❓ Mr Bradshaw questions the width and implications of the proposed Bunbury-Kemerton rail corridor. The Minister assures that existing Crown land is likely sufficient and public consultation will occur before finalising the Region Scheme amendment.
AnsweredQoN 810Legislative Assembly
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(1) What is the width of the Bunbury-Kemerton Transport (Rail) corridor in the Greater Bunbury Region Scheme?
(2) Why is such a wide corridor required?
(3) What is the current width of the rail corridor?
(4) Why is a wider corridor required?
(5) What are the restrictions placed on landowners affected by this rail corridor?
(2) Why is such a wide corridor required?
(3) What is the current width of the rail corridor?
(4) Why is a wider corridor required?
(5) What are the restrictions placed on landowners affected by this rail corridor?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
23 October 2001
Responded by
Minister for Planning and Infrastructure
Response time
75 days
The Bunbury-Kemerton Transport (Rail) corridor forms part of a policy document called Industry 2030 –Greater Bunbury Industrial Land and Port Access Planning (Final) April 2000 approved by the Western Australian Planning Commission and released by the then Ministers for Planning and Resources Development. That document showed a corridor of investigation up to one kilometre wide, within which a detailed study to determine actual land requirements was to be carried out. The detailed investigations are now well-advanced and will be released at an appropriate time, but I am advised that existing Crown land is likely to accommodate most, if not all, the land required. Importantly, when the detailed land requirements are known, there will need to be further public consultation to bring the rail corridor into the Region Scheme. For example, between the Kemerton Industrial Area and the existing rail line near the junction of Marriott Road and the South Western Highway, the draft Region Scheme included the 60 metre wide Marriott Road reserve in the 'Rural' zone. A rail spur line using part of the metre wide Marriott Road reserve would require amendment of the draft Region Scheme to include it in an appropriate reservation such as 'Railways' or 'Public Purposes (Special Uses)'. (2) See answer 1. (3) See answer 1. (4) Although there is a need for a rail link between Kemerton and the existing South West railway line, and a need to provide for a second line between Brunswick and Picton, it is premature to say whether any private land will need to be acquired – although I reiterate that existing Crown land is likely to accommodate most, if not all, the land required. (5) The corridor of investigation does not impose any additional restrictions on landowners because it is not a reserve or a proposed reservation.
The detailed investigations are now well-advanced and will be released at an appropriate time, but I am advised that existing Crown land is likely to accommodate most, if not all, the land required. Importantly, when the detailed land requirements are known, there will need to be further public consultation to bring the rail corridor into the Region Scheme. For example, between the Kemerton Industrial Area and the existing rail line near the junction of Marriott Road and the South Western Highway, the draft Region Scheme included the 60 metre wide Marriott Road reserve in the 'Rural' zone. A rail spur line using part of the metre wide Marriott Road reserve would require amendment of the draft Region Scheme to include it in an appropriate reservation such as 'Railways' or 'Public Purposes (Special Uses)'. (2) See answer 1. (3) See answer 1. (4) Although there is a need for a rail link between Kemerton and the existing South West railway line, and a need to provide for a second line between Brunswick and Picton, it is premature to say whether any private land will need to be acquired – although I reiterate that existing Crown land is likely to accommodate most, if not all, the land required. (5) The corridor of investigation does not impose any additional restrictions on landowners because it is not a reserve or a proposed reservation.
Importantly, when the detailed land requirements are known, there will need to be further public consultation to bring the rail corridor into the Region Scheme. For example, between the Kemerton Industrial Area and the existing rail line near the junction of Marriott Road and the South Western Highway, the draft Region Scheme included the 60 metre wide Marriott Road reserve in the 'Rural' zone. A rail spur line using part of the metre wide Marriott Road reserve would require amendment of the draft Region Scheme to include it in an appropriate reservation such as 'Railways' or 'Public Purposes (Special Uses)'. (2) See answer 1. (3) See answer 1. (4) Although there is a need for a rail link between Kemerton and the existing South West railway line, and a need to provide for a second line between Brunswick and Picton, it is premature to say whether any private land will need to be acquired – although I reiterate that existing Crown land is likely to accommodate most, if not all, the land required. (5) The corridor of investigation does not impose any additional restrictions on landowners because it is not a reserve or a proposed reservation.
(2) See answer 1. (3) See answer 1. (4) Although there is a need for a rail link between Kemerton and the existing South West railway line, and a need to provide for a second line between Brunswick and Picton, it is premature to say whether any private land will need to be acquired – although I reiterate that existing Crown land is likely to accommodate most, if not all, the land required. (5) The corridor of investigation does not impose any additional restrictions on landowners because it is not a reserve or a proposed reservation.
(3) See answer 1. (4) Although there is a need for a rail link between Kemerton and the existing South West railway line, and a need to provide for a second line between Brunswick and Picton, it is premature to say whether any private land will need to be acquired – although I reiterate that existing Crown land is likely to accommodate most, if not all, the land required. (5) The corridor of investigation does not impose any additional restrictions on landowners because it is not a reserve or a proposed reservation.
(4) Although there is a need for a rail link between Kemerton and the existing South West railway line, and a need to provide for a second line between Brunswick and Picton, it is premature to say whether any private land will need to be acquired – although I reiterate that existing Crown land is likely to accommodate most, if not all, the land required. (5) The corridor of investigation does not impose any additional restrictions on landowners because it is not a reserve or a proposed reservation.
(5) The corridor of investigation does not impose any additional restrictions on landowners because it is not a reserve or a proposed reservation.
The detailed investigations are now well-advanced and will be released at an appropriate time, but I am advised that existing Crown land is likely to accommodate most, if not all, the land required. Importantly, when the detailed land requirements are known, there will need to be further public consultation to bring the rail corridor into the Region Scheme. For example, between the Kemerton Industrial Area and the existing rail line near the junction of Marriott Road and the South Western Highway, the draft Region Scheme included the 60 metre wide Marriott Road reserve in the 'Rural' zone. A rail spur line using part of the metre wide Marriott Road reserve would require amendment of the draft Region Scheme to include it in an appropriate reservation such as 'Railways' or 'Public Purposes (Special Uses)'. (2) See answer 1. (3) See answer 1. (4) Although there is a need for a rail link between Kemerton and the existing South West railway line, and a need to provide for a second line between Brunswick and Picton, it is premature to say whether any private land will need to be acquired – although I reiterate that existing Crown land is likely to accommodate most, if not all, the land required. (5) The corridor of investigation does not impose any additional restrictions on landowners because it is not a reserve or a proposed reservation.
Importantly, when the detailed land requirements are known, there will need to be further public consultation to bring the rail corridor into the Region Scheme. For example, between the Kemerton Industrial Area and the existing rail line near the junction of Marriott Road and the South Western Highway, the draft Region Scheme included the 60 metre wide Marriott Road reserve in the 'Rural' zone. A rail spur line using part of the metre wide Marriott Road reserve would require amendment of the draft Region Scheme to include it in an appropriate reservation such as 'Railways' or 'Public Purposes (Special Uses)'. (2) See answer 1. (3) See answer 1. (4) Although there is a need for a rail link between Kemerton and the existing South West railway line, and a need to provide for a second line between Brunswick and Picton, it is premature to say whether any private land will need to be acquired – although I reiterate that existing Crown land is likely to accommodate most, if not all, the land required. (5) The corridor of investigation does not impose any additional restrictions on landowners because it is not a reserve or a proposed reservation.
(2) See answer 1. (3) See answer 1. (4) Although there is a need for a rail link between Kemerton and the existing South West railway line, and a need to provide for a second line between Brunswick and Picton, it is premature to say whether any private land will need to be acquired – although I reiterate that existing Crown land is likely to accommodate most, if not all, the land required. (5) The corridor of investigation does not impose any additional restrictions on landowners because it is not a reserve or a proposed reservation.
(3) See answer 1. (4) Although there is a need for a rail link between Kemerton and the existing South West railway line, and a need to provide for a second line between Brunswick and Picton, it is premature to say whether any private land will need to be acquired – although I reiterate that existing Crown land is likely to accommodate most, if not all, the land required. (5) The corridor of investigation does not impose any additional restrictions on landowners because it is not a reserve or a proposed reservation.
(4) Although there is a need for a rail link between Kemerton and the existing South West railway line, and a need to provide for a second line between Brunswick and Picton, it is premature to say whether any private land will need to be acquired – although I reiterate that existing Crown land is likely to accommodate most, if not all, the land required. (5) The corridor of investigation does not impose any additional restrictions on landowners because it is not a reserve or a proposed reservation.
(5) The corridor of investigation does not impose any additional restrictions on landowners because it is not a reserve or a proposed reservation.
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