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,...
Mar 3, 2020 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News
More than $60 million of Princes Highway works over the past six years have improved safety and productivity east of Lakes Entrance, according to Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester. The local MP has campaigned for Princes Highway works throughout his...
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...
