❓ The WA parliamentary question seeks details on the allocation of road safety funding, alcohol and drug testing statistics, and the alcohol interlock program. The answer provides specific road locations benefitted, testing numbers, confirms no interlocks were fitted, and states the interlock program measurement is not applicable.
AnsweredQoN 4872Legislative Assembly
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In connection to your media statement dated Saturday 13 June 2015 detailing a record $111 million allocated for road safety, I ask the following: (a) what are the specific road locations that have been benefitted from the $46 million expenditure since June 2015; (b) since June 2015 until 31 January 2016 how many tests have been carried out to test for driving under the influence of: (i) alcohol; and (ii) drugs; (c) how many alcohol interlock devices have been fitted since June 2015 and what has been the total cost of these devices; and (d) what procedures are being used to measure the success of the Government's alcohol interlock program?
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Answered
15 March 2016
Responded by
Minister for Police
Response time
28 days
(a) The locations are as follows: i. Wanneroo Road/Hepburn Avenue Intersection. ii. Marmion Avenue/Mullaloo Drive Intersection. iii. Guildford Road/Tonkin Highway- Southbound on and off ramps. iv. Guildford Road/Garratt Road Intersection. v. Mitchell Freeway - Northbound on ramp at Wellington Street/George Street. vi. Shepperton Road/Duncan Street Intersection. vii. Morley Drive/Flinders Street Intersection. viii. Ennis Avenue/Royal Palm Drive Intersection. ix. Nicholson Road/Thomas Road Intersection. x. Mitchell Freeway/Whitfords Avenue Intersection. xi. Wanneroo Road/Green Street/Walcott Street Intersection. xii. Reid Highway/West Swan Road/Middle Swan Road Intersection. xiii. Great Northern Highway/Rutland Road Intersection. xiv. South Western Highway SLK 224.0 - 234.8 (Greenbushes Section). xv. Donnybrook - Kojonup Road SLK 14.10 - 27.60, SLK 14.10 - 27.60. xvi. Caves Road SLK 20.30 - 24.59. xvii. Lakelands to Lake Clifton Road SLK 29.70 - 54.60 (Bouvard to Lake Clifton Section). xviii. Brookton Highway SLK 500 – 505 (Bridger Road Section). xix. South Coast Highway SLK 2.55 - 7.60 (Albany to Willyung section). xx. North West Coastal Highway SLK 89.8 - 103.5. xxi. Great Northern Highway SLK 864.90 - 889.97. xxii. Coolgardie - Esperance Highway SLK 104.3 - 113.64. xxiii. Great Eastern Highway SLK 482.88 - 485.42. xxiv. Victoria Highway SLK 25.32 - 36.00. xxv. York - Merredin Road SLK 1.00 - 66.00.
(b) From 1 July 2015 to 21 December 2015, Road Trauma Trust Account funding has enabled WA police to conduct an additional: i. 174 946 breath tests; and ii. 7 830 drug tests. (c) None. (d) Not applicable.
(b) From 1 July 2015 to 21 December 2015, Road Trauma Trust Account funding has enabled WA police to conduct an additional: i. 174 946 breath tests; and ii. 7 830 drug tests. (c) None. (d) Not applicable.
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