❓ Dr. Steve Thomas asks the Minister for Transport about the status, potential federal funding, and public release of business cases for three proposed Tier 3 rail lines. The Minister's response indicates the study is under assessment.
AnsweredQoN 109Legislative Assembly
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Tier 3 rail lines—Business cases
109. Hon Dr Steve Thomas to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister
for Transport:
I refer to my questions
without notice 194, 241, 667, 691, 877 and 976 asked in 2022, questions without
notice 58, 774 and 1492 asked in 2023 and questions without notice 1222 and
1315 asked in 2024 that finally in 2024 confirmed the completion of business
cases for the proposed tier 3 lines of Quairading–York, Kulin via
Yilliminning to Narrogin and Kondinin via Narembeen to west Merredin. In an
apparent information vacuum, I ask the following.
(1) What government detail of consideration or
status has been undertaken and accorded to the three completed business cases
and by whom?
(2) Have any of the completed business cases been
prepared for or submitted to Infrastructure Australia and, if so, when?
(3) When will the business cases for each of the
proposed three lines be made publicly available, and when will the minister table
them?
(4) Has the government sought support from either
the federal government or opposition for federal funding for the resurrection
of these lines and, if not, why not?
109. Hon Dr Steve Thomas to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister
for Transport:
I refer to my questions
without notice 194, 241, 667, 691, 877 and 976 asked in 2022, questions without
notice 58, 774 and 1492 asked in 2023 and questions without notice 1222 and
1315 asked in 2024 that finally in 2024 confirmed the completion of business
cases for the proposed tier 3 lines of Quairading–York, Kulin via
Yilliminning to Narrogin and Kondinin via Narembeen to west Merredin. In an
apparent information vacuum, I ask the following.
(1) What government detail of consideration or
status has been undertaken and accorded to the three completed business cases
and by whom?
(2) Have any of the completed business cases been
prepared for or submitted to Infrastructure Australia and, if so, when?
(3) When will the business cases for each of the
proposed three lines be made publicly available, and when will the minister table
them?
(4) Has the government sought support from either
the federal government or opposition for federal funding for the resurrection
of these lines and, if not, why not?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question. I provide the following
answer on behalf of the Minister for Transport.
(1)–(4) The investigative study into the
capital cost and economic analysis of the Narrogin, Kulin and Wickepin tier 3
lines is being assessed and evaluated within the current environment.
honourable member for some notice of the question. I provide the following
answer on behalf of the Minister for Transport.
(1)–(4) The investigative study into the
capital cost and economic analysis of the Narrogin, Kulin and Wickepin tier 3
lines is being assessed and evaluated within the current environment.
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