2016-06-07
Question in parliament: My question is for the Minister for Agriculture on behalf of the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. In recent weeks the City of Melbourne produced a report on the impacts of the western distributor on Melbourne. That report found that it is likely to significantly increase traffic into the north and west of Melbourne and to the north side of the Hoddle grid. The main anticipated effects of this are unwanted creation of demand for car parking and storage; reduced public amenity and safety; greater traffic noise; potentially undermining conditions
for walking, cycling and public transport; and possible impacts on the public realm, including trees.
My question for the minister is: how does the government intend to address the negative impacts of the new freeway on the City of Melbourne?