❓ Hon. Derrick Tomlinson questions the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure about a 1996 study by BSD Consultants on transport options for the Kwinana Freeway corridor, seeking its tabling in Parliament. The Minister agrees to table the report at the next sitting.
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(1) Were BSD Consultants commissioned in July 1996 to study options to maximise transport usage of the Kwinana Freeway corridor? (2) If yes, who commissioned the study? (3) When was the report of the study presented to the Government? (4) Will the minister now table the report? Hon G.T. GIFFARD
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. From the executive summary of the report it is apparent that BSD Consultants was asked to undertake a study to establish whether it was possible to accommodate a railway in the Kwinana Freeway reserve between Perth city station and Mandurah and what short-term measures might be undertaken to ease existing traffic congestion on the Narrows Bridge. (2) The then Commissioner of Railways commissioned BSD Consultants to undertake the study. (3) My copy of the question refers to the study being presented to Parliament; the member referred to “the Government”. Hon Derrick Tomlinson: Yes, I did. It has never been presented to Parliament. I want to know who got it. Hon G.T. GIFFARD: In that case, the minister’s response is that, to the best of her understanding, the report has never been made public. (4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
(2) If yes, who commissioned the study? (3) When was the report of the study presented to the Government? (4) Will the minister now table the report? Hon G.T. GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. From the executive summary of the report it is apparent that BSD Consultants was asked to undertake a study to establish whether it was possible to accommodate a railway in the Kwinana Freeway reserve between Perth city station and Mandurah and what short-term measures might be undertaken to ease existing traffic congestion on the Narrows Bridge. (2) The then Commissioner of Railways commissioned BSD Consultants to undertake the study. (3) My copy of the question refers to the study being presented to Parliament; the member referred to “the Government”. Hon Derrick Tomlinson: Yes, I did. It has never been presented to Parliament. I want to know who got it. Hon G.T. GIFFARD: In that case, the minister’s response is that, to the best of her understanding, the report has never been made public. (4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
(3) When was the report of the study presented to the Government? (4) Will the minister now table the report? Hon G.T. GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. From the executive summary of the report it is apparent that BSD Consultants was asked to undertake a study to establish whether it was possible to accommodate a railway in the Kwinana Freeway reserve between Perth city station and Mandurah and what short-term measures might be undertaken to ease existing traffic congestion on the Narrows Bridge. (2) The then Commissioner of Railways commissioned BSD Consultants to undertake the study. (3) My copy of the question refers to the study being presented to Parliament; the member referred to “the Government”. Hon Derrick Tomlinson: Yes, I did. It has never been presented to Parliament. I want to know who got it. Hon G.T. GIFFARD: In that case, the minister’s response is that, to the best of her understanding, the report has never been made public. (4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
(4) Will the minister now table the report? Hon G.T. GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. From the executive summary of the report it is apparent that BSD Consultants was asked to undertake a study to establish whether it was possible to accommodate a railway in the Kwinana Freeway reserve between Perth city station and Mandurah and what short-term measures might be undertaken to ease existing traffic congestion on the Narrows Bridge. (2) The then Commissioner of Railways commissioned BSD Consultants to undertake the study. (3) My copy of the question refers to the study being presented to Parliament; the member referred to “the Government”. Hon Derrick Tomlinson: Yes, I did. It has never been presented to Parliament. I want to know who got it. Hon G.T. GIFFARD: In that case, the minister’s response is that, to the best of her understanding, the report has never been made public. (4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
Hon G.T. GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. From the executive summary of the report it is apparent that BSD Consultants was asked to undertake a study to establish whether it was possible to accommodate a railway in the Kwinana Freeway reserve between Perth city station and Mandurah and what short-term measures might be undertaken to ease existing traffic congestion on the Narrows Bridge. (2) The then Commissioner of Railways commissioned BSD Consultants to undertake the study. (3) My copy of the question refers to the study being presented to Parliament; the member referred to “the Government”. Hon Derrick Tomlinson: Yes, I did. It has never been presented to Parliament. I want to know who got it. Hon G.T. GIFFARD: In that case, the minister’s response is that, to the best of her understanding, the report has never been made public. (4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. From the executive summary of the report it is apparent that BSD Consultants was asked to undertake a study to establish whether it was possible to accommodate a railway in the Kwinana Freeway reserve between Perth city station and Mandurah and what short-term measures might be undertaken to ease existing traffic congestion on the Narrows Bridge. (2) The then Commissioner of Railways commissioned BSD Consultants to undertake the study. (3) My copy of the question refers to the study being presented to Parliament; the member referred to “the Government”. Hon Derrick Tomlinson: Yes, I did. It has never been presented to Parliament. I want to know who got it. Hon G.T. GIFFARD: In that case, the minister’s response is that, to the best of her understanding, the report has never been made public. (4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
(1) Yes. From the executive summary of the report it is apparent that BSD Consultants was asked to undertake a study to establish whether it was possible to accommodate a railway in the Kwinana Freeway reserve between Perth city station and Mandurah and what short-term measures might be undertaken to ease existing traffic congestion on the Narrows Bridge. (2) The then Commissioner of Railways commissioned BSD Consultants to undertake the study. (3) My copy of the question refers to the study being presented to Parliament; the member referred to “the Government”. Hon Derrick Tomlinson: Yes, I did. It has never been presented to Parliament. I want to know who got it. Hon G.T. GIFFARD: In that case, the minister’s response is that, to the best of her understanding, the report has never been made public. (4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
(2) The then Commissioner of Railways commissioned BSD Consultants to undertake the study. (3) My copy of the question refers to the study being presented to Parliament; the member referred to “the Government”. Hon Derrick Tomlinson: Yes, I did. It has never been presented to Parliament. I want to know who got it. Hon G.T. GIFFARD: In that case, the minister’s response is that, to the best of her understanding, the report has never been made public. (4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
(3) My copy of the question refers to the study being presented to Parliament; the member referred to “the Government”. Hon Derrick Tomlinson: Yes, I did. It has never been presented to Parliament. I want to know who got it. Hon G.T. GIFFARD: In that case, the minister’s response is that, to the best of her understanding, the report has never been made public. (4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
Hon Derrick Tomlinson: Yes, I did. It has never been presented to Parliament. I want to know who got it. Hon G.T. GIFFARD: In that case, the minister’s response is that, to the best of her understanding, the report has never been made public. (4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
Hon G.T. GIFFARD: In that case, the minister’s response is that, to the best of her understanding, the report has never been made public. (4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
(4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
(2) If yes, who commissioned the study? (3) When was the report of the study presented to the Government? (4) Will the minister now table the report? Hon G.T. GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. From the executive summary of the report it is apparent that BSD Consultants was asked to undertake a study to establish whether it was possible to accommodate a railway in the Kwinana Freeway reserve between Perth city station and Mandurah and what short-term measures might be undertaken to ease existing traffic congestion on the Narrows Bridge. (2) The then Commissioner of Railways commissioned BSD Consultants to undertake the study. (3) My copy of the question refers to the study being presented to Parliament; the member referred to “the Government”. Hon Derrick Tomlinson: Yes, I did. It has never been presented to Parliament. I want to know who got it. Hon G.T. GIFFARD: In that case, the minister’s response is that, to the best of her understanding, the report has never been made public. (4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
(3) When was the report of the study presented to the Government? (4) Will the minister now table the report? Hon G.T. GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. From the executive summary of the report it is apparent that BSD Consultants was asked to undertake a study to establish whether it was possible to accommodate a railway in the Kwinana Freeway reserve between Perth city station and Mandurah and what short-term measures might be undertaken to ease existing traffic congestion on the Narrows Bridge. (2) The then Commissioner of Railways commissioned BSD Consultants to undertake the study. (3) My copy of the question refers to the study being presented to Parliament; the member referred to “the Government”. Hon Derrick Tomlinson: Yes, I did. It has never been presented to Parliament. I want to know who got it. Hon G.T. GIFFARD: In that case, the minister’s response is that, to the best of her understanding, the report has never been made public. (4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
(4) Will the minister now table the report? Hon G.T. GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. From the executive summary of the report it is apparent that BSD Consultants was asked to undertake a study to establish whether it was possible to accommodate a railway in the Kwinana Freeway reserve between Perth city station and Mandurah and what short-term measures might be undertaken to ease existing traffic congestion on the Narrows Bridge. (2) The then Commissioner of Railways commissioned BSD Consultants to undertake the study. (3) My copy of the question refers to the study being presented to Parliament; the member referred to “the Government”. Hon Derrick Tomlinson: Yes, I did. It has never been presented to Parliament. I want to know who got it. Hon G.T. GIFFARD: In that case, the minister’s response is that, to the best of her understanding, the report has never been made public. (4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
Hon G.T. GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. From the executive summary of the report it is apparent that BSD Consultants was asked to undertake a study to establish whether it was possible to accommodate a railway in the Kwinana Freeway reserve between Perth city station and Mandurah and what short-term measures might be undertaken to ease existing traffic congestion on the Narrows Bridge. (2) The then Commissioner of Railways commissioned BSD Consultants to undertake the study. (3) My copy of the question refers to the study being presented to Parliament; the member referred to “the Government”. Hon Derrick Tomlinson: Yes, I did. It has never been presented to Parliament. I want to know who got it. Hon G.T. GIFFARD: In that case, the minister’s response is that, to the best of her understanding, the report has never been made public. (4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. From the executive summary of the report it is apparent that BSD Consultants was asked to undertake a study to establish whether it was possible to accommodate a railway in the Kwinana Freeway reserve between Perth city station and Mandurah and what short-term measures might be undertaken to ease existing traffic congestion on the Narrows Bridge. (2) The then Commissioner of Railways commissioned BSD Consultants to undertake the study. (3) My copy of the question refers to the study being presented to Parliament; the member referred to “the Government”. Hon Derrick Tomlinson: Yes, I did. It has never been presented to Parliament. I want to know who got it. Hon G.T. GIFFARD: In that case, the minister’s response is that, to the best of her understanding, the report has never been made public. (4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
(1) Yes. From the executive summary of the report it is apparent that BSD Consultants was asked to undertake a study to establish whether it was possible to accommodate a railway in the Kwinana Freeway reserve between Perth city station and Mandurah and what short-term measures might be undertaken to ease existing traffic congestion on the Narrows Bridge. (2) The then Commissioner of Railways commissioned BSD Consultants to undertake the study. (3) My copy of the question refers to the study being presented to Parliament; the member referred to “the Government”. Hon Derrick Tomlinson: Yes, I did. It has never been presented to Parliament. I want to know who got it. Hon G.T. GIFFARD: In that case, the minister’s response is that, to the best of her understanding, the report has never been made public. (4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
(2) The then Commissioner of Railways commissioned BSD Consultants to undertake the study. (3) My copy of the question refers to the study being presented to Parliament; the member referred to “the Government”. Hon Derrick Tomlinson: Yes, I did. It has never been presented to Parliament. I want to know who got it. Hon G.T. GIFFARD: In that case, the minister’s response is that, to the best of her understanding, the report has never been made public. (4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
(3) My copy of the question refers to the study being presented to Parliament; the member referred to “the Government”. Hon Derrick Tomlinson: Yes, I did. It has never been presented to Parliament. I want to know who got it. Hon G.T. GIFFARD: In that case, the minister’s response is that, to the best of her understanding, the report has never been made public. (4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
Hon Derrick Tomlinson: Yes, I did. It has never been presented to Parliament. I want to know who got it. Hon G.T. GIFFARD: In that case, the minister’s response is that, to the best of her understanding, the report has never been made public. (4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
Hon G.T. GIFFARD: In that case, the minister’s response is that, to the best of her understanding, the report has never been made public. (4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
(4) A copy will be obtained and tabled at the next sitting of the House.
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