Member for Benambra Bill Tilley has called on the Victorian Roads Minister, Melissa Horne, to set a timeline to repair the Granya Road.

It has been two years since the road was reduced to one lane either side of Granya following heavy rain.

Mr Tilley told the Victorian Parliament yesterday that on the northern side of the township, temporary traffic lights funnel traffic into one lane to protect motorists from a compromised bridge and the gaping hole next to the road itself.

On the southern side, another set of traffic lights reduces traffic to one lane to avoid subsidence on the lower side of the road.

This is a similar issue that existed in two places on the Murray Valley Highway near Old Tallangatta, which have only recently been fixed.

Mr Tilley said that he has been told the Granya repair works are no longer on Regional Roads Victoria’s work schedule.

“This week we have had police doing community meetings about the road toll in our region in the past 12 months – how can we let roads fall to rack and ruin at the same time?” Mr Tilley said.

“I drove the road last week and I’m shocked that there has been no action. There are no excuses.

“Repair works on the Murray Valley Highway and Beechworth Wodonga Road have been completed in the past six months and that’s a positive,” he said.

“But for the people of Granya, for the logging truck traffic and others it is not good enough.

“These government departments should be accountable to the people. They should be telling the people of the district, perhaps apologising at the same time, why there is such a delay and when they’ll fix it.”

This article appeared in the  Corryong Courier, 29 August 2024.