❓ A member of parliament questions the minister about the potential increase in B-double fuel tanker traffic due to contingency measures at the Pinjar power station, focusing on permits, restrictions, and potential hazards. The minister's response refers to existing permit processes and collaborative efforts.
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I refer to the minister’s often publicly stated opposition to large trucks travelling on public roads and her campaign to remove them from any roads in her electorate of Armadale. (1) Is the minister aware that up to 100 B-double fuel tanker movements a day could be required to deliver fuel oil to the four rented 25-megawatt turbines at Western Power’s Pinjar power station this summer along Thomas Road, the Kwinana and Mitchell Freeways, Ocean Reef Drive, Wanneroo Road and Pinjar Road to Pinjar? (2) Will special permits be required, and will the vehicles’ movement hours be restricted in any way? (3) Does the minister foresee any potential hazards of having such a concentrated number of B-double fuel tankers travelling on public roads? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN
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(1)-(3) The Minister for Energy has made it very clear in this House that he is putting in place contingency measures - they are only contingency measures - and it would have been completely irresponsible for the minister not to have put those measures in place. If we need to invoke those contingency measures, obviously we will apply the normal permit provisions that we have put in place. Through the Government’s road train summits, the Government worked with industry, producers, local government and community and environmental groups and came up with a package that was agreed to across the entire spectrum about how we would handle the issuing of permits. We have put in place a system which has been broadly signed off and which represents a balance between the interests of the transport industry and the broader community. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Perth!
(1) Is the minister aware that up to 100 B-double fuel tanker movements a day could be required to deliver fuel oil to the four rented 25-megawatt turbines at Western Power’s Pinjar power station this summer along Thomas Road, the Kwinana and Mitchell Freeways, Ocean Reef Drive, Wanneroo Road and Pinjar Road to Pinjar? (2) Will special permits be required, and will the vehicles’ movement hours be restricted in any way? (3) Does the minister foresee any potential hazards of having such a concentrated number of B-double fuel tankers travelling on public roads? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The Minister for Energy has made it very clear in this House that he is putting in place contingency measures - they are only contingency measures - and it would have been completely irresponsible for the minister not to have put those measures in place. If we need to invoke those contingency measures, obviously we will apply the normal permit provisions that we have put in place. Through the Government’s road train summits, the Government worked with industry, producers, local government and community and environmental groups and came up with a package that was agreed to across the entire spectrum about how we would handle the issuing of permits. We have put in place a system which has been broadly signed off and which represents a balance between the interests of the transport industry and the broader community. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Perth!
(2) Will special permits be required, and will the vehicles’ movement hours be restricted in any way? (3) Does the minister foresee any potential hazards of having such a concentrated number of B-double fuel tankers travelling on public roads? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The Minister for Energy has made it very clear in this House that he is putting in place contingency measures - they are only contingency measures - and it would have been completely irresponsible for the minister not to have put those measures in place. If we need to invoke those contingency measures, obviously we will apply the normal permit provisions that we have put in place. Through the Government’s road train summits, the Government worked with industry, producers, local government and community and environmental groups and came up with a package that was agreed to across the entire spectrum about how we would handle the issuing of permits. We have put in place a system which has been broadly signed off and which represents a balance between the interests of the transport industry and the broader community. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Perth!
(3) Does the minister foresee any potential hazards of having such a concentrated number of B-double fuel tankers travelling on public roads? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The Minister for Energy has made it very clear in this House that he is putting in place contingency measures - they are only contingency measures - and it would have been completely irresponsible for the minister not to have put those measures in place. If we need to invoke those contingency measures, obviously we will apply the normal permit provisions that we have put in place. Through the Government’s road train summits, the Government worked with industry, producers, local government and community and environmental groups and came up with a package that was agreed to across the entire spectrum about how we would handle the issuing of permits. We have put in place a system which has been broadly signed off and which represents a balance between the interests of the transport industry and the broader community. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Perth!
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The Minister for Energy has made it very clear in this House that he is putting in place contingency measures - they are only contingency measures - and it would have been completely irresponsible for the minister not to have put those measures in place. If we need to invoke those contingency measures, obviously we will apply the normal permit provisions that we have put in place. Through the Government’s road train summits, the Government worked with industry, producers, local government and community and environmental groups and came up with a package that was agreed to across the entire spectrum about how we would handle the issuing of permits. We have put in place a system which has been broadly signed off and which represents a balance between the interests of the transport industry and the broader community. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Perth!
(1)-(3) The Minister for Energy has made it very clear in this House that he is putting in place contingency measures - they are only contingency measures - and it would have been completely irresponsible for the minister not to have put those measures in place. If we need to invoke those contingency measures, obviously we will apply the normal permit provisions that we have put in place. Through the Government’s road train summits, the Government worked with industry, producers, local government and community and environmental groups and came up with a package that was agreed to across the entire spectrum about how we would handle the issuing of permits. We have put in place a system which has been broadly signed off and which represents a balance between the interests of the transport industry and the broader community. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Perth!
Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Perth!
The SPEAKER: Order, member for Perth!
(1) Is the minister aware that up to 100 B-double fuel tanker movements a day could be required to deliver fuel oil to the four rented 25-megawatt turbines at Western Power’s Pinjar power station this summer along Thomas Road, the Kwinana and Mitchell Freeways, Ocean Reef Drive, Wanneroo Road and Pinjar Road to Pinjar? (2) Will special permits be required, and will the vehicles’ movement hours be restricted in any way? (3) Does the minister foresee any potential hazards of having such a concentrated number of B-double fuel tankers travelling on public roads? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The Minister for Energy has made it very clear in this House that he is putting in place contingency measures - they are only contingency measures - and it would have been completely irresponsible for the minister not to have put those measures in place. If we need to invoke those contingency measures, obviously we will apply the normal permit provisions that we have put in place. Through the Government’s road train summits, the Government worked with industry, producers, local government and community and environmental groups and came up with a package that was agreed to across the entire spectrum about how we would handle the issuing of permits. We have put in place a system which has been broadly signed off and which represents a balance between the interests of the transport industry and the broader community. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Perth!
(2) Will special permits be required, and will the vehicles’ movement hours be restricted in any way? (3) Does the minister foresee any potential hazards of having such a concentrated number of B-double fuel tankers travelling on public roads? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The Minister for Energy has made it very clear in this House that he is putting in place contingency measures - they are only contingency measures - and it would have been completely irresponsible for the minister not to have put those measures in place. If we need to invoke those contingency measures, obviously we will apply the normal permit provisions that we have put in place. Through the Government’s road train summits, the Government worked with industry, producers, local government and community and environmental groups and came up with a package that was agreed to across the entire spectrum about how we would handle the issuing of permits. We have put in place a system which has been broadly signed off and which represents a balance between the interests of the transport industry and the broader community. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Perth!
(3) Does the minister foresee any potential hazards of having such a concentrated number of B-double fuel tankers travelling on public roads? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The Minister for Energy has made it very clear in this House that he is putting in place contingency measures - they are only contingency measures - and it would have been completely irresponsible for the minister not to have put those measures in place. If we need to invoke those contingency measures, obviously we will apply the normal permit provisions that we have put in place. Through the Government’s road train summits, the Government worked with industry, producers, local government and community and environmental groups and came up with a package that was agreed to across the entire spectrum about how we would handle the issuing of permits. We have put in place a system which has been broadly signed off and which represents a balance between the interests of the transport industry and the broader community. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Perth!
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The Minister for Energy has made it very clear in this House that he is putting in place contingency measures - they are only contingency measures - and it would have been completely irresponsible for the minister not to have put those measures in place. If we need to invoke those contingency measures, obviously we will apply the normal permit provisions that we have put in place. Through the Government’s road train summits, the Government worked with industry, producers, local government and community and environmental groups and came up with a package that was agreed to across the entire spectrum about how we would handle the issuing of permits. We have put in place a system which has been broadly signed off and which represents a balance between the interests of the transport industry and the broader community. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Perth!
(1)-(3) The Minister for Energy has made it very clear in this House that he is putting in place contingency measures - they are only contingency measures - and it would have been completely irresponsible for the minister not to have put those measures in place. If we need to invoke those contingency measures, obviously we will apply the normal permit provisions that we have put in place. Through the Government’s road train summits, the Government worked with industry, producers, local government and community and environmental groups and came up with a package that was agreed to across the entire spectrum about how we would handle the issuing of permits. We have put in place a system which has been broadly signed off and which represents a balance between the interests of the transport industry and the broader community. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Perth!
Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Perth!
The SPEAKER: Order, member for Perth!
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