A Jess Wilson led Liberal and Nationals Government will get one of Melbourne's fastest growing communities moving for good under a $524 million duplication of Donnybrook Road.
Every day, around 35,000 vehicles travel along Donnybrook Road - a road designed to safely carry around 20,000 vehicles a day - and in peak times, it can take residents 40 minutes simply to leave their housing estates.
Under Labor, at least $15 billion has been lost to corruption on the Big Build whilst basic infrastructure across growth suburbs such as Donnybrook has been completely neglected.
Under the Liberals and Nationals' commitment, the entire 8-kilometre section of Donnybrook Road from Epping Road, Woodstock to Dwyer Street, Kalkallo will be duplicated and the level crossing at Donnybrook train station will be removed.
Leader of the Opposition, Jess Wilson, said: "Labor has left the residents of Melbourne's north stuck in traffic for too long, but my team has a plan to fix it.
"By cleaning up corruption and stopping the Big Build rorts, our team can invest in desperately needed projects like this and deliver the infrastructure growing communities deserve."
Shadow Minister for Transport Infrastructure, Evan Mulholland, said: "Every single day, thousands of residents in Melbourne's north are being punished with 40-minute waits just to get out of their housing estate. Donnybrook Road has been completely overwhelmed by rapid growth, yet Labor has ignored this community while billions of dollars are wasted on cost overruns and corruption on big build projects elsewhere.
"Removing the bottleneck at the level crossing and duplicating the entire eight-kilometre stretch is part of the Liberals and Nationals plan to deliver infrastructure to the very communities that have been starved of it."
Leader of The Nationals and Shadow Minister for Roads, Danny O'Brien, said: "While Labor has focussed on mega-projects that have repeatedly blown out in cost, basic infrastructure needs of growing communities have been ignored.
"We will end the waste and stop the corruption so we can deliver projects like Donnybrook Road and make it easier for local residents to get around."
