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,...
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...
