REGIONAL people are viewed as C-class citizens by the Victorian Government, Member for Mildura Jade Benham says.
Ms Benham asked Roads Minister Ben Carroll in State Parliament last week when the government would execute a plan to fix and maintain the roads through the north-west of the state that carried billions of dollars worth of product.
“My region is responsible for around $10 billion annually in economic output, according to REMPLAN,” she said.
“That is a lot of taxes to the state’s coffers.
“So why has the Robinvale-Sea Lake Road, after being allocated $10 million in the 2020 Budget, still not been completed and, in places where work has occurred, melted in our Mallee summer – when it gets over 30 degrees – and washed away in spring rains?
“Why has there been no action on the Birchip-Rainbow Road, the Boort-Wycheproof Road, the Hattah-Robinvale Road, the Donald-Murtoa Road and the Donald-Stawell Road?
“These roads are classed as C-class roads, and that is clearly how the government views our citizens, those who are producing your food – as C-class citizens.
“If that is not the case, when can we see works to fix our regional roads?”
