MP calls for steps to make dangerous intersection safe
State Member for Shepparton Suzanna Sheed has called on the Roads and Road Safety Minister Ben Carroll to make a dangerous Strathmerton intersection safer.
The Stokes Rd and Murray Valley Hwy intersection was the site of a crash on February 15 this year, where one person died and also left two police officers with serious injuries.
Ms Sheed visited the intersection of Labuan and Stokes Rds and the Murray Valley Hwy in
Strathmerton earlier this week and spoke in parliament about the dangers associated with the crossing.
She said that a rise on Labuan Rd was a short distance from the give-way sign and the Murray Valley Hwy, which made it very difficult for motorists to see the intersection.
Ms Sheed told Mr Carroll that the intersection had a give-way sign instead of a stop sign.
Ms Sheed asked the minister to assess the intersection with a view to installing stop signs and rumble strips, and taking necessary steps to make the crossing safe, as a matter of urgency.