Ms THEOPHANOUS (Northcote): My question is to the Minister for Roads, and I ask the minister: when will the Latrobe Avenue intersection on Heidelberg Road into the Amcor site be signalised?
Minister, the Andrews Labor government has delivered big improvements to the way my local community moves around through the brand-new Chandler Highway bridge, the upgraded intersection at Heidelberg Road and the Grange Road level crossing removal. Yet the redevelopment of the old Amcor site on the corner of Heidelberg Road has seen a huge amount of heavy traffic around the area.
Locals in Wingrove Street and Yarralea Street are dismayed at the volume of trucks destined for the Amcor site that are rat-running through their streets. The trucks are using local streets because access to the Amcor site is left-turn-only at Latrobe Avenue.
I am informed that as part of the Amcor development the intersection at Latrobe Avenue and Heidelberg Road will be signalised. Minister, this will allow Yarralea and Wingrove streets to be returned to local traffic and give residents some peace and quiet.
