Hon. Norman Moore asks when the Tom Price-Karratha road will be fully sealed. The response highlights the current government's progress on the project, contrasting it with the previous government's inaction, and notes that further stages are subject to budget processes.

AnsweredQoN 245Legislative Council
Asked
19 March 2008
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Planning and Infrastructure

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KARRATHA-TOM PRICE ROAD
When will the Tom Price-Karratha road be finally sealed? Hon ADELE FARINA

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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The honourable member would be aware that construction of the Karratha-Tom Price road was one of the many promises made by the previous government that it failed to deliver. In stark contrast, the state Labor government is delivering on the building of the major infrastructure needed to progress our state. Our 2001 election commitment was to spend $100 million on sealing this road, and we exceeded this. Total expenditure on stages 1 and 2 is budgeted at $152 million. These two projects—the first completed, and the second underway—will see 115 kilometres sealed. The remaining stages are subject to further budget processes.
Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The honourable member would be aware that construction of the Karratha-Tom Price road was one of the many promises made by the previous government that it failed to deliver. In stark contrast, the state Labor government is delivering on the building of the major infrastructure needed to progress our state. Our 2001 election commitment was to spend $100 million on sealing this road, and we exceeded this. Total expenditure on stages 1 and 2 is budgeted at $152 million. These two projects—the first completed, and the second underway—will see 115 kilometres sealed. The remaining stages are subject to further budget processes.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The honourable member would be aware that construction of the Karratha-Tom Price road was one of the many promises made by the previous government that it failed to deliver. In stark contrast, the state Labor government is delivering on the building of the major infrastructure needed to progress our state. Our 2001 election commitment was to spend $100 million on sealing this road, and we exceeded this. Total expenditure on stages 1 and 2 is budgeted at $152 million. These two projects—the first completed, and the second underway—will see 115 kilometres sealed. The remaining stages are subject to further budget processes.

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