LIBERAL Member for Northern Victoria has slammed the State Government for allowing directional signs on state arterial roads in Northern Victoria to degrade to the point of being unreadable.
“Road signs across Northern Victoria are unreadable because the lettering has shrunk, faded, cracked or is peeling off. The risk of traffic accidents has increased because the Allan Labor Government has failed to invest in basic maintenance for the last decade,” Ms Lovell.
Roads across northern Victoria have become more dangerous as the directional signs that guide drivers are faded and cracked, with lettering that has shrunk or is peeling off, making them unreadable.
One example is the fork in the road on the exit lane where drivers leave the Goulburn Valley Highway to join the Hume Freeway. One side goes to Wodonga, the other curves around to join the Hume toward Melbourne. It’s hard for unfamiliar drivers to know which side of the fork to take because the text on the sign is unreadable.
Ms Lovell spoke in parliament last week to call on the Minister for Roads and Road Safety to invest in maintenance and renewal of state arterial road signs in Northern Victoria.
“The Minister for Roads and Road Safety must stop penny pinching and urgently order a program of road sign refurbishment,” said Ms Lovell.
“Labor can’t manage roads, can’t manage money, and Victorians are paying the price.”
