Dec 5, 2019 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News
A $10 million project to improve safety and accessibility along the Great Alpine Road between Bruthen and Cobungra is nearly finished, little more than two years since funding was announced. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said work on the project began at...
Jul 22, 2019 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News
Federal MP Darren Chester says all Gippsland Mayors are supporting his push for work to start immediately on the Kilmany section of the Princes Highway duplication project. Mr Chester said Wellington, East Gippsland and Latrobe City Mayors wanted the Federal...
Jul 16, 2019 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester says his government should fund the entire cost of the highest priority stage of the Princes Highway duplication project between Traralgon and Sale. In a bid to break the political impasse between the State and Federal...
Jun 21, 2019 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News
Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has taken the Federal Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development for a drive along the Hyland Highway as he works to secure more money to upgrade the road. Mr Chester drove Minister Michael McCormack, who was...
Jun 19, 2019 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News
Major changes to the Johnsonville streetscape will improve the visitor experience and boost safety for locals in the town, according to Gippsland MP Darren Chester. The work is being undertaken by Bairnsdale’s Cranes Asphalting near the town’s famous Black Stump...
May 30, 2019 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News
Tenders close next week for the construction of a new bridge across the Timbarra River, north-west of Buchan. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester last month announced more than $678,000 in Federal Government funding towards the cost of the new bridge. “I was...
