❓ Question regarding BGC Cement's proposed silo at Port Hedland and its potential impact on road traffic. The Minister clarifies the Port Authority's lease offers and anticipates reduced road traffic due to a new facility.
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I refer to plans by BGC Cement to establish a storage silo on the wharf at Port Hedland, and ask:
(a) does the Minister endorse the decision of the Port Hedland Port Authority not to allow the long-term establishment of such a silo; and
(i) if so, why; and
(b) does the Minister accept that the failure to construct a silo on the wharf will increase road traffic between Perth and Port Hedland; and
(i) if so, does the Minister accept it makes the road more dangerous?
(a) does the Minister endorse the decision of the Port Hedland Port Authority not to allow the long-term establishment of such a silo; and
(i) if so, why; and
(b) does the Minister accept that the failure to construct a silo on the wharf will increase road traffic between Perth and Port Hedland; and
(i) if so, does the Minister accept it makes the road more dangerous?
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Answered
20 April 2010
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Transport
Response time
34 days
(a) The Port Hedland Port Authority (PHPA) offered BGC a five year lease on the wharf at Port Hedland to develop facilities to import cement.
BGC advised the PHPA that it did not wish to proceed with a five year lease on the wharf at Port Hedland.
(i) Not applicable.
(b) PHPA has recently offered BGC a 50 year lease on PHPA land at Wedgefield to develop facilities to import cement. It is anticipated that the development of these facilities will assist in decreasing road traffic between Perth and Port Hedland.
(i) Not applicable.
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BGC advised the PHPA that it did not wish to proceed with a five year lease on the wharf at Port Hedland.
(i) Not applicable.
(b) PHPA has recently offered BGC a 50 year lease on PHPA land at Wedgefield to develop facilities to import cement. It is anticipated that the development of these facilities will assist in decreasing road traffic between Perth and Port Hedland.
(i) Not applicable.
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