❓ Mr. Bradshaw asks about recognising the workforce on the Swan Bells and Narrows Bridge projects. Mr. Court responds positively, detailing plans to incorporate workers' names into the projects and criticising the opposition's past negativity.
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The workforce involved in the construction of both the Swan Bells project and the Narrows Bridge extension deserve congratulations for their efforts. Does the Government have any plans to recognise the high level of excellence and commitment displayed by the work force in the construction of these two important public works? Mr COURT
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The architects working on the Swan Bells project have said that the high level of commitment to excellence on that job has been outstanding. John Holland Construction and Engineering Pty Ltd, as the builder, is to be congratulated for doing a difficult job. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: And the union members, yes. We will send Kevin Reynolds a bill for signage afterwards! As part of the millennium project, schoolchildren from the class of 1999 have their signatures on tiles. Part of the Swan Bells project is the installation of those tiles. The work force has asked whether the people who worked on the Swan Bells project could also have their signatures incorporated as part of that tile project. We have said that it is a very worthy idea and that it would be terrific that their names be there for years to come so future generations would be able to see perhaps that a member of their family worked on the project. The final push was made on Saturday for the new Narrows Bridge to reach the north bank. It has been a terrific construction job, because the builders have had to be innovative in developing the incremental construction. The concept was used for the Wyndham bridge as part of the construction of the Graham Farmer Freeway. It is used on a normal straight or curved bridge, but this bridge had to be constructed in the form of an arc to match the existing bridge. Therefore, the builders had to come up with a different concept to keep a constant arc in the middle of the spans. The builders completed that part of the bridge very quickly. Some 140 people have worked on the construction of the bridge. The contractor Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd is very keen for all the men and women who have worked on that bridge to have their names recorded in a similar way as suggested for workers on the Swan Bells project. The work force will have their names clearly displayed in a public area. The recognition of people who have worked on government projects may well become a feature in the future. When I stood on the Narrows Bridge, I thought back to about 12 months ago when the member for Armadale had nothing to say about the bridge but negativity. Dr Gallop: Negative, negative, negative! Mr COURT: No, our positive is duplicating the Narrows Bridge. The negative is opposition members saying that it is a dud project. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Wanneroo! Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
Mr COURT replied: The architects working on the Swan Bells project have said that the high level of commitment to excellence on that job has been outstanding. John Holland Construction and Engineering Pty Ltd, as the builder, is to be congratulated for doing a difficult job. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: And the union members, yes. We will send Kevin Reynolds a bill for signage afterwards! As part of the millennium project, schoolchildren from the class of 1999 have their signatures on tiles. Part of the Swan Bells project is the installation of those tiles. The work force has asked whether the people who worked on the Swan Bells project could also have their signatures incorporated as part of that tile project. We have said that it is a very worthy idea and that it would be terrific that their names be there for years to come so future generations would be able to see perhaps that a member of their family worked on the project. The final push was made on Saturday for the new Narrows Bridge to reach the north bank. It has been a terrific construction job, because the builders have had to be innovative in developing the incremental construction. The concept was used for the Wyndham bridge as part of the construction of the Graham Farmer Freeway. It is used on a normal straight or curved bridge, but this bridge had to be constructed in the form of an arc to match the existing bridge. Therefore, the builders had to come up with a different concept to keep a constant arc in the middle of the spans. The builders completed that part of the bridge very quickly. Some 140 people have worked on the construction of the bridge. The contractor Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd is very keen for all the men and women who have worked on that bridge to have their names recorded in a similar way as suggested for workers on the Swan Bells project. The work force will have their names clearly displayed in a public area. The recognition of people who have worked on government projects may well become a feature in the future. When I stood on the Narrows Bridge, I thought back to about 12 months ago when the member for Armadale had nothing to say about the bridge but negativity. Dr Gallop: Negative, negative, negative! Mr COURT: No, our positive is duplicating the Narrows Bridge. The negative is opposition members saying that it is a dud project. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Wanneroo! Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
The architects working on the Swan Bells project have said that the high level of commitment to excellence on that job has been outstanding. John Holland Construction and Engineering Pty Ltd, as the builder, is to be congratulated for doing a difficult job. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: And the union members, yes. We will send Kevin Reynolds a bill for signage afterwards! As part of the millennium project, schoolchildren from the class of 1999 have their signatures on tiles. Part of the Swan Bells project is the installation of those tiles. The work force has asked whether the people who worked on the Swan Bells project could also have their signatures incorporated as part of that tile project. We have said that it is a very worthy idea and that it would be terrific that their names be there for years to come so future generations would be able to see perhaps that a member of their family worked on the project. The final push was made on Saturday for the new Narrows Bridge to reach the north bank. It has been a terrific construction job, because the builders have had to be innovative in developing the incremental construction. The concept was used for the Wyndham bridge as part of the construction of the Graham Farmer Freeway. It is used on a normal straight or curved bridge, but this bridge had to be constructed in the form of an arc to match the existing bridge. Therefore, the builders had to come up with a different concept to keep a constant arc in the middle of the spans. The builders completed that part of the bridge very quickly. Some 140 people have worked on the construction of the bridge. The contractor Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd is very keen for all the men and women who have worked on that bridge to have their names recorded in a similar way as suggested for workers on the Swan Bells project. The work force will have their names clearly displayed in a public area. The recognition of people who have worked on government projects may well become a feature in the future. When I stood on the Narrows Bridge, I thought back to about 12 months ago when the member for Armadale had nothing to say about the bridge but negativity. Dr Gallop: Negative, negative, negative! Mr COURT: No, our positive is duplicating the Narrows Bridge. The negative is opposition members saying that it is a dud project. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Wanneroo! Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
Several members interjected. Mr COURT: And the union members, yes. We will send Kevin Reynolds a bill for signage afterwards! As part of the millennium project, schoolchildren from the class of 1999 have their signatures on tiles. Part of the Swan Bells project is the installation of those tiles. The work force has asked whether the people who worked on the Swan Bells project could also have their signatures incorporated as part of that tile project. We have said that it is a very worthy idea and that it would be terrific that their names be there for years to come so future generations would be able to see perhaps that a member of their family worked on the project. The final push was made on Saturday for the new Narrows Bridge to reach the north bank. It has been a terrific construction job, because the builders have had to be innovative in developing the incremental construction. The concept was used for the Wyndham bridge as part of the construction of the Graham Farmer Freeway. It is used on a normal straight or curved bridge, but this bridge had to be constructed in the form of an arc to match the existing bridge. Therefore, the builders had to come up with a different concept to keep a constant arc in the middle of the spans. The builders completed that part of the bridge very quickly. Some 140 people have worked on the construction of the bridge. The contractor Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd is very keen for all the men and women who have worked on that bridge to have their names recorded in a similar way as suggested for workers on the Swan Bells project. The work force will have their names clearly displayed in a public area. The recognition of people who have worked on government projects may well become a feature in the future. When I stood on the Narrows Bridge, I thought back to about 12 months ago when the member for Armadale had nothing to say about the bridge but negativity. Dr Gallop: Negative, negative, negative! Mr COURT: No, our positive is duplicating the Narrows Bridge. The negative is opposition members saying that it is a dud project. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Wanneroo! Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
Mr COURT: And the union members, yes. We will send Kevin Reynolds a bill for signage afterwards! As part of the millennium project, schoolchildren from the class of 1999 have their signatures on tiles. Part of the Swan Bells project is the installation of those tiles. The work force has asked whether the people who worked on the Swan Bells project could also have their signatures incorporated as part of that tile project. We have said that it is a very worthy idea and that it would be terrific that their names be there for years to come so future generations would be able to see perhaps that a member of their family worked on the project. The final push was made on Saturday for the new Narrows Bridge to reach the north bank. It has been a terrific construction job, because the builders have had to be innovative in developing the incremental construction. The concept was used for the Wyndham bridge as part of the construction of the Graham Farmer Freeway. It is used on a normal straight or curved bridge, but this bridge had to be constructed in the form of an arc to match the existing bridge. Therefore, the builders had to come up with a different concept to keep a constant arc in the middle of the spans. The builders completed that part of the bridge very quickly. Some 140 people have worked on the construction of the bridge. The contractor Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd is very keen for all the men and women who have worked on that bridge to have their names recorded in a similar way as suggested for workers on the Swan Bells project. The work force will have their names clearly displayed in a public area. The recognition of people who have worked on government projects may well become a feature in the future. When I stood on the Narrows Bridge, I thought back to about 12 months ago when the member for Armadale had nothing to say about the bridge but negativity. Dr Gallop: Negative, negative, negative! Mr COURT: No, our positive is duplicating the Narrows Bridge. The negative is opposition members saying that it is a dud project. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Wanneroo! Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
As part of the millennium project, schoolchildren from the class of 1999 have their signatures on tiles. Part of the Swan Bells project is the installation of those tiles. The work force has asked whether the people who worked on the Swan Bells project could also have their signatures incorporated as part of that tile project. We have said that it is a very worthy idea and that it would be terrific that their names be there for years to come so future generations would be able to see perhaps that a member of their family worked on the project. The final push was made on Saturday for the new Narrows Bridge to reach the north bank. It has been a terrific construction job, because the builders have had to be innovative in developing the incremental construction. The concept was used for the Wyndham bridge as part of the construction of the Graham Farmer Freeway. It is used on a normal straight or curved bridge, but this bridge had to be constructed in the form of an arc to match the existing bridge. Therefore, the builders had to come up with a different concept to keep a constant arc in the middle of the spans. The builders completed that part of the bridge very quickly. Some 140 people have worked on the construction of the bridge. The contractor Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd is very keen for all the men and women who have worked on that bridge to have their names recorded in a similar way as suggested for workers on the Swan Bells project. The work force will have their names clearly displayed in a public area. The recognition of people who have worked on government projects may well become a feature in the future. When I stood on the Narrows Bridge, I thought back to about 12 months ago when the member for Armadale had nothing to say about the bridge but negativity. Dr Gallop: Negative, negative, negative! Mr COURT: No, our positive is duplicating the Narrows Bridge. The negative is opposition members saying that it is a dud project. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Wanneroo! Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
The final push was made on Saturday for the new Narrows Bridge to reach the north bank. It has been a terrific construction job, because the builders have had to be innovative in developing the incremental construction. The concept was used for the Wyndham bridge as part of the construction of the Graham Farmer Freeway. It is used on a normal straight or curved bridge, but this bridge had to be constructed in the form of an arc to match the existing bridge. Therefore, the builders had to come up with a different concept to keep a constant arc in the middle of the spans. The builders completed that part of the bridge very quickly. Some 140 people have worked on the construction of the bridge. The contractor Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd is very keen for all the men and women who have worked on that bridge to have their names recorded in a similar way as suggested for workers on the Swan Bells project. The work force will have their names clearly displayed in a public area. The recognition of people who have worked on government projects may well become a feature in the future. When I stood on the Narrows Bridge, I thought back to about 12 months ago when the member for Armadale had nothing to say about the bridge but negativity. Dr Gallop: Negative, negative, negative! Mr COURT: No, our positive is duplicating the Narrows Bridge. The negative is opposition members saying that it is a dud project. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Wanneroo! Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
Dr Gallop: Negative, negative, negative! Mr COURT: No, our positive is duplicating the Narrows Bridge. The negative is opposition members saying that it is a dud project. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Wanneroo! Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
Mr COURT: No, our positive is duplicating the Narrows Bridge. The negative is opposition members saying that it is a dud project. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Wanneroo! Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Wanneroo! Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
The SPEAKER: Order, member for Wanneroo! Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
Mr COURT replied: The architects working on the Swan Bells project have said that the high level of commitment to excellence on that job has been outstanding. John Holland Construction and Engineering Pty Ltd, as the builder, is to be congratulated for doing a difficult job. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: And the union members, yes. We will send Kevin Reynolds a bill for signage afterwards! As part of the millennium project, schoolchildren from the class of 1999 have their signatures on tiles. Part of the Swan Bells project is the installation of those tiles. The work force has asked whether the people who worked on the Swan Bells project could also have their signatures incorporated as part of that tile project. We have said that it is a very worthy idea and that it would be terrific that their names be there for years to come so future generations would be able to see perhaps that a member of their family worked on the project. The final push was made on Saturday for the new Narrows Bridge to reach the north bank. It has been a terrific construction job, because the builders have had to be innovative in developing the incremental construction. The concept was used for the Wyndham bridge as part of the construction of the Graham Farmer Freeway. It is used on a normal straight or curved bridge, but this bridge had to be constructed in the form of an arc to match the existing bridge. Therefore, the builders had to come up with a different concept to keep a constant arc in the middle of the spans. The builders completed that part of the bridge very quickly. Some 140 people have worked on the construction of the bridge. The contractor Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd is very keen for all the men and women who have worked on that bridge to have their names recorded in a similar way as suggested for workers on the Swan Bells project. The work force will have their names clearly displayed in a public area. The recognition of people who have worked on government projects may well become a feature in the future. When I stood on the Narrows Bridge, I thought back to about 12 months ago when the member for Armadale had nothing to say about the bridge but negativity. Dr Gallop: Negative, negative, negative! Mr COURT: No, our positive is duplicating the Narrows Bridge. The negative is opposition members saying that it is a dud project. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Wanneroo! Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
The architects working on the Swan Bells project have said that the high level of commitment to excellence on that job has been outstanding. John Holland Construction and Engineering Pty Ltd, as the builder, is to be congratulated for doing a difficult job. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: And the union members, yes. We will send Kevin Reynolds a bill for signage afterwards! As part of the millennium project, schoolchildren from the class of 1999 have their signatures on tiles. Part of the Swan Bells project is the installation of those tiles. The work force has asked whether the people who worked on the Swan Bells project could also have their signatures incorporated as part of that tile project. We have said that it is a very worthy idea and that it would be terrific that their names be there for years to come so future generations would be able to see perhaps that a member of their family worked on the project. The final push was made on Saturday for the new Narrows Bridge to reach the north bank. It has been a terrific construction job, because the builders have had to be innovative in developing the incremental construction. The concept was used for the Wyndham bridge as part of the construction of the Graham Farmer Freeway. It is used on a normal straight or curved bridge, but this bridge had to be constructed in the form of an arc to match the existing bridge. Therefore, the builders had to come up with a different concept to keep a constant arc in the middle of the spans. The builders completed that part of the bridge very quickly. Some 140 people have worked on the construction of the bridge. The contractor Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd is very keen for all the men and women who have worked on that bridge to have their names recorded in a similar way as suggested for workers on the Swan Bells project. The work force will have their names clearly displayed in a public area. The recognition of people who have worked on government projects may well become a feature in the future. When I stood on the Narrows Bridge, I thought back to about 12 months ago when the member for Armadale had nothing to say about the bridge but negativity. Dr Gallop: Negative, negative, negative! Mr COURT: No, our positive is duplicating the Narrows Bridge. The negative is opposition members saying that it is a dud project. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Wanneroo! Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
Several members interjected. Mr COURT: And the union members, yes. We will send Kevin Reynolds a bill for signage afterwards! As part of the millennium project, schoolchildren from the class of 1999 have their signatures on tiles. Part of the Swan Bells project is the installation of those tiles. The work force has asked whether the people who worked on the Swan Bells project could also have their signatures incorporated as part of that tile project. We have said that it is a very worthy idea and that it would be terrific that their names be there for years to come so future generations would be able to see perhaps that a member of their family worked on the project. The final push was made on Saturday for the new Narrows Bridge to reach the north bank. It has been a terrific construction job, because the builders have had to be innovative in developing the incremental construction. The concept was used for the Wyndham bridge as part of the construction of the Graham Farmer Freeway. It is used on a normal straight or curved bridge, but this bridge had to be constructed in the form of an arc to match the existing bridge. Therefore, the builders had to come up with a different concept to keep a constant arc in the middle of the spans. The builders completed that part of the bridge very quickly. Some 140 people have worked on the construction of the bridge. The contractor Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd is very keen for all the men and women who have worked on that bridge to have their names recorded in a similar way as suggested for workers on the Swan Bells project. The work force will have their names clearly displayed in a public area. The recognition of people who have worked on government projects may well become a feature in the future. When I stood on the Narrows Bridge, I thought back to about 12 months ago when the member for Armadale had nothing to say about the bridge but negativity. Dr Gallop: Negative, negative, negative! Mr COURT: No, our positive is duplicating the Narrows Bridge. The negative is opposition members saying that it is a dud project. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Wanneroo! Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
Mr COURT: And the union members, yes. We will send Kevin Reynolds a bill for signage afterwards! As part of the millennium project, schoolchildren from the class of 1999 have their signatures on tiles. Part of the Swan Bells project is the installation of those tiles. The work force has asked whether the people who worked on the Swan Bells project could also have their signatures incorporated as part of that tile project. We have said that it is a very worthy idea and that it would be terrific that their names be there for years to come so future generations would be able to see perhaps that a member of their family worked on the project. The final push was made on Saturday for the new Narrows Bridge to reach the north bank. It has been a terrific construction job, because the builders have had to be innovative in developing the incremental construction. The concept was used for the Wyndham bridge as part of the construction of the Graham Farmer Freeway. It is used on a normal straight or curved bridge, but this bridge had to be constructed in the form of an arc to match the existing bridge. Therefore, the builders had to come up with a different concept to keep a constant arc in the middle of the spans. The builders completed that part of the bridge very quickly. Some 140 people have worked on the construction of the bridge. The contractor Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd is very keen for all the men and women who have worked on that bridge to have their names recorded in a similar way as suggested for workers on the Swan Bells project. The work force will have their names clearly displayed in a public area. The recognition of people who have worked on government projects may well become a feature in the future. When I stood on the Narrows Bridge, I thought back to about 12 months ago when the member for Armadale had nothing to say about the bridge but negativity. Dr Gallop: Negative, negative, negative! Mr COURT: No, our positive is duplicating the Narrows Bridge. The negative is opposition members saying that it is a dud project. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Wanneroo! Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
As part of the millennium project, schoolchildren from the class of 1999 have their signatures on tiles. Part of the Swan Bells project is the installation of those tiles. The work force has asked whether the people who worked on the Swan Bells project could also have their signatures incorporated as part of that tile project. We have said that it is a very worthy idea and that it would be terrific that their names be there for years to come so future generations would be able to see perhaps that a member of their family worked on the project. The final push was made on Saturday for the new Narrows Bridge to reach the north bank. It has been a terrific construction job, because the builders have had to be innovative in developing the incremental construction. The concept was used for the Wyndham bridge as part of the construction of the Graham Farmer Freeway. It is used on a normal straight or curved bridge, but this bridge had to be constructed in the form of an arc to match the existing bridge. Therefore, the builders had to come up with a different concept to keep a constant arc in the middle of the spans. The builders completed that part of the bridge very quickly. Some 140 people have worked on the construction of the bridge. The contractor Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd is very keen for all the men and women who have worked on that bridge to have their names recorded in a similar way as suggested for workers on the Swan Bells project. The work force will have their names clearly displayed in a public area. The recognition of people who have worked on government projects may well become a feature in the future. When I stood on the Narrows Bridge, I thought back to about 12 months ago when the member for Armadale had nothing to say about the bridge but negativity. Dr Gallop: Negative, negative, negative! Mr COURT: No, our positive is duplicating the Narrows Bridge. The negative is opposition members saying that it is a dud project. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Wanneroo! Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
The final push was made on Saturday for the new Narrows Bridge to reach the north bank. It has been a terrific construction job, because the builders have had to be innovative in developing the incremental construction. The concept was used for the Wyndham bridge as part of the construction of the Graham Farmer Freeway. It is used on a normal straight or curved bridge, but this bridge had to be constructed in the form of an arc to match the existing bridge. Therefore, the builders had to come up with a different concept to keep a constant arc in the middle of the spans. The builders completed that part of the bridge very quickly. Some 140 people have worked on the construction of the bridge. The contractor Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd is very keen for all the men and women who have worked on that bridge to have their names recorded in a similar way as suggested for workers on the Swan Bells project. The work force will have their names clearly displayed in a public area. The recognition of people who have worked on government projects may well become a feature in the future. When I stood on the Narrows Bridge, I thought back to about 12 months ago when the member for Armadale had nothing to say about the bridge but negativity. Dr Gallop: Negative, negative, negative! Mr COURT: No, our positive is duplicating the Narrows Bridge. The negative is opposition members saying that it is a dud project. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Wanneroo! Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
Dr Gallop: Negative, negative, negative! Mr COURT: No, our positive is duplicating the Narrows Bridge. The negative is opposition members saying that it is a dud project. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Wanneroo! Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
Mr COURT: No, our positive is duplicating the Narrows Bridge. The negative is opposition members saying that it is a dud project. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Wanneroo! Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Wanneroo! Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
The SPEAKER: Order, member for Wanneroo! Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
Mr COURT: When we started building it, the member for Armadale said things like, “The long-term, shall we say, health of the project, is that we understand from industry sources that the surcharge embankment - that is, the big piles of sand that you always put on the side of the river before you build an interchange - has not in fact been left there long enough.” The member then said that the bridge should have been built using steel, not reinforced concrete. She suggested that problems will occur with the interchanges and that they will ultimately be very expensive to repair. She went on to say that rushing the project will result in its costing much more than if it had been done in a more appropriate timeframe. It is a magnificent project; it is nearly completed; it will take traffic in February; and the overall project will be completed in April. Even when we open it, members opposite will still be knocking it.
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