Bus Network Reforms

2 August, 2023

Iwan WALTERS (Greenvale) (14:50): (249) My question is for the Minister for Public Transport. I am delighted the Andrews Labor government is delivering stage 1 of the Mickleham Road upgrade thanks to the advocacy of great local members like the member for Kalkallo over many years. It is a complex engineering project and an absolutely essential one to ensure safer and faster journeys for all road users, including pedestrians, cyclists and bus passengers. While the stage 1 Mickleham Road upgrade will be transformational for journeys across Greenvale, I know that it is just part of this government’s broad commitment to invest in infrastructure and improve transport across the north and across transport modes. I love buses, and I think they have a vital role to play in connecting Victorians. They are a flexible transport solution that can improve the provision of public transport services in growing areas of Melbourne like Greenvale, so could the Minister for Public Transport please inform me how the work he is leading to reform Victoria’s bus network through the Victorian bus plan will help improve services for residents in my electorate of Greenvale and support the current and future public transport needs of my community?