Nillumbik Shire, eight of which have already been completed and the others are to be completed, hopefully, in the remainder of this year. Then beyond that there is a new system of crossing lights at the Applewood Retirement Village on Tram Road in Doncaster. These projects, along with work being undertaken currently on Ayr Street in Doncaster and Lynnwood Parade in Templestowe, are part of the Morrison government's commitment to the people of Menzies.