Aug 24, 2020 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News
Gippsland has secured nearly 10 percent of the funding allocated to Victoria from a Federal Government program to improve road safety black spots. Local MP Darren Chester’s electorate of Gippsland will receive $3.758 million from a pool of $38.7 million for Victoria...
Jul 31, 2020 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News
A dangerous intersection just outside of Glengarry will be redesigned with a roundabout to improve road user safety. The Federal Government is committing $3 million to replace the T-intersection at the Traralgon-Maffra Road and Glengarry West Road with a roundabout....
Apr 20, 2020 | Building Community Infrastructure, Building Safer Roads, Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester says $4 million in funding for rest area upgrades will add to the overtaking lanes and other safety improvements already underway on the Princes Highway. Four rest areas at Newmerella, Cann River, Genoa and Lakes Entrance...
Apr 20, 2020 | Building Community Infrastructure, Building Safer Roads, Latest News
Lakes Entrance will benefit from a multi-million dollar Federal Government investment in projects to improve the Princes Highway including the first stage of works on Bullock Island. Local MP Darren Chester has secured $9 million for local projects that will boost...
Apr 20, 2020 | Building Community Infrastructure, Building Safer Roads, Latest News
The Federal Government will help to fund more than $20 million of Princes Highway safety and infrastructure upgrades as part of a package of works stretching from Bairnsdale to Genoa. Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack and local MP Darren Chester made the...
Mar 25, 2020 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News
Local MP Darren Chester says work to seal a section of the Bonang Highway must get underway as a priority bushfire and Coronavirus recovery project. Mr Chester said local residents had waited for too long for 12 kilometres of the highway between Goongerah and Bonang,...
