Western Victoria Region
Joe McCRACKEN (Western Victoria) (13:05): (206) My question is to the Minister for Regional Development. Ironically, the Keep Ballarat Moving project has been delayed, according to the state budget, for 12 months, if not more. We may well have to call the project the ‘Stop Ballarat Moving’ project – who knows? The whole purpose of the project is to ensure that challenging intersections in the city are reviewed with a view to making them safer and for traffic to flow better. That certainly did not happen on the first day of operation in Wiltshire Lane and Carngham Road, where a malfunction actually caused a traffic jam. My question to the minister is this: can the minister release a time line for costings and give a clear date of when the project will be completed? Given all the challenges that have occurred with this troubled project, will the information be shared with the public to ensure full transparency?