Victorians won’t be fooled by the Allan Labor Government’s desperate announcement designed to cover up its failure to manage our roads network.
Today’s so-called “blitz” is nothing more than a re-announcement of the funding provided in the State Budget in May – and Labor has padded out the funding numbers by including flood recovery works.
This is not new money, it is not a new program, and it is consistent with Labor’s annual “maintenance blitz” media statements that have done nothing to fix the state of our roads.
Shadow Minister for Roads and Road Safety, Danny O’Brien, said Victorians should ignore the spin.
“No amount of spin and media grandstanding will cover for the fact what Victorians know – our roads are in an appalling state,” Mr O’Brien said.
“Labor can’t manage money, and it’s our roads and Victorian motorists that are suffering the consequences with the appalling state of our road network right across Victoria.
“Labor’s own survey last year showed that 91 per cent of roads were in poor or very poor condition.
“The fact the Minister is even referencing the former Liberals and Nationals Government 10 years ago shows just how out of touch she is when it comes to the state of our roads.
“In recent weeks, we’ve had Labor abolish Regional Roads Victoria and their plan to sell off the government owned road builder SprayLine Services and revelations that maintenance workers are having to patch 700 potholes a day all of which just goes to show Labor has failed when it comes to the state of our roads.
“The government can’t even get its lines right, claiming in its media release that ‘work to rebuild our most flood-damaged roads is complete’ and then later stating that ‘this package also includes flood-recovery works’ – so which is it?”
“Labor is trying to put lipstick on a pig by packaging up standard funding and making it sound like something sexy.”