Kevin Andrews (Menzies, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Following the member for Ballarat, it would be remiss of me, as the spouse of a long-time member of the Western Bulldogs, not to say 'Go Doggies', this weekend as well. But this afternoon I want to talk about the North East Link, which is the missing link to connect Melbourne's freeway network between the Metropolitan Ring Road and the Eastern Freeway or EastLink. This is a vitally important piece of infrastructure for the constituents of Menzies. Indeed, each day, major roads such as Bulleen-Templestowe Road, Manningham Road; Bridge Street, Fitzsimons Lane and Warrandyte Road—particularly where those roads are major crossings of the Yarra River—are simply congested, morning and afternoon, every day.

So it's pleasing that the four possible routes for the North East Link have now been released. And these four options include a link from Greensborough Road to Bulleen Road, possible links to EastLink at Ringwood and a much longer outer ring road. Details about the possible routes can be found at northeastlink.vic.gov.au, and I note that there are a number of information sessions coming up shortly: this Thursday at the Veneto Club; Saturday at the Warrandyte Primary School; Sunday at the Banyule City Council offices in Greensborough; and, on Thursday the 24th, at the Maroondah Federation Estate in Ringwood. I commend them to my constituents.

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