❓ Opposition MP Wyatt questions the Minister for Transport about a significant cost increase in the Metro Area Express light rail project, a 2013 election promise. The Minister attributes the increase to project deferral and standard escalation processes.
AnsweredQoN 111Legislative Assembly
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METRO AREA EXPRESS LIGHT RAIL
111. Mr B.S. WYATT to the Minister for
Transport:
I refer to the revelation that the governmentXXX ###XXXs fully funded and fully costed 2013 election
promise to build the Metro Area Express light rail project had increased from
$1.8 billion to $2.5 billion.
(1) When did the
minister become aware of this over 30 per cent increase in the cost of the governmentXXX ###XXXs fully costed project?
(2) Has this cost been confirmed by
the Treasury?
(3) What is the reason for this
massive increase in the cost of the governmentXXX ###XXXs
fully costed project?
111. Mr B.S. WYATT to the Minister for
Transport:
I refer to the revelation that the governmentXXX ###XXXs fully funded and fully costed 2013 election
promise to build the Metro Area Express light rail project had increased from
$1.8 billion to $2.5 billion.
(1) When did the
minister become aware of this over 30 per cent increase in the cost of the governmentXXX ###XXXs fully costed project?
(2) Has this cost been confirmed by
the Treasury?
(3) What is the reason for this
massive increase in the cost of the governmentXXX ###XXXs
fully costed project?
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(1)–(3) I
am pleased that the opposition is excited about the governmentXXX ###XXXs
transport plan and activities in this space. We had been quite open and up
front in 2013 that we needed to defer the project, and it is a standard
escalation process that has been applied to the funding.
Mr
B.S. Wyatt : ThatXXX ###XXXs not true at all.
Mr
D.C. NALDER : This is an escalation of costs as a result of the deferring of
the project.
am pleased that the opposition is excited about the governmentXXX ###XXXs
transport plan and activities in this space. We had been quite open and up
front in 2013 that we needed to defer the project, and it is a standard
escalation process that has been applied to the funding.
Mr
B.S. Wyatt : ThatXXX ###XXXs not true at all.
Mr
D.C. NALDER : This is an escalation of costs as a result of the deferring of
the project.
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