Dec 6, 2024 | Building Safer Roads, Fixing Country Roads, Latest News
The State and Federal Governments have been warned that a failure to maintain the arterial road network across East Gippsland is putting lives at risk. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester says the poor condition of major roads is adding to the risk of...
Nov 11, 2024 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has cast doubts on a $10 million project to upgrade the Mallacoota-Genoa Rd, which has been delayed for more than three years. Mr Chester secured the money from the previous Government in May 2021 but has slammed the lack of...
Nov 1, 2024 | Building Safer Roads, Fixing Country Roads, Latest News
Gippsland motorists are being treated like second-class citizens by Labor-Greens politicians in Canberra and Melbourne, according to local MP Darren Chester. Mr Chester has accused the State Roads Minister Melissa Horne and Federal Transport Minister Catherine King of...
Aug 19, 2024 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News
After more than two years of delay, work has finally started on a bridge-strengthening project that will make the Sale Alternative Route safer for heavy vehicles. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester secured $6.2 million from the previous Federal Government to...
Jun 6, 2024 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News, News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester says Mallacoota residents are ‘sick of excuses’ and just want the State Government to ‘fix the road’ after more delays in a planned $10 million program of works. Mr Chester said he was ‘alarmed and disappointed’ to read the...
May 30, 2024 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News, News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said it is great to see the finished product of the Cowwarr streetscape project. “The former Federal Government provided extra funding for Councils under the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program, which...
