❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding the Manjimup-Bunbury railway and its capacity to handle increased traffic from the blue gum industry. The questions focus on operational timelines, integration efforts, siding usage, and the costs associated with upgrading the railway.
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MANJIMUP-BUNBURY RAILWAY - BLUE GUM INDUSTRY
In relation to the government’s commitment to the continued use of the Manjimup-Bunbury railway and the increasing heavy haulage traffic resulting from the maturing blue gum industry - (1) When is it expected that the Manjimup-Bunbury railway will be fully operational? (2) What work has been undertaken to integrate the Manjimup-Bunbury railway into the blue gum plantation sector? (3) How many of the existing railway sidings, other than Greenbushes, will be incorporated into the rail-road interfaces for handling the blue gum freight task? (4) Who will bear the cost of upgrading the Manjimup-Bunbury railway tracks and sidings? (5) What are the cost-sharing arrangements for those upgrades? Hon KATE DOUST
In relation to the government’s commitment to the continued use of the Manjimup-Bunbury railway and the increasing heavy haulage traffic resulting from the maturing blue gum industry - (1) When is it expected that the Manjimup-Bunbury railway will be fully operational? (2) What work has been undertaken to integrate the Manjimup-Bunbury railway into the blue gum plantation sector? (3) How many of the existing railway sidings, other than Greenbushes, will be incorporated into the rail-road interfaces for handling the blue gum freight task? (4) Who will bear the cost of upgrading the Manjimup-Bunbury railway tracks and sidings? (5) What are the cost-sharing arrangements for those upgrades? Hon KATE DOUST
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On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be an answer to that question today.
(1) When is it expected that the Manjimup-Bunbury railway will be fully operational? (2) What work has been undertaken to integrate the Manjimup-Bunbury railway into the blue gum plantation sector? (3) How many of the existing railway sidings, other than Greenbushes, will be incorporated into the rail-road interfaces for handling the blue gum freight task? (4) Who will bear the cost of upgrading the Manjimup-Bunbury railway tracks and sidings? (5) What are the cost-sharing arrangements for those upgrades? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be an answer to that question today.
(2) What work has been undertaken to integrate the Manjimup-Bunbury railway into the blue gum plantation sector? (3) How many of the existing railway sidings, other than Greenbushes, will be incorporated into the rail-road interfaces for handling the blue gum freight task? (4) Who will bear the cost of upgrading the Manjimup-Bunbury railway tracks and sidings? (5) What are the cost-sharing arrangements for those upgrades? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be an answer to that question today.
(3) How many of the existing railway sidings, other than Greenbushes, will be incorporated into the rail-road interfaces for handling the blue gum freight task? (4) Who will bear the cost of upgrading the Manjimup-Bunbury railway tracks and sidings? (5) What are the cost-sharing arrangements for those upgrades? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be an answer to that question today.
(4) Who will bear the cost of upgrading the Manjimup-Bunbury railway tracks and sidings? (5) What are the cost-sharing arrangements for those upgrades? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be an answer to that question today.
(5) What are the cost-sharing arrangements for those upgrades? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be an answer to that question today.
Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be an answer to that question today.
On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be an answer to that question today.
(1) When is it expected that the Manjimup-Bunbury railway will be fully operational? (2) What work has been undertaken to integrate the Manjimup-Bunbury railway into the blue gum plantation sector? (3) How many of the existing railway sidings, other than Greenbushes, will be incorporated into the rail-road interfaces for handling the blue gum freight task? (4) Who will bear the cost of upgrading the Manjimup-Bunbury railway tracks and sidings? (5) What are the cost-sharing arrangements for those upgrades? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be an answer to that question today.
(2) What work has been undertaken to integrate the Manjimup-Bunbury railway into the blue gum plantation sector? (3) How many of the existing railway sidings, other than Greenbushes, will be incorporated into the rail-road interfaces for handling the blue gum freight task? (4) Who will bear the cost of upgrading the Manjimup-Bunbury railway tracks and sidings? (5) What are the cost-sharing arrangements for those upgrades? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be an answer to that question today.
(3) How many of the existing railway sidings, other than Greenbushes, will be incorporated into the rail-road interfaces for handling the blue gum freight task? (4) Who will bear the cost of upgrading the Manjimup-Bunbury railway tracks and sidings? (5) What are the cost-sharing arrangements for those upgrades? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be an answer to that question today.
(4) Who will bear the cost of upgrading the Manjimup-Bunbury railway tracks and sidings? (5) What are the cost-sharing arrangements for those upgrades? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be an answer to that question today.
(5) What are the cost-sharing arrangements for those upgrades? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be an answer to that question today.
Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be an answer to that question today.
On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be an answer to that question today.
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