Sep 26, 2024 | Latest News, News
Two Labor Ministers have been accused of misleading East Gippslanders after trying to pretend they had provided new funding to construct a roundabout on the Princes Highway in Bairnsdale. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said State Roads Minister Melissa...
Jun 25, 2024 | Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester is calling for a faster speed limit of 110km/hr on the open sections of the road between Sale and Traralgon as the final stage of the Princes Highway duplication project nears completion. After 15 years, the $513 million...
Jun 6, 2024 | 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...
Jun 3, 2024 | Latest News
State and Federal Government bureaucrats have failed to roll out millions of dollars in Princes Highway safety projects despite money sitting in the Budget for five years, according to Member for Gippsland Darren Chester. Mr Chester said motorists would be disgusted...
Aug 7, 2023 | Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester (pictured) says the redeveloped Newmerella rest area will help to save lives on the Princes Highway. Mr Chester secured funding from the previous Federal Government for the improvements to the rest area near Orbost. “The new...