❓ Mr. Logan questions the Minister for Transport regarding the Community Connect South project, specifically the Armadale Road and North Lake Road components. The Minister confirms commitment to the Armadale Road dualling but states the North Lake Road bridge requires further validation and is not yet committed to.
AnsweredQoN 792Legislative Assembly
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COMMUNITY CONNECT SOUTH PROJECT
792. Mr F.M. LOGAN to the
Minister for Transport:
I refer to the state and federal Liberal governments'
pledge regarding the Community Connect South project.
(1) Can the
minister confirm that the government has committed only to the Armadale Road option
portion of the project?
(2) When will
the project go out to tender?
(3) What is
the expected commencement date for the project?
(4) Can the
minister confirm that the government has not committed to the North Lake Road
bridge and interchange portion of the project?
792. Mr F.M. LOGAN to the
Minister for Transport:
I refer to the state and federal Liberal governments'
pledge regarding the Community Connect South project.
(1) Can the
minister confirm that the government has committed only to the Armadale Road option
portion of the project?
(2) When will
the project go out to tender?
(3) What is
the expected commencement date for the project?
(4) Can the
minister confirm that the government has not committed to the North Lake Road
bridge and interchange portion of the project?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(4) It is questions time; I have four questions
and have to try to remember them all!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Members! Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the second time. I just
want to make a comment. I have spoken to people asking questions, telling them
to keep their questions short; I have spoken to government ministers to keep
their answers short. People have just ignored me. I ask you to keep the
questions short and the answers short.
Mr
D.C. NALDER : I think we were pretty clear in our commitments at election
time. We are not out there spruiking that we are going to grade separate 31
rail interchanges. We are not out there spruiking that we are going to do Denny
Avenue and Tonkin Highway and all that. We made one commitment, and that one
commitment was to dual nearly seven kilometres of Armadale Road that will take
it all the way through to Kwinana Freeway. We have made that commitment. The
federal government committed to 80 per cent of the funding, and we have
committed to finding the other 20 per cent. We are now going through all the
processes that the Department of Transport go through. A lot of the planning
work had been completed on this project because it has been a priority for this
state for a few years. We are very keen to see this work undertaken, but I am
not going to put a date out there until I get everything back from my
department to outline the process that we are going through. I can confirm that
the planning —
Mr F.M. Logan interjected.
Mr D.C. NALDER : Let me finish! The
member has asked the question.
The planning work has been done on the dualling, but the
planning work is not finalised for the North Lake Road bridge; that requires
more work. The feedback I have had from Main Roads is that the work that the
City of Cockburn has put in needs a high level of validation, so we are not
committing to that at this point. It is not ready to go, but Armadale Road is
ready to go, and that is what we will be doing.
and have to try to remember them all!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Members! Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the second time. I just
want to make a comment. I have spoken to people asking questions, telling them
to keep their questions short; I have spoken to government ministers to keep
their answers short. People have just ignored me. I ask you to keep the
questions short and the answers short.
Mr
D.C. NALDER : I think we were pretty clear in our commitments at election
time. We are not out there spruiking that we are going to grade separate 31
rail interchanges. We are not out there spruiking that we are going to do Denny
Avenue and Tonkin Highway and all that. We made one commitment, and that one
commitment was to dual nearly seven kilometres of Armadale Road that will take
it all the way through to Kwinana Freeway. We have made that commitment. The
federal government committed to 80 per cent of the funding, and we have
committed to finding the other 20 per cent. We are now going through all the
processes that the Department of Transport go through. A lot of the planning
work had been completed on this project because it has been a priority for this
state for a few years. We are very keen to see this work undertaken, but I am
not going to put a date out there until I get everything back from my
department to outline the process that we are going through. I can confirm that
the planning —
Mr F.M. Logan interjected.
Mr D.C. NALDER : Let me finish! The
member has asked the question.
The planning work has been done on the dualling, but the
planning work is not finalised for the North Lake Road bridge; that requires
more work. The feedback I have had from Main Roads is that the work that the
City of Cockburn has put in needs a high level of validation, so we are not
committing to that at this point. It is not ready to go, but Armadale Road is
ready to go, and that is what we will be doing.
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