Jason Wood (La Trobe, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Community Safety, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise to speak on the urgent need for the Victorian state Labor government to get on with the job and start road works on Racecourse Road and McGregor Road. To go back in history, in 2019 the previous Liberal government committed $13 million to McGregor Road upgrades, an additional lane on the Monash off-ramp to McGregor Road, extra dual on- and off-ramps from the Monash on the western side, and also $70 million on the duplication of Racecourse Road past the Monash Freeway to Henry Road with dual on- and off-ramps, again, and intersection lights at Baldhill Road. The $83 million proposal was put together by the Cardinia Shire Council's road engineers. It has since blown out under state Labor, and we've had to come up with a package of nearly $400 million to get state Labor to start the road work. And do you know what? They still haven't started. Get on with the job and make this road happen. I cannot believe the Labor members on the other side of the chamber find it amusing that so much money is being wasted. We need to make sure these projects get done and get done on time. The interesting thing I see is the grade separations—and I thank the state Labor government for starting the grade separations—happening just before the state election. Get on with it and start Racecourse Road and McGregor Road. The Liberals delivered the Monash Freeway and Beaconsfield interchange road. Can Labor just deliver something?