Adjournment: Craigieburn, Mickleham and Somerton Roads

Ms SPENCE (Yuroke) — On Tuesday, 31 May, I held a roads forum in my electorate with the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. Over 100 local residents took the time to come along and share their views about local road priorities. Earlier that day we met with representatives of Aitken College, the Greenvale Residents Association and the Hume City Council. At all of these meetings the concerns raised were consistent — that is, the required duplication of Craigieburn, Mickleham and Somerton roads. In recent years traffic on these roads has increased significantly as more and more families join our community. VicRoads and the Hume City Council have been working on a study for possible future duplications, which will help inform future work to improve accessibility and traffic flow.

I am pleased that the minister heard the views of the community loud and clear. The action I now seek from the minister is that he return to Yuroke to provide further information in response to these concerns and to update residents on the steps he has taken to progress the upgrading of major arterial roads in Yuroke.