❓ The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure provides an update on the Indian Ocean Drive project, highlighting completed stages, benefits to local communities, and a shift in budget allocation towards country roads. The answer also includes a critique of the previous government's infrastructure priorities and praises the work of Main Roads WA.
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INDIAN OCEAN DRIVE PROJECT — PROGRESS
Can the minister please inform the house of the progress on Indian Ocean Drive? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
Can the minister please inform the house of the progress on Indian Ocean Drive? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
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I thank the member for this question. It was a great pleasure to travel out to that magnificent area of Lancelin, joined by the member for Moore, to see this great road project and to have an opportunity to talk to the local authorities about some of the planning issues. The member for Warren-Blackwood is saying that the coalition government should have built that road. However, as we know, the pre-occupation of the coalition government was in fact on building city roads such as the Graham Farmer Freeway. It was duplicating the Narrows Bridge and, supposedly, although it never put any money in the budget, it was going to build the Fremantle eastern bypass. However, of course, this government has changed the orientation. Rather than less than 50 per cent of the road budget being spent on country roads, as was the case during the last four years of the coalition government, we have changed that and are now putting 67 per cent of the budget into country roads. One of those roads is the completion of the great Lancelin-Cervantes road. We have completed stage 1 and opened up 10 kilometres of fabulous road, which, of course, is of great benefit to the people of the Ocean Farms Estate, who now have ready access into Lancelin. As part of that we have also built the Mimegarra Road heavy haulage route, which will help us move very quickly to stage 2. I congratulate Highway Constructions, which has constructed that road. I also make special mention that stages 1 and 2 of this road were designed by Main Roads Western Australia and are part of that work we are doing to rebuild Main Roads. You will recall, Mr Speaker, those very dark days of 1997 when a chap with a bowtie was recruited and, within four hours and 20 minutes of his appointment, he had announced the complete decimation and deskilling of Main Roads. Since that time, we have been working very hard to develop those skills within Main Roads. We spoke today about how, importantly, we have redeveloped a bridge maintenance crew so that they can do the sort of work required in the member for Greenough’s electorate. We have reintroduced a certain part of the design capacity. It is important for Main Roads to be an informed client. It has done a brilliant job of designing this road. The second stage of the development of the skills of Main Roads will start in May this year. That will be a directly managed job that will allow Main Roads to develop its project management skills. The majority of work will always be delivered by the private sector but it is incredibly important for Main Roads to be an informed client that has a broad range of skills. We are very proud of the excellent work that the Main Roads team has demonstrated in the design of this road and in the project management of the next phase.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for this question. It was a great pleasure to travel out to that magnificent area of Lancelin, joined by the member for Moore, to see this great road project and to have an opportunity to talk to the local authorities about some of the planning issues. The member for Warren-Blackwood is saying that the coalition government should have built that road. However, as we know, the pre-occupation of the coalition government was in fact on building city roads such as the Graham Farmer Freeway. It was duplicating the Narrows Bridge and, supposedly, although it never put any money in the budget, it was going to build the Fremantle eastern bypass. However, of course, this government has changed the orientation. Rather than less than 50 per cent of the road budget being spent on country roads, as was the case during the last four years of the coalition government, we have changed that and are now putting 67 per cent of the budget into country roads. One of those roads is the completion of the great Lancelin-Cervantes road. We have completed stage 1 and opened up 10 kilometres of fabulous road, which, of course, is of great benefit to the people of the Ocean Farms Estate, who now have ready access into Lancelin. As part of that we have also built the Mimegarra Road heavy haulage route, which will help us move very quickly to stage 2. I congratulate Highway Constructions, which has constructed that road. I also make special mention that stages 1 and 2 of this road were designed by Main Roads Western Australia and are part of that work we are doing to rebuild Main Roads. You will recall, Mr Speaker, those very dark days of 1997 when a chap with a bowtie was recruited and, within four hours and 20 minutes of his appointment, he had announced the complete decimation and deskilling of Main Roads. Since that time, we have been working very hard to develop those skills within Main Roads. We spoke today about how, importantly, we have redeveloped a bridge maintenance crew so that they can do the sort of work required in the member for Greenough’s electorate. We have reintroduced a certain part of the design capacity. It is important for Main Roads to be an informed client. It has done a brilliant job of designing this road. The second stage of the development of the skills of Main Roads will start in May this year. That will be a directly managed job that will allow Main Roads to develop its project management skills. The majority of work will always be delivered by the private sector but it is incredibly important for Main Roads to be an informed client that has a broad range of skills. We are very proud of the excellent work that the Main Roads team has demonstrated in the design of this road and in the project management of the next phase.
I thank the member for this question. It was a great pleasure to travel out to that magnificent area of Lancelin, joined by the member for Moore, to see this great road project and to have an opportunity to talk to the local authorities about some of the planning issues. The member for Warren-Blackwood is saying that the coalition government should have built that road. However, as we know, the pre-occupation of the coalition government was in fact on building city roads such as the Graham Farmer Freeway. It was duplicating the Narrows Bridge and, supposedly, although it never put any money in the budget, it was going to build the Fremantle eastern bypass. However, of course, this government has changed the orientation. Rather than less than 50 per cent of the road budget being spent on country roads, as was the case during the last four years of the coalition government, we have changed that and are now putting 67 per cent of the budget into country roads. One of those roads is the completion of the great Lancelin-Cervantes road. We have completed stage 1 and opened up 10 kilometres of fabulous road, which, of course, is of great benefit to the people of the Ocean Farms Estate, who now have ready access into Lancelin. As part of that we have also built the Mimegarra Road heavy haulage route, which will help us move very quickly to stage 2. I congratulate Highway Constructions, which has constructed that road. I also make special mention that stages 1 and 2 of this road were designed by Main Roads Western Australia and are part of that work we are doing to rebuild Main Roads. You will recall, Mr Speaker, those very dark days of 1997 when a chap with a bowtie was recruited and, within four hours and 20 minutes of his appointment, he had announced the complete decimation and deskilling of Main Roads. Since that time, we have been working very hard to develop those skills within Main Roads. We spoke today about how, importantly, we have redeveloped a bridge maintenance crew so that they can do the sort of work required in the member for Greenough’s electorate. We have reintroduced a certain part of the design capacity. It is important for Main Roads to be an informed client. It has done a brilliant job of designing this road. The second stage of the development of the skills of Main Roads will start in May this year. That will be a directly managed job that will allow Main Roads to develop its project management skills. The majority of work will always be delivered by the private sector but it is incredibly important for Main Roads to be an informed client that has a broad range of skills. We are very proud of the excellent work that the Main Roads team has demonstrated in the design of this road and in the project management of the next phase.
As part of that we have also built the Mimegarra Road heavy haulage route, which will help us move very quickly to stage 2. I congratulate Highway Constructions, which has constructed that road. I also make special mention that stages 1 and 2 of this road were designed by Main Roads Western Australia and are part of that work we are doing to rebuild Main Roads. You will recall, Mr Speaker, those very dark days of 1997 when a chap with a bowtie was recruited and, within four hours and 20 minutes of his appointment, he had announced the complete decimation and deskilling of Main Roads. Since that time, we have been working very hard to develop those skills within Main Roads. We spoke today about how, importantly, we have redeveloped a bridge maintenance crew so that they can do the sort of work required in the member for Greenough’s electorate. We have reintroduced a certain part of the design capacity. It is important for Main Roads to be an informed client. It has done a brilliant job of designing this road. The second stage of the development of the skills of Main Roads will start in May this year. That will be a directly managed job that will allow Main Roads to develop its project management skills. The majority of work will always be delivered by the private sector but it is incredibly important for Main Roads to be an informed client that has a broad range of skills. We are very proud of the excellent work that the Main Roads team has demonstrated in the design of this road and in the project management of the next phase.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for this question. It was a great pleasure to travel out to that magnificent area of Lancelin, joined by the member for Moore, to see this great road project and to have an opportunity to talk to the local authorities about some of the planning issues. The member for Warren-Blackwood is saying that the coalition government should have built that road. However, as we know, the pre-occupation of the coalition government was in fact on building city roads such as the Graham Farmer Freeway. It was duplicating the Narrows Bridge and, supposedly, although it never put any money in the budget, it was going to build the Fremantle eastern bypass. However, of course, this government has changed the orientation. Rather than less than 50 per cent of the road budget being spent on country roads, as was the case during the last four years of the coalition government, we have changed that and are now putting 67 per cent of the budget into country roads. One of those roads is the completion of the great Lancelin-Cervantes road. We have completed stage 1 and opened up 10 kilometres of fabulous road, which, of course, is of great benefit to the people of the Ocean Farms Estate, who now have ready access into Lancelin. As part of that we have also built the Mimegarra Road heavy haulage route, which will help us move very quickly to stage 2. I congratulate Highway Constructions, which has constructed that road. I also make special mention that stages 1 and 2 of this road were designed by Main Roads Western Australia and are part of that work we are doing to rebuild Main Roads. You will recall, Mr Speaker, those very dark days of 1997 when a chap with a bowtie was recruited and, within four hours and 20 minutes of his appointment, he had announced the complete decimation and deskilling of Main Roads. Since that time, we have been working very hard to develop those skills within Main Roads. We spoke today about how, importantly, we have redeveloped a bridge maintenance crew so that they can do the sort of work required in the member for Greenough’s electorate. We have reintroduced a certain part of the design capacity. It is important for Main Roads to be an informed client. It has done a brilliant job of designing this road. The second stage of the development of the skills of Main Roads will start in May this year. That will be a directly managed job that will allow Main Roads to develop its project management skills. The majority of work will always be delivered by the private sector but it is incredibly important for Main Roads to be an informed client that has a broad range of skills. We are very proud of the excellent work that the Main Roads team has demonstrated in the design of this road and in the project management of the next phase.
I thank the member for this question. It was a great pleasure to travel out to that magnificent area of Lancelin, joined by the member for Moore, to see this great road project and to have an opportunity to talk to the local authorities about some of the planning issues. The member for Warren-Blackwood is saying that the coalition government should have built that road. However, as we know, the pre-occupation of the coalition government was in fact on building city roads such as the Graham Farmer Freeway. It was duplicating the Narrows Bridge and, supposedly, although it never put any money in the budget, it was going to build the Fremantle eastern bypass. However, of course, this government has changed the orientation. Rather than less than 50 per cent of the road budget being spent on country roads, as was the case during the last four years of the coalition government, we have changed that and are now putting 67 per cent of the budget into country roads. One of those roads is the completion of the great Lancelin-Cervantes road. We have completed stage 1 and opened up 10 kilometres of fabulous road, which, of course, is of great benefit to the people of the Ocean Farms Estate, who now have ready access into Lancelin. As part of that we have also built the Mimegarra Road heavy haulage route, which will help us move very quickly to stage 2. I congratulate Highway Constructions, which has constructed that road. I also make special mention that stages 1 and 2 of this road were designed by Main Roads Western Australia and are part of that work we are doing to rebuild Main Roads. You will recall, Mr Speaker, those very dark days of 1997 when a chap with a bowtie was recruited and, within four hours and 20 minutes of his appointment, he had announced the complete decimation and deskilling of Main Roads. Since that time, we have been working very hard to develop those skills within Main Roads. We spoke today about how, importantly, we have redeveloped a bridge maintenance crew so that they can do the sort of work required in the member for Greenough’s electorate. We have reintroduced a certain part of the design capacity. It is important for Main Roads to be an informed client. It has done a brilliant job of designing this road. The second stage of the development of the skills of Main Roads will start in May this year. That will be a directly managed job that will allow Main Roads to develop its project management skills. The majority of work will always be delivered by the private sector but it is incredibly important for Main Roads to be an informed client that has a broad range of skills. We are very proud of the excellent work that the Main Roads team has demonstrated in the design of this road and in the project management of the next phase.
As part of that we have also built the Mimegarra Road heavy haulage route, which will help us move very quickly to stage 2. I congratulate Highway Constructions, which has constructed that road. I also make special mention that stages 1 and 2 of this road were designed by Main Roads Western Australia and are part of that work we are doing to rebuild Main Roads. You will recall, Mr Speaker, those very dark days of 1997 when a chap with a bowtie was recruited and, within four hours and 20 minutes of his appointment, he had announced the complete decimation and deskilling of Main Roads. Since that time, we have been working very hard to develop those skills within Main Roads. We spoke today about how, importantly, we have redeveloped a bridge maintenance crew so that they can do the sort of work required in the member for Greenough’s electorate. We have reintroduced a certain part of the design capacity. It is important for Main Roads to be an informed client. It has done a brilliant job of designing this road. The second stage of the development of the skills of Main Roads will start in May this year. That will be a directly managed job that will allow Main Roads to develop its project management skills. The majority of work will always be delivered by the private sector but it is incredibly important for Main Roads to be an informed client that has a broad range of skills. We are very proud of the excellent work that the Main Roads team has demonstrated in the design of this road and in the project management of the next phase.
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