Lisa Chesters MP announced as chair of Victorian Black Spot Consultative Panel

Lisa Chesters, Federal Labor Member for Bendigo, has been announced as the Chair for the Victorian Black Spot Consultative Panel.

Black Spot Consultative Panels provide the opportunity for stakeholders to have a say in the project selection process, and ensure that nominations of the highest priority and importance to the local community are recommended for approval.

The panel that reviews priorities for the program in Victoria includes representatives from the Municipal Association of Victoria, Traffic Management Association of Australia, Victorian Transport Association, Victoria Police, Road Safety Victoria, the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and the Victorian Department of Transport.

For more information on the Australian Government’s Black Spot Program, or to nominate a black spot, visit investment.infrastructure.gov.au/funding/blackspots.

Quotes attributable to Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Carol Brown:

“The Australian Government has committed $110 million per year to the Black Spot Program to improve road safety across the nation.

“This Government is investing in road safety right across the nation to ensure Australians get home safely every trip.”

Quotes attributable to Federal Member for Bendigo and Chair of the Victorian Black Spot Consultative Panel Lisa Chesters:

“I am privileged to have been named as the Chair of the Victorian Black Spot Consultative Panel.

“I look forward to working alongside representatives from the Municipal Association of Victoria, Traffic Management Association of Australia, Victorian Transport Association, Victoria Police, Road Safety Victoria, the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and the Victorian Department of Transport.

“Black Spot projects deliver safer roads throughout Victoria.”