Infrastructure

Berwick-Cranbourne Road Upgrade

The Albanese Government is replacing the Berwick-Cranbourne Road and Thompsons Road roundabout with traffic lights—eliminating one of our community’s worst bottlenecks.

This is a huge win for our community. I’ve heard your frustrations while doorknocking, phone banking, and at street stalls—that’s why I’ve been a strong advocate for this critical upgrade.

This project means less time stuck in traffic and more time with your family.

We are currently working with the Victorian Government on the project timeline. The upgrade will include:

✅ Replacing the roundabout with traffic lights

✅ Adding additional through lanes to increase capacity

✅ Creating dedicated turning lanes to improve traffic flow

✅ Building new walking and cycling paths for safer travel

✅ Upgrading several bus stops to enhance commuter safety

We will also replace Berwick-Cranbourne Road and Pattersons Road roundabout with traffic lights.

Since 2019, five crashes have occurred at this intersection, highlighting the urgent need for action. Our investment will remove the roundabout and install traffic signals, making it safer for motorists and pedestrians while also cutting down travel times.

As a separate project, we are also upgrading Clyde Road between Enterprise Avenue and Bemersyde Drive. This major upgrade includes widening the bridge over the Princes Freeway—further boosting capacity and reducing congestion in this growing area.

Improving Mobile Coverage for Clyde

Improving mobile reception in Clyde, Clyde North, and Cranbourne East has been one of my top priority since being elected as your Federal MP two years ago.

In November, I issued a survey to over 10,000 homes in these suburbs and received over 5,000 responses with your stories and complaints. Many of you shared your struggles with running home businesses, difficulties in contacting family members overseas, and having to drive to McDonald's to call triple zero in emergencies.

Unfortunately, there was no leadership at the Federal level for nine years under the previous Liberal-National Government, leading to delays and finger-pointing between the council and telecom companies over land acquisition and planning. I have used my survey results to work with these bodies and demonstrate the community's frustration with the widespread poor reception.

New Towers Announced

In November I was proud to announce that two new mobile towers for Clyde have been fast-tracked under the Albanese Labor Government’s Peri-Urban Mobile Program.

One tower will be on corner of Bells Rd and Bellavita Ave, boosting coverage for Evergreen, Riverfield, Bella, One Bells, and Lilium estates, while the second will be northwest of Tooradin.

These towers are expected to be operational by late 2025, improving coverage for you and thousands of your neighbours.

This is on top of 12 additional towers approved by the City of Casey that will be constructed through to 2027.

Thank you to the 5,000 residents who completed my survey last year. These 14 towers are proof of what can be achieved with strong local advocacy. Unfortunately, this isn’t something we saw for nine years under the previous Liberal Government, with delays and blame-shifting instead of action.

There’s still more to be done, and I’ll keep pushing until every home in our community has reliable mobile coverage—because in 2024, mobile access is as essential as running water.

Narre Warren-Cranbourne Rd Upgrade

In October we celebrated the completion of major works on the Southeastern section of the Suburban Roads Upgrades at Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road.

The $1.6 billion dollar South Eastern Roads Upgrade has delivered 34 kilometres of new lanes – reducing congestion, improving safety, and cutting travel times for nearly 130,000 motorists each day.

As someone who drives on Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road daily, I know how essential this road is to our community, and I want to thank the Minister for Infrastructure Catherine King for her work.

The Albanese Labor Government recognises that our rapidly growing outer-suburbs need significant investment to stay connected and move forward.

This investment isn’t just about roads, though.

Addressing major bottlenecks like Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road is essential to tackling the housing crisis.

The City of Casey, which Holt covers, has the highest number of housing approvals nationwide.

As development expands in Clyde and Cranbourne East, these road upgrades are critical to support continued growth.

The upgrade of Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road is just one way the Albanese Labor Government is investing in our growing Southeastern suburbs.