❓ Question regarding Roe Highway stage 8 alignment through Beeliar Regional Park, focusing on environmental impact and design choices. The Minister denies sabotaging the project and deflects blame to the previous government.
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I refer to page 16 of the Environmental Protection Authority’s advice to the minister on environmental values associated with the alignment of Roe Highway stage 8, which states with regard to road construction through Beeliar Regional Park - It is accepted that through design and construction there is the potential to manage and minimise the potential impacts to a certain extent. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! It is totally inappropriate to try to stop ministers from answering questions. It is even worse to try to stop a member from asking a question. Mr B.K. MASTERS: I ask - (1) Is it not true that the minister or her department chose a particular design and construction for Roe Highway through Beeliar Regional Park in the hope and expectation that it would have to be rejected by the EPA because it was known to have an unacceptable environmental impact? (2) Is the minister aware that a two-lane road already passes through the section of Beeliar Regional Park earmarked for the route of Roe Highway stage 8, already causing serious environmental impacts? (3) Will the minister direct her department to resubmit design and construction plans to the EPA that include an elevated roadway beneath which environmental water can flow and the movement of fauna can be re-established, thereby improving the overall environmental values of Beeliar Regional Park? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN
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(1)-(3) The answer to the first part of the question is no. What was the second part of the question? Mr B.K. Masters: Is the minister aware of the existing road? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Yes, Hope Road; I am definitely aware of that. The implication is that somehow or other I got my office to whip up a design for a major engineering work - Roe Highway stage 8 - so that we could zip it into the Environmental Protection Authority to get a dodgy report. We did absolutely nothing of the sort. We used existing information. We did not spend any money doing designs on Roe Highway stage 8, and nor will we. We used entirely the work that had been done under the previous Government. Mr J.C. Kobelke: So those people sabotaged it! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! It is totally inappropriate to try to stop ministers from answering questions. It is even worse to try to stop a member from asking a question. Mr B.K. MASTERS: I ask - (1) Is it not true that the minister or her department chose a particular design and construction for Roe Highway through Beeliar Regional Park in the hope and expectation that it would have to be rejected by the EPA because it was known to have an unacceptable environmental impact? (2) Is the minister aware that a two-lane road already passes through the section of Beeliar Regional Park earmarked for the route of Roe Highway stage 8, already causing serious environmental impacts? (3) Will the minister direct her department to resubmit design and construction plans to the EPA that include an elevated roadway beneath which environmental water can flow and the movement of fauna can be re-established, thereby improving the overall environmental values of Beeliar Regional Park? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The answer to the first part of the question is no. What was the second part of the question? Mr B.K. Masters: Is the minister aware of the existing road? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Yes, Hope Road; I am definitely aware of that. The implication is that somehow or other I got my office to whip up a design for a major engineering work - Roe Highway stage 8 - so that we could zip it into the Environmental Protection Authority to get a dodgy report. We did absolutely nothing of the sort. We used existing information. We did not spend any money doing designs on Roe Highway stage 8, and nor will we. We used entirely the work that had been done under the previous Government. Mr J.C. Kobelke: So those people sabotaged it! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
Mr B.K. MASTERS: I ask - (1) Is it not true that the minister or her department chose a particular design and construction for Roe Highway through Beeliar Regional Park in the hope and expectation that it would have to be rejected by the EPA because it was known to have an unacceptable environmental impact? (2) Is the minister aware that a two-lane road already passes through the section of Beeliar Regional Park earmarked for the route of Roe Highway stage 8, already causing serious environmental impacts? (3) Will the minister direct her department to resubmit design and construction plans to the EPA that include an elevated roadway beneath which environmental water can flow and the movement of fauna can be re-established, thereby improving the overall environmental values of Beeliar Regional Park? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The answer to the first part of the question is no. What was the second part of the question? Mr B.K. Masters: Is the minister aware of the existing road? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Yes, Hope Road; I am definitely aware of that. The implication is that somehow or other I got my office to whip up a design for a major engineering work - Roe Highway stage 8 - so that we could zip it into the Environmental Protection Authority to get a dodgy report. We did absolutely nothing of the sort. We used existing information. We did not spend any money doing designs on Roe Highway stage 8, and nor will we. We used entirely the work that had been done under the previous Government. Mr J.C. Kobelke: So those people sabotaged it! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
(1) Is it not true that the minister or her department chose a particular design and construction for Roe Highway through Beeliar Regional Park in the hope and expectation that it would have to be rejected by the EPA because it was known to have an unacceptable environmental impact? (2) Is the minister aware that a two-lane road already passes through the section of Beeliar Regional Park earmarked for the route of Roe Highway stage 8, already causing serious environmental impacts? (3) Will the minister direct her department to resubmit design and construction plans to the EPA that include an elevated roadway beneath which environmental water can flow and the movement of fauna can be re-established, thereby improving the overall environmental values of Beeliar Regional Park? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The answer to the first part of the question is no. What was the second part of the question? Mr B.K. Masters: Is the minister aware of the existing road? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Yes, Hope Road; I am definitely aware of that. The implication is that somehow or other I got my office to whip up a design for a major engineering work - Roe Highway stage 8 - so that we could zip it into the Environmental Protection Authority to get a dodgy report. We did absolutely nothing of the sort. We used existing information. We did not spend any money doing designs on Roe Highway stage 8, and nor will we. We used entirely the work that had been done under the previous Government. Mr J.C. Kobelke: So those people sabotaged it! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
(2) Is the minister aware that a two-lane road already passes through the section of Beeliar Regional Park earmarked for the route of Roe Highway stage 8, already causing serious environmental impacts? (3) Will the minister direct her department to resubmit design and construction plans to the EPA that include an elevated roadway beneath which environmental water can flow and the movement of fauna can be re-established, thereby improving the overall environmental values of Beeliar Regional Park? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The answer to the first part of the question is no. What was the second part of the question? Mr B.K. Masters: Is the minister aware of the existing road? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Yes, Hope Road; I am definitely aware of that. The implication is that somehow or other I got my office to whip up a design for a major engineering work - Roe Highway stage 8 - so that we could zip it into the Environmental Protection Authority to get a dodgy report. We did absolutely nothing of the sort. We used existing information. We did not spend any money doing designs on Roe Highway stage 8, and nor will we. We used entirely the work that had been done under the previous Government. Mr J.C. Kobelke: So those people sabotaged it! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
(3) Will the minister direct her department to resubmit design and construction plans to the EPA that include an elevated roadway beneath which environmental water can flow and the movement of fauna can be re-established, thereby improving the overall environmental values of Beeliar Regional Park? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The answer to the first part of the question is no. What was the second part of the question? Mr B.K. Masters: Is the minister aware of the existing road? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Yes, Hope Road; I am definitely aware of that. The implication is that somehow or other I got my office to whip up a design for a major engineering work - Roe Highway stage 8 - so that we could zip it into the Environmental Protection Authority to get a dodgy report. We did absolutely nothing of the sort. We used existing information. We did not spend any money doing designs on Roe Highway stage 8, and nor will we. We used entirely the work that had been done under the previous Government. Mr J.C. Kobelke: So those people sabotaged it! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The answer to the first part of the question is no. What was the second part of the question? Mr B.K. Masters: Is the minister aware of the existing road? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Yes, Hope Road; I am definitely aware of that. The implication is that somehow or other I got my office to whip up a design for a major engineering work - Roe Highway stage 8 - so that we could zip it into the Environmental Protection Authority to get a dodgy report. We did absolutely nothing of the sort. We used existing information. We did not spend any money doing designs on Roe Highway stage 8, and nor will we. We used entirely the work that had been done under the previous Government. Mr J.C. Kobelke: So those people sabotaged it! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
(1)-(3) The answer to the first part of the question is no. What was the second part of the question? Mr B.K. Masters: Is the minister aware of the existing road? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Yes, Hope Road; I am definitely aware of that. The implication is that somehow or other I got my office to whip up a design for a major engineering work - Roe Highway stage 8 - so that we could zip it into the Environmental Protection Authority to get a dodgy report. We did absolutely nothing of the sort. We used existing information. We did not spend any money doing designs on Roe Highway stage 8, and nor will we. We used entirely the work that had been done under the previous Government. Mr J.C. Kobelke: So those people sabotaged it! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
Mr B.K. Masters: Is the minister aware of the existing road? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Yes, Hope Road; I am definitely aware of that. The implication is that somehow or other I got my office to whip up a design for a major engineering work - Roe Highway stage 8 - so that we could zip it into the Environmental Protection Authority to get a dodgy report. We did absolutely nothing of the sort. We used existing information. We did not spend any money doing designs on Roe Highway stage 8, and nor will we. We used entirely the work that had been done under the previous Government. Mr J.C. Kobelke: So those people sabotaged it! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Yes, Hope Road; I am definitely aware of that. The implication is that somehow or other I got my office to whip up a design for a major engineering work - Roe Highway stage 8 - so that we could zip it into the Environmental Protection Authority to get a dodgy report. We did absolutely nothing of the sort. We used existing information. We did not spend any money doing designs on Roe Highway stage 8, and nor will we. We used entirely the work that had been done under the previous Government. Mr J.C. Kobelke: So those people sabotaged it! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
Mr J.C. Kobelke: So those people sabotaged it! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! It is totally inappropriate to try to stop ministers from answering questions. It is even worse to try to stop a member from asking a question. Mr B.K. MASTERS: I ask - (1) Is it not true that the minister or her department chose a particular design and construction for Roe Highway through Beeliar Regional Park in the hope and expectation that it would have to be rejected by the EPA because it was known to have an unacceptable environmental impact? (2) Is the minister aware that a two-lane road already passes through the section of Beeliar Regional Park earmarked for the route of Roe Highway stage 8, already causing serious environmental impacts? (3) Will the minister direct her department to resubmit design and construction plans to the EPA that include an elevated roadway beneath which environmental water can flow and the movement of fauna can be re-established, thereby improving the overall environmental values of Beeliar Regional Park? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The answer to the first part of the question is no. What was the second part of the question? Mr B.K. Masters: Is the minister aware of the existing road? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Yes, Hope Road; I am definitely aware of that. The implication is that somehow or other I got my office to whip up a design for a major engineering work - Roe Highway stage 8 - so that we could zip it into the Environmental Protection Authority to get a dodgy report. We did absolutely nothing of the sort. We used existing information. We did not spend any money doing designs on Roe Highway stage 8, and nor will we. We used entirely the work that had been done under the previous Government. Mr J.C. Kobelke: So those people sabotaged it! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
Mr B.K. MASTERS: I ask - (1) Is it not true that the minister or her department chose a particular design and construction for Roe Highway through Beeliar Regional Park in the hope and expectation that it would have to be rejected by the EPA because it was known to have an unacceptable environmental impact? (2) Is the minister aware that a two-lane road already passes through the section of Beeliar Regional Park earmarked for the route of Roe Highway stage 8, already causing serious environmental impacts? (3) Will the minister direct her department to resubmit design and construction plans to the EPA that include an elevated roadway beneath which environmental water can flow and the movement of fauna can be re-established, thereby improving the overall environmental values of Beeliar Regional Park? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The answer to the first part of the question is no. What was the second part of the question? Mr B.K. Masters: Is the minister aware of the existing road? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Yes, Hope Road; I am definitely aware of that. The implication is that somehow or other I got my office to whip up a design for a major engineering work - Roe Highway stage 8 - so that we could zip it into the Environmental Protection Authority to get a dodgy report. We did absolutely nothing of the sort. We used existing information. We did not spend any money doing designs on Roe Highway stage 8, and nor will we. We used entirely the work that had been done under the previous Government. Mr J.C. Kobelke: So those people sabotaged it! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
(1) Is it not true that the minister or her department chose a particular design and construction for Roe Highway through Beeliar Regional Park in the hope and expectation that it would have to be rejected by the EPA because it was known to have an unacceptable environmental impact? (2) Is the minister aware that a two-lane road already passes through the section of Beeliar Regional Park earmarked for the route of Roe Highway stage 8, already causing serious environmental impacts? (3) Will the minister direct her department to resubmit design and construction plans to the EPA that include an elevated roadway beneath which environmental water can flow and the movement of fauna can be re-established, thereby improving the overall environmental values of Beeliar Regional Park? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The answer to the first part of the question is no. What was the second part of the question? Mr B.K. Masters: Is the minister aware of the existing road? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Yes, Hope Road; I am definitely aware of that. The implication is that somehow or other I got my office to whip up a design for a major engineering work - Roe Highway stage 8 - so that we could zip it into the Environmental Protection Authority to get a dodgy report. We did absolutely nothing of the sort. We used existing information. We did not spend any money doing designs on Roe Highway stage 8, and nor will we. We used entirely the work that had been done under the previous Government. Mr J.C. Kobelke: So those people sabotaged it! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
(2) Is the minister aware that a two-lane road already passes through the section of Beeliar Regional Park earmarked for the route of Roe Highway stage 8, already causing serious environmental impacts? (3) Will the minister direct her department to resubmit design and construction plans to the EPA that include an elevated roadway beneath which environmental water can flow and the movement of fauna can be re-established, thereby improving the overall environmental values of Beeliar Regional Park? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The answer to the first part of the question is no. What was the second part of the question? Mr B.K. Masters: Is the minister aware of the existing road? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Yes, Hope Road; I am definitely aware of that. The implication is that somehow or other I got my office to whip up a design for a major engineering work - Roe Highway stage 8 - so that we could zip it into the Environmental Protection Authority to get a dodgy report. We did absolutely nothing of the sort. We used existing information. We did not spend any money doing designs on Roe Highway stage 8, and nor will we. We used entirely the work that had been done under the previous Government. Mr J.C. Kobelke: So those people sabotaged it! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
(3) Will the minister direct her department to resubmit design and construction plans to the EPA that include an elevated roadway beneath which environmental water can flow and the movement of fauna can be re-established, thereby improving the overall environmental values of Beeliar Regional Park? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The answer to the first part of the question is no. What was the second part of the question? Mr B.K. Masters: Is the minister aware of the existing road? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Yes, Hope Road; I am definitely aware of that. The implication is that somehow or other I got my office to whip up a design for a major engineering work - Roe Highway stage 8 - so that we could zip it into the Environmental Protection Authority to get a dodgy report. We did absolutely nothing of the sort. We used existing information. We did not spend any money doing designs on Roe Highway stage 8, and nor will we. We used entirely the work that had been done under the previous Government. Mr J.C. Kobelke: So those people sabotaged it! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The answer to the first part of the question is no. What was the second part of the question? Mr B.K. Masters: Is the minister aware of the existing road? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Yes, Hope Road; I am definitely aware of that. The implication is that somehow or other I got my office to whip up a design for a major engineering work - Roe Highway stage 8 - so that we could zip it into the Environmental Protection Authority to get a dodgy report. We did absolutely nothing of the sort. We used existing information. We did not spend any money doing designs on Roe Highway stage 8, and nor will we. We used entirely the work that had been done under the previous Government. Mr J.C. Kobelke: So those people sabotaged it! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
(1)-(3) The answer to the first part of the question is no. What was the second part of the question? Mr B.K. Masters: Is the minister aware of the existing road? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Yes, Hope Road; I am definitely aware of that. The implication is that somehow or other I got my office to whip up a design for a major engineering work - Roe Highway stage 8 - so that we could zip it into the Environmental Protection Authority to get a dodgy report. We did absolutely nothing of the sort. We used existing information. We did not spend any money doing designs on Roe Highway stage 8, and nor will we. We used entirely the work that had been done under the previous Government. Mr J.C. Kobelke: So those people sabotaged it! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
Mr B.K. Masters: Is the minister aware of the existing road? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Yes, Hope Road; I am definitely aware of that. The implication is that somehow or other I got my office to whip up a design for a major engineering work - Roe Highway stage 8 - so that we could zip it into the Environmental Protection Authority to get a dodgy report. We did absolutely nothing of the sort. We used existing information. We did not spend any money doing designs on Roe Highway stage 8, and nor will we. We used entirely the work that had been done under the previous Government. Mr J.C. Kobelke: So those people sabotaged it! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Yes, Hope Road; I am definitely aware of that. The implication is that somehow or other I got my office to whip up a design for a major engineering work - Roe Highway stage 8 - so that we could zip it into the Environmental Protection Authority to get a dodgy report. We did absolutely nothing of the sort. We used existing information. We did not spend any money doing designs on Roe Highway stage 8, and nor will we. We used entirely the work that had been done under the previous Government. Mr J.C. Kobelke: So those people sabotaged it! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
Mr J.C. Kobelke: So those people sabotaged it! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They sabotaged it in advance. Maybe it was done by those National Party ministers who wanted more roads built in the country rather than in the city. We did no interfering and we had no details - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The EPA has said it will be very difficult to see how this road can be made environmentally acceptable. It is interesting that members opposite are now trying to devise a way in which to build this road by having this grand plan - the grand “Masters” plan - that would involve a vast elevated structure over the wetlands. We have a very big task in building decent transport infrastructure in this State. We will certainly not direct our Main Roads engineers to indulge the fantasies of members of the Opposition.
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