Wednesday 18 April 2018
An elected Nationals government will fix country roads and save country lives.
Opposition Leader Matthew Guy Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh and Shadow Minister for Roads and Infrastructure David Hodgett announced today if elected the Liberal Nationals will bring back the $160 million Country Roads and Bridges Program.
By contrast Daniel Andrews axed the program when he was elected in 2014 leaving councils struggling to meet the cost of maintaining local roads.
Approximately $1 million in grants will be provided to Victoria’s 40 rural shires each year over four years.
The grants will help restore and rehabilitate council-maintained roads and bridges which have deteriorated under Labor’s neglect.
People in rural Victoria are over-represented in the road toll. In 2017 156 lives were lost on roads in rural Victoria compared to 102 on roads in Melbourne.
The Country Roads and Bridges Program will give rural Victorians the safe and reliable infrastructure they deserve.
Comment attributable to Member for Murray Plains and Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh
While Daniel Andrews is reducing speed limits on country roads the Nationals have a plan for the safe reliable infrastructure regional and rural Victorians deserve.
Restoring this program will be a shot in the arm for Loddon Shire and make our communities like Boort more liveable and support jobs in our region.
If you fix country roads you save country lives – and that’s exactly what this program will do.
