Two big infrastructure projects in Echuca and Gippsland will be finished sooner thanks to the funding boost announced by the Federal Liberal Nationals Government today. Leader of The Nationals and Shadow Minister for Regional Victoria Peter Walsh said the Echuca-Moama Bridge project now had an extra $28.7 million from the Commonwealth Government that will enable…
Friday 24th February 2017 Nationals Federal Member for Murray Damian Drum MP says the Liberal National Commonwealth Government has signed over $97m in funding to the Victorian Government for the construction of a new Echuca Moama Bridge. “˜With the additional $97m of Commonwealth money now in the hands of the Victorian Government it’s time to…
13 April 2016 Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – My question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. The only thing standing between congestion in Echuca and a solution on the Murray River is the state government finally submitting a business case to the federal government for the Echuca -Moama bridge. I ask: When…
20 January 2016 Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh today hosted Leader of the Opposition Matthew Guy MP to Echuca in a combined Coalition effort to up the pressure on the government for a start date on the Echuca Moama Bridge. Both leaders met with the Shire of Campaspe before taking a tour of the…
12 November 2015 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has used an adjournment debate in State Parliament this week to ask the Minister for Roads Luke Donnellan for a start date on the Murray Valley Highway and Warren St roundabout. “The intersection is an important gateway connecting communities and businesses…
10 November 2015 – Murray Valley Highway–Warren Street Echuca Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – The matter I raise in the adjournment debate is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. It refers to the intersection of the Murray Valley Highway and Warren Street in Echuca. This is a very important intersection leading into the town of…
23 June 2015 The Liberal-Nationals Coalition cannot support the Melbourne Labor Government’s proposed sale of the Port of Melbourne in its current form. It is a dud deal for Victorians particularly country Victorians and would damage the competitiveness of our export sector. Victoria is the freight and logistics capital of Australia with the Port of…
22 April 2015 Member for Murray Plains and Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh is urging the Melbourne Labor Government to recommit the funding for the new river crossing at Echuca in the May budget. “Prior to the November 2014 election the Liberal Nationals Coalition committed $96 million for the Echuca-Moama bridge project “ Mr…
