❓ Mr. Love questions the Minister for Transport about penalties for contractors if the Mandurah rail line closure exceeds 25 days. The Minister avoids a direct answer, highlighting other projects and criticising the previous government.
AnsweredQoN 220Legislative Assembly
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MANDURAH RAIL LINE — AUBIN GROVE–ELIZABETH
QUAY CLOSURE
220. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for Transport:
I have a supplementary question.
What measures has the minister stipulated with the contractors such that any delays will result in penalties accruing to them if
the disruption goes beyond the 25 days that she has promised the community?
QUAY CLOSURE
220. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for Transport:
I have a supplementary question.
What measures has the minister stipulated with the contractors such that any delays will result in penalties accruing to them if
the disruption goes beyond the 25 days that she has promised the community?
AnswerView source ↗
Again,
I thank the member for the question. We will try to manage this as effectively
as we can. Of course, managing major shutdowns is hard work for all the
contractors and workers involved. For example, we shut down the rail line between Kelmscott and Armadale for the Denny
Avenue level-crossing removal over the Easter holidays. The member for
Armadale and the member for Darling Range—the very positive, proactive
new member for Darling Range—support projects like the Denny Avenue
level-crossing removal. They support projects like the Byford rail extension.
It is so good to have such a positive —
Point of Order
Mr R.S.
LOVE : I draw the attention of the minister back to the relevance to
the question, which was about what guarantees there are in her dealings with
the contractors that this will not drag on beyond 25 days.
The
SPEAKER : Minister, this is a supplementary question, so a relatively
brief answer could help, thank you.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : I was just
going to give the example we have just lived through, which was the Kelmscott shutdown. We shut that down over the Easter break
and the school holidays. Workers were working 24/7 to get that work done. That is hard work, 24/7—a
number of shifts to get the work done as quickly as possible. We expect this to be the same—hard work, 24/7. It is hard being in the middle of the
rail reserve working on these projects. They work constantly, and I expect they
will be able to deliver this project in the time frame we have set.
I
do not shy away from the fact that delivering these types of infrastructure
projects during these times is challenging , and I have said it all the
time, but do members know what? I would rather be delivering this
infrastructure. Building railcar
manufacturing in Bellevue was challenging, and that is something that the
Liberal–National government would never, ever contemplate.
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Upgrading
regional rail lines is challenging, but the Liberal–National government
shut them down. It took funding away from regional rail, and it never delivered
on our Perth urban transport network, but we are. That is something that future
generations will thank this government for.
The SPEAKER : Before I allocate
the next question, Attorney General, I did not miss the fact that your phone
rang, so in future could you ensure that it is on silent. You obviously miss
having me sit next to you to do that!
I thank the member for the question. We will try to manage this as effectively
as we can. Of course, managing major shutdowns is hard work for all the
contractors and workers involved. For example, we shut down the rail line between Kelmscott and Armadale for the Denny
Avenue level-crossing removal over the Easter holidays. The member for
Armadale and the member for Darling Range—the very positive, proactive
new member for Darling Range—support projects like the Denny Avenue
level-crossing removal. They support projects like the Byford rail extension.
It is so good to have such a positive —
Point of Order
Mr R.S.
LOVE : I draw the attention of the minister back to the relevance to
the question, which was about what guarantees there are in her dealings with
the contractors that this will not drag on beyond 25 days.
The
SPEAKER : Minister, this is a supplementary question, so a relatively
brief answer could help, thank you.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : I was just
going to give the example we have just lived through, which was the Kelmscott shutdown. We shut that down over the Easter break
and the school holidays. Workers were working 24/7 to get that work done. That is hard work, 24/7—a
number of shifts to get the work done as quickly as possible. We expect this to be the same—hard work, 24/7. It is hard being in the middle of the
rail reserve working on these projects. They work constantly, and I expect they
will be able to deliver this project in the time frame we have set.
I
do not shy away from the fact that delivering these types of infrastructure
projects during these times is challenging , and I have said it all the
time, but do members know what? I would rather be delivering this
infrastructure. Building railcar
manufacturing in Bellevue was challenging, and that is something that the
Liberal–National government would never, ever contemplate.
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Upgrading
regional rail lines is challenging, but the Liberal–National government
shut them down. It took funding away from regional rail, and it never delivered
on our Perth urban transport network, but we are. That is something that future
generations will thank this government for.
The SPEAKER : Before I allocate
the next question, Attorney General, I did not miss the fact that your phone
rang, so in future could you ensure that it is on silent. You obviously miss
having me sit next to you to do that!
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