By Brendan Rees
Liberal candidate for Cranbourne Ann-Marie Hermans, who will be contesting at this month’s state election, has pledged to get crime and the cost of living “back in control.”
“In the last 4 years, Daniel Andrews has lost control of crime, caused household bills to skyrocket, and let unchecked population growth choke our roads and public transport,” Ms Hermans said.
“Locals are telling me that they no longer feel safe in their own homes, they are sick of being stuck in traffic and jammed into packed trains, and they are going backwards while their bills and taxes soar.”
Ms Hermans says the Liberals will provide more frontline police, introduce tougher sentences, and “jail will mean jail.”
“We will boost local police infrastructure with a new Clyde North Police Station, upgrade Cranbourne Police Station and introduce more PSOs at Cranbourne Railway Station.
“We will get back in control of the cost of living and cut water bills by up to $100, provide free school books to secondary students in government schools, put more gas supply into the market to cut prices, and cut energy costs for low income households by up to $530 a year through a special energy rate,” she said.
In the Liberals biggest metropolitan public transport announcement, The Cranbourne train line will be extended to the fast-growing suburb of Clyde, with new stations at Cranbourne East and Clyde, and more parking.
“Only the Liberals will take cars off the road with new rail infrastructure and upgrades to our local roads,” Ms Hermans said.
The Liberals have also promised to duplicate the Berwick-Cranbourne Road, and remove the most dangerous and congested local intersections including Hall Road and Western Port Highway, Thompsons Road and Western Port Highway, Evans Road and Thompsons Road.
“Only the Liberals will help us get back in control of our lives and our futures.”
