THE Budget has condemned regional Victorian to more “road roulette” with further massive spending cuts, said Murray Plains MP Peter Walsh. 
Mr Walsh says a whopping 16 per cent cut “has today been ripped out of an already inadequate road maintenance fund” ensuring our roads will continue to not just get worse, but get more dangerous.”
He said regional Victoria was littered with black spots in urgent need of safety upgrades as well as repairs “and now that just isn’t going to happen”. 
“Our regional road network is crumbling in front of our eyes – across northern Victoria that collapse has been accelerated by two, in some places three, massive flood events in the past decade. 
“At the same time the real cost of road repair has soared, meaning regional Victorians will be forced to continue to dodge potholes and that sort of evasive and unsafe driving dramatically increases the risk level on our roads. 
“The Liberals and Nationals pledged to spend $1 billion a year on road maintenance, and the Allan Labor Government, which is driving us to bankruptcy, not safer travel, is offering to spend less than $700 million as the crisis worsens.”