Jul 28, 2025 | Latest News
Almost five years since funding was announced for traffic lights at a busy Lakes Entrance intersection, there’s been no action on the ground to improve safety, according to local MP Darren Chester (pictured). The Member for Gippsland secured $4 million for the Eastern...
Jul 21, 2025 | Building Safer Roads, Fixing Country Roads, Latest News, Local Issues
State and Federal Transport Ministers who have repeatedly ignored urgent requests to fix a dangerous section of the Princes Highway near Lakes Entrance have ‘blood on their hands’, according to Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester. Mr Chester said he had warned...
Jan 16, 2025 | Building Safer Roads, Current Issues, Fixing Country Roads, Helping Communities Rebuild, Latest News, Local Issues, News>Latest News
The State Government has refused to provide any timeframes for work to start on a promised $10 million upgrade of the Mallacoota-Genoa Rd, according to Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester. Mr Chester secured the $10 million from the previous Coalition...
Jul 26, 2024 | Latest News
Lives are being put at risk in Traralgon because of the incompetence of the State and Federal Ministers for Transport, according to Member for Gippsland Darren Chester. Despite repeated attempts to bring forward works to finalise the Bank St-Princes Highway...
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...
