May 17, 2019 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has announced a further $60 million to improve road safety and upgrade visitor facilities along the Princes Highway if the Coalition Government is re-elected on Saturday. Mr Chester said the funding would be used to upgrade...
May 9, 2019 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester says Premier Daniel Andrews is wasting money on Princes Highway works which no-one wants but refusing to invest in the safety of Gippslanders who travel the Princes Highway between Traralgon and Sale. Mr Chester has written...
May 9, 2019 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has locked in a $2 million commitment from the Federal Government to seal 12 kilometres of Bonang Road between Goongerah and Bonang in far east Gippsland. Mr Chester said the Federal Government would fund half the cost of...
Apr 17, 2019 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News
Road safety upgrades at Swan Reach are almost complete. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said new kerbing had been installed and improvements to the Duffy Street intersection opposite the general store had taken shape. Upgrades to the Princes Highway at...
Apr 9, 2019 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News
The Giles Street extension project is now complete, linking Giles Street to the Saleyards Road industrial area via a new three-span, steel-reinforced concrete bridge over McGee’s Gully in Bairnsdale. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and...
Apr 4, 2019 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News
Gippsland MP Darren Chester has welcomed almost $8 million in additional funding to improve safety on local roads in Gippsland included in Tuesday night’s Federal Budget. The extra money will be given to Latrobe City, Wellington Shire and East Gippsland Shire under...
