Vic MPs pledge rail projects, car parks

Tougher mandatory prison sentences for child sex offenders and the removal of more rail level crossings feature among Victoria's latest election promises.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Opposition Leader Matthew Guy on Monday continued a second week of campaigning ahead of the November 24 election.

WHERE THEY WENT:

* Daniel Andrews: Dandenong (Dandenong)

* Matthew Guy: Seaford (Carrum), Baxter (Hastings) and Bentleigh (Bentleigh)

WHAT THEY SAID:

* "Only Labor will deliver a fully-duplicated, level crossing-free Cranbourne line giving people in Melbourne's southeast the safe, fast and reliable public transport they deserve." - Daniel Andrews

* "It's not in this instance about the threat (of jail) and the deterrent, when it comes to child sex offences it's about the punishment and getting these people off the streets." - Matthew Guy on mandatory prison terms for child sex offenders

MONDAY'S PROMISES:

* Labor:

- Remove remaining four-level rail crossings on the Cranbourne line as part of its $6.6 billion promise to remove a further 25 crossings by 2025

- End a ban on alcohol licences imposed on some eastern Melbourne suburbs in the 1920s

* Liberal-Nationals:

- Child sex offenders to be subject to harsher mandatory jail sentences

- More car parking along the Frankston train line, including a $30 million-plus multi-level facility, as part of the coalition's $450 million rail project package.


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