❓ Question regarding the removal of emergency lanes in the Graham Farmer Freeway tunnel due to the Perth Waterfront Project and its potential impact on safety. The Premier confirms the removal but assures alternative procedures will be in place.
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PERTH WATERFRONT PROJECT — TRAFFIC IMPLICATIONS
I have a supplementary question. Will the Premier today guarantee that not a centimetre of those emergency lanes in the tunnel will be taken up because of the dangers that removing part of those emergency lanes would pose to people from my electorate who drive through that tunnel every day? Mr C.J. BARNETT
I have a supplementary question. Will the Premier today guarantee that not a centimetre of those emergency lanes in the tunnel will be taken up because of the dangers that removing part of those emergency lanes would pose to people from my electorate who drive through that tunnel every day? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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I am afraid that if we go from two to three lanes, which is what the tunnel was designed to take, there will not be the emergency lane, although there will be other procedures for dealing with breakdowns, should they occur. And that has been considered carefully. Mr E.S. Ripper : What is the risk analysis on that? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Goodness me! As the Minister for Transport said, it is designed for three lanes. That is the way it was constructed. Ms M.M. Quirk : It’s designed for people who drive at 80 kilometres an hour, but no-one ever does. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think a few Labor Party members have over the years. However, that is the design; that is how it will be used. Those changes will be made properly. They were considered. It is not part of the waterfront project, but we have those options. It was a Liberal–National government that built the Graham Farmer Freeway and tunnel precisely for the reason of allowing the traffic off Riverside Drive to go to the back of the city.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I am afraid that if we go from two to three lanes, which is what the tunnel was designed to take, there will not be the emergency lane, although there will be other procedures for dealing with breakdowns, should they occur. And that has been considered carefully. Mr E.S. Ripper : What is the risk analysis on that? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Goodness me! As the Minister for Transport said, it is designed for three lanes. That is the way it was constructed. Ms M.M. Quirk : It’s designed for people who drive at 80 kilometres an hour, but no-one ever does. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think a few Labor Party members have over the years. However, that is the design; that is how it will be used. Those changes will be made properly. They were considered. It is not part of the waterfront project, but we have those options. It was a Liberal–National government that built the Graham Farmer Freeway and tunnel precisely for the reason of allowing the traffic off Riverside Drive to go to the back of the city.
I am afraid that if we go from two to three lanes, which is what the tunnel was designed to take, there will not be the emergency lane, although there will be other procedures for dealing with breakdowns, should they occur. And that has been considered carefully. Mr E.S. Ripper : What is the risk analysis on that? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Goodness me! As the Minister for Transport said, it is designed for three lanes. That is the way it was constructed. Ms M.M. Quirk : It’s designed for people who drive at 80 kilometres an hour, but no-one ever does. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think a few Labor Party members have over the years. However, that is the design; that is how it will be used. Those changes will be made properly. They were considered. It is not part of the waterfront project, but we have those options. It was a Liberal–National government that built the Graham Farmer Freeway and tunnel precisely for the reason of allowing the traffic off Riverside Drive to go to the back of the city.
Mr E.S. Ripper : What is the risk analysis on that? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Goodness me! As the Minister for Transport said, it is designed for three lanes. That is the way it was constructed. Ms M.M. Quirk : It’s designed for people who drive at 80 kilometres an hour, but no-one ever does. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think a few Labor Party members have over the years. However, that is the design; that is how it will be used. Those changes will be made properly. They were considered. It is not part of the waterfront project, but we have those options. It was a Liberal–National government that built the Graham Farmer Freeway and tunnel precisely for the reason of allowing the traffic off Riverside Drive to go to the back of the city.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Goodness me! As the Minister for Transport said, it is designed for three lanes. That is the way it was constructed. Ms M.M. Quirk : It’s designed for people who drive at 80 kilometres an hour, but no-one ever does. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think a few Labor Party members have over the years. However, that is the design; that is how it will be used. Those changes will be made properly. They were considered. It is not part of the waterfront project, but we have those options. It was a Liberal–National government that built the Graham Farmer Freeway and tunnel precisely for the reason of allowing the traffic off Riverside Drive to go to the back of the city.
Ms M.M. Quirk : It’s designed for people who drive at 80 kilometres an hour, but no-one ever does. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think a few Labor Party members have over the years. However, that is the design; that is how it will be used. Those changes will be made properly. They were considered. It is not part of the waterfront project, but we have those options. It was a Liberal–National government that built the Graham Farmer Freeway and tunnel precisely for the reason of allowing the traffic off Riverside Drive to go to the back of the city.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think a few Labor Party members have over the years. However, that is the design; that is how it will be used. Those changes will be made properly. They were considered. It is not part of the waterfront project, but we have those options. It was a Liberal–National government that built the Graham Farmer Freeway and tunnel precisely for the reason of allowing the traffic off Riverside Drive to go to the back of the city.
However, that is the design; that is how it will be used. Those changes will be made properly. They were considered. It is not part of the waterfront project, but we have those options. It was a Liberal–National government that built the Graham Farmer Freeway and tunnel precisely for the reason of allowing the traffic off Riverside Drive to go to the back of the city.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I am afraid that if we go from two to three lanes, which is what the tunnel was designed to take, there will not be the emergency lane, although there will be other procedures for dealing with breakdowns, should they occur. And that has been considered carefully. Mr E.S. Ripper : What is the risk analysis on that? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Goodness me! As the Minister for Transport said, it is designed for three lanes. That is the way it was constructed. Ms M.M. Quirk : It’s designed for people who drive at 80 kilometres an hour, but no-one ever does. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think a few Labor Party members have over the years. However, that is the design; that is how it will be used. Those changes will be made properly. They were considered. It is not part of the waterfront project, but we have those options. It was a Liberal–National government that built the Graham Farmer Freeway and tunnel precisely for the reason of allowing the traffic off Riverside Drive to go to the back of the city.
I am afraid that if we go from two to three lanes, which is what the tunnel was designed to take, there will not be the emergency lane, although there will be other procedures for dealing with breakdowns, should they occur. And that has been considered carefully. Mr E.S. Ripper : What is the risk analysis on that? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Goodness me! As the Minister for Transport said, it is designed for three lanes. That is the way it was constructed. Ms M.M. Quirk : It’s designed for people who drive at 80 kilometres an hour, but no-one ever does. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think a few Labor Party members have over the years. However, that is the design; that is how it will be used. Those changes will be made properly. They were considered. It is not part of the waterfront project, but we have those options. It was a Liberal–National government that built the Graham Farmer Freeway and tunnel precisely for the reason of allowing the traffic off Riverside Drive to go to the back of the city.
Mr E.S. Ripper : What is the risk analysis on that? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Goodness me! As the Minister for Transport said, it is designed for three lanes. That is the way it was constructed. Ms M.M. Quirk : It’s designed for people who drive at 80 kilometres an hour, but no-one ever does. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think a few Labor Party members have over the years. However, that is the design; that is how it will be used. Those changes will be made properly. They were considered. It is not part of the waterfront project, but we have those options. It was a Liberal–National government that built the Graham Farmer Freeway and tunnel precisely for the reason of allowing the traffic off Riverside Drive to go to the back of the city.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Goodness me! As the Minister for Transport said, it is designed for three lanes. That is the way it was constructed. Ms M.M. Quirk : It’s designed for people who drive at 80 kilometres an hour, but no-one ever does. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think a few Labor Party members have over the years. However, that is the design; that is how it will be used. Those changes will be made properly. They were considered. It is not part of the waterfront project, but we have those options. It was a Liberal–National government that built the Graham Farmer Freeway and tunnel precisely for the reason of allowing the traffic off Riverside Drive to go to the back of the city.
Ms M.M. Quirk : It’s designed for people who drive at 80 kilometres an hour, but no-one ever does. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think a few Labor Party members have over the years. However, that is the design; that is how it will be used. Those changes will be made properly. They were considered. It is not part of the waterfront project, but we have those options. It was a Liberal–National government that built the Graham Farmer Freeway and tunnel precisely for the reason of allowing the traffic off Riverside Drive to go to the back of the city.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think a few Labor Party members have over the years. However, that is the design; that is how it will be used. Those changes will be made properly. They were considered. It is not part of the waterfront project, but we have those options. It was a Liberal–National government that built the Graham Farmer Freeway and tunnel precisely for the reason of allowing the traffic off Riverside Drive to go to the back of the city.
However, that is the design; that is how it will be used. Those changes will be made properly. They were considered. It is not part of the waterfront project, but we have those options. It was a Liberal–National government that built the Graham Farmer Freeway and tunnel precisely for the reason of allowing the traffic off Riverside Drive to go to the back of the city.
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