Premier announces $1.5bn road spending blitz

0:00APPLAUSE Premier Ben Carroll has made another big spending road announcement, making the week's total promises on new roads and fixing old ones worth more than one and a half billion dollars. State Political reporter Paul Dowsley joins us. Paul Delightest will be south of Jolong. It's the extension of the Jolong Ring Road. Lawyer also known as Ballerine Link. This will be stage one from the surf coast highway to Barwen Head's Road, the Premier announced it today. To cost $237 million, they say it would start construction in their next term of government, but the finished date, not yet known. Of course, it's all dependent on Labor's winning, November's election. If they lose, the Coalition has also committed to build this same road, theirs would cost $10 million more. This week, the Premier has announced election sweetness for roads in Greenvale, Meadow Heights, Roxbrook Park and Epping in Melbourne's North,

1:02plus in the West, Seabrook, Wind and Vale. And today, Jolong, these are areas that Polsters are saying are under pressure from the growth of one nation. Labor is no doubt also mindful that the East is already marked for a big transport upgrade with drilling starting soon on the suburban rail loop, but that project set to open in 10 years. There are several intersections along the way that will be upgraded as well. Two lanes in each direction means local families can get home quicker and safer. Was today's announcement going to happen if Jacinda Allen had still been Premier? I can't look, Paul, I'm the new Premier. This is clearly a decision of mine. These are electorates that Ben Carroll, to send to Allen and Daniel Andrews, have neglected for years. And Labor Party election research has been revealed today. This video being played to voters to gauge their response to various possible policies,

2:05including upgrading every emergency department, keeping public transport half price instead of it just being for a few more months, and capping tolls at $40 you might recall the coalition has the same promise, but there's a $50 cap. The party's executive wouldn't comment to me about it today, but Laura, it will be interesting to see if any of those proposals become reality. Absolutely, thank you, Paul.