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❓ Hon Steve Martin questions Main Roads regarding road maintenance expenditure and kilometres worked on in the Goldfields-Esperance region for 2023-24 and 2024-25, including resealing and rehabilitation programs. The response details the kilometres addressed under each program and clarifies the absence of a rehabilitation line item in the 2024 report.

AnsweredQoN 782Legislative Council

Asked

22 October 2025

Member

Hon Steve Martin

Portfolio

Transport

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I refer to the delivery of road maintenance programs by Main Roads as outlined in the 2024 and 2025 annual reports, and I ask: (a) in relation to the Goldfields-Esperance Region: (i) how many kilometres of road were worked on as part of the $22.5 million expenditure on delivery of road maintenance in 2023-24; (ii) how many kilometres of road were worked on as part of the $23.8 million expenditure on delivery of road maintenance in 2024-25; (iii) how many kilometres of road were resealed as part of the $7.3 million expenditure on the region's resurfacing program in 2023-24; (iv) how many kilometres of road were resealed as part of the $10.7 million expenditure on the region's resurfacing program in 2024-25; (v) how many kilometres of road were rehabilitated as part of the $4.8 million expenditure on the rehabilitation program in 2024-25; and (vi) noting that a line for rehabilitation in the 2024 annual report is not present but appears in the 2025 annual report, what is the cause of appearance of this line item?

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Answered

2 December 2025

Responded by

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport

Response time

8 days

i.            2,486 km
ii.            2,486 km
iii.            125 km
iv.            9 km
v.            3 km
vi.            No rehabilitation work was undertaken in the Goldfields-Esperance region in the 2023-24 financial year and therefore not included in the 2024 annual report.

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