David O’Brien, The Nationals candidate for Polwarth, is calling for a significant upgrade to the status and condition of the Twelve Apostle route from the Princes Highway across to the Great Ocean Road.
“The Twelve Apostles and Lochard Gorge are Australian icons drawing visitors from all over Australia and the world, yet we have a substandard road to get there,” Mr O’Brien said.
“It is not a great road, in fact it is a very poor road that takes us to these magnificent natural wonders. What we should have is the “Great Otway Link” and a new name and a new road worthy of such a name,” said Mr O’Brien.
“I am calling on infrastructure Australia to recognise the economic and cultural significant of this road and I believe it worthy of a project application for the development of an integrated rail and roadway service from Melbourne to the Twelve Apostles
If I am elected on Saturday one of my first calls will be to my Federal Colleague, Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss, to ask for his support and assistance with this project,” stated Mr O’Brien