❓ Mr. Punch asks about the Albany Ring-Road project, and the Premier responds by highlighting the project's progress, economic benefits, job creation, and collaboration between state and federal governments. The Premier also mistakenly thanks the member for Bunbury, instead of the member for Albany.
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ALBANY RING-ROAD
728. Mr D.T. PUNCH to the Premier:
I
refer to the McGowan Labor government's efforts to support local jobs
and local businesses through its unprecedented investment in regional roads, including the $175 million Albany
ring-road. Can the Premier update the house on the work that has been
undertaken by the McGowan Labor government to get this project on the national
agenda and construction underway, and can the Premier outline to the house how
this project will support the local economy?
728. Mr D.T. PUNCH to the Premier:
I
refer to the McGowan Labor government's efforts to support local jobs
and local businesses through its unprecedented investment in regional roads, including the $175 million Albany
ring-road. Can the Premier update the house on the work that has been
undertaken by the McGowan Labor government to get this project on the national
agenda and construction underway, and can the Premier outline to the house how
this project will support the local economy?
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Can I thank the member for Bunbury
for asking an important question about Albany, Mr Speaker!
The SPEAKER : I can re-read
it for you if you like.
Mr M. McGOWAN : It is great
to see the member for Bunbury showing such interest in Albany!
Today was a great day for Albany.
Work has now commenced on the Albany ring-road, which will complete the
project. This project has been talked about for 25 years and it is this
government that has made it happen. The Minister for Transport worked
incredibly hard to get federal funding for this project. Prior to the state
election, she put a significant amount of state money into this project, got
the business case to Infrastructure Australia and obviously got a federal
commitment as well. We are very thankful to the commonwealth government for its
commitment to this project. This is a $175 million project—the largest
infrastructure project ever undertaken in the great southern. Western Australian
company Decmil has been awarded the contract. The project is set to create up
to a thousand jobs in Western Australia, including, especially, jobs in the
Albany area. It will be a vital piece of infrastructure that will ensure
traffic flow and transport linkages into the Albany port for decades to come.
It will also divert traffic away from the heart of Albany, which will be great.
As those of us who spend considerable time in Albany know, Mr Speaker, traffic
in the heart of Albany is often problematic.
The
participation plan that Decmil has outlined will ensure a large amount of local
content, which will give local businesses a great opportunity to gain work. At
this point in time under our local jobs act, 289 participation plans have been
submitted. An overwhelming majority of projects have 100 per cent Western Australian
content and the projects have supported nearly 25 000 jobs in WA and over 1 000
apprenticeships. The Albany ring-road project was fast-tracked as part of our COVID response. We fast-tracked
more than $2.3 billion worth of large-scale road projects, including the Bunbury Outer Ring Road, Stephenson Avenue and the
Leach Highway–Welshpool Road interchange. We are very pleased that we
are now investing $260 million a month in Western Australian roads, of which
this road project is an important
component. I thank you, Mr Speaker, as member for Albany, the transport
minister, the federal government and the contractors for what will be a great
project for Albany that will solve what has been an issue for decades.
The SPEAKER : Thank you,
Premier. That was a very good question, member for Bunbury!
for asking an important question about Albany, Mr Speaker!
The SPEAKER : I can re-read
it for you if you like.
Mr M. McGOWAN : It is great
to see the member for Bunbury showing such interest in Albany!
Today was a great day for Albany.
Work has now commenced on the Albany ring-road, which will complete the
project. This project has been talked about for 25 years and it is this
government that has made it happen. The Minister for Transport worked
incredibly hard to get federal funding for this project. Prior to the state
election, she put a significant amount of state money into this project, got
the business case to Infrastructure Australia and obviously got a federal
commitment as well. We are very thankful to the commonwealth government for its
commitment to this project. This is a $175 million project—the largest
infrastructure project ever undertaken in the great southern. Western Australian
company Decmil has been awarded the contract. The project is set to create up
to a thousand jobs in Western Australia, including, especially, jobs in the
Albany area. It will be a vital piece of infrastructure that will ensure
traffic flow and transport linkages into the Albany port for decades to come.
It will also divert traffic away from the heart of Albany, which will be great.
As those of us who spend considerable time in Albany know, Mr Speaker, traffic
in the heart of Albany is often problematic.
The
participation plan that Decmil has outlined will ensure a large amount of local
content, which will give local businesses a great opportunity to gain work. At
this point in time under our local jobs act, 289 participation plans have been
submitted. An overwhelming majority of projects have 100 per cent Western Australian
content and the projects have supported nearly 25 000 jobs in WA and over 1 000
apprenticeships. The Albany ring-road project was fast-tracked as part of our COVID response. We fast-tracked
more than $2.3 billion worth of large-scale road projects, including the Bunbury Outer Ring Road, Stephenson Avenue and the
Leach Highway–Welshpool Road interchange. We are very pleased that we
are now investing $260 million a month in Western Australian roads, of which
this road project is an important
component. I thank you, Mr Speaker, as member for Albany, the transport
minister, the federal government and the contractors for what will be a great
project for Albany that will solve what has been an issue for decades.
The SPEAKER : Thank you,
Premier. That was a very good question, member for Bunbury!
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