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■ Northern Victoria MLC Wendy Lovell has spoken in Parliament about “the gigantic and very dangerous pothole on the Goulburn Valley Highway between Nagambie and Murchison. “The Goulburn Valley Highway is a major transport route and also carries large numbers of families commuting to Shepparton and beyond. “In recent weeks an enormous pothole has developed in the left-hand northbound lane between Nagambie and Murchison. “Motorists are reporting that hitting the pothole at 100 kilometres an hour causes a frightening bang and causes the whole car to shake, and numerous drivers have damaged tyres and wheel rims at this dangerous spot, which must be urgently repaired,” Ms Lovell said.
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● Mayor Cr John Dougall with Minister Nick Staikos
■ Local Government Minister Nick Staikos joined Mitchell Shire Mayor Cr John Dougall and Council officers on a bus tour of our municipality’s key growth areas. “Council highlighted the importance of planning and investment to ensure we have the right services, transport connections and facilities in place to support our growing community,” said a Shire representative.
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● Jacinta Allan, State Premier
■ Northern Victoria MLC Wendy Lovell has blasted Premier Jacinta Allan over train times on the Seymour Line, the southern part of which serves areas such as Donnybrook in the northern part of the Hume-Whittlesea municipalities. “I rise to highlight the dreadful state of rail services on the Shepparton line and also the Seymour line,” Ms Lovell told Parliament. “The Ballarat Courier carries an article by Ben Silvester that points out the inequities of those services. “The article points out that on the Geelong line the services travel at a speed of 97.8 kilometres an hour, on Albury at 97.7 kilometres an hour and on Bendigo at 95.3 kilometres an hour. “But on the Seymour line the fastest service travelled at 77.1 kilometres an hour, which is more than 20 kilometres slower than Geelong and Albury. “The Shepparton line is even worse. The average service was 70.9 kilometres an hour, but the slowest service was 65 kilometres an hour. “That is more than 30 kilometres slower than the Geelong, Albury and Bendigo lines, and it is the slowest in the state. “Back in 2020 Jacinta Allan promised us that we would have nine services running to Shepparton. In 2021 she again said those nine services would run by the end of 2023. “We are no closer to getting nine services today than we were back then, and we are two years past her deadline,” Ms Allan said.