❓ Question regarding the reallocation of Perth Freight Link funding to the Karel Avenue upgrade and its impact on the Jandakot electorate. The Minister highlights the project's benefits and criticizes federal members for political pointscoring.
AnsweredQoN 589Legislative Assembly
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PERTH FREIGHT LINK FUNDING REALLOCATION — KAREL
AVENUE UPGRADE
589. Mr Y. MUBARAKAI to the Minister for Transport:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's upgrade to Karel Avenue that will ease congestion along
this frustrating stretch of road and improve the travel time for the people of
my electorate.
(1) Can the
minister outline to the house how this job-creating project was made possible
by redirecting money from the flawed and destructive Perth Freight Link?
(2) Can the
minister advise the house how this builds on the McGowan Labor government's
massive investment in improving roads in my electorate of Jandakot and across
the southern suburbs?
AVENUE UPGRADE
589. Mr Y. MUBARAKAI to the Minister for Transport:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's upgrade to Karel Avenue that will ease congestion along
this frustrating stretch of road and improve the travel time for the people of
my electorate.
(1) Can the
minister outline to the house how this job-creating project was made possible
by redirecting money from the flawed and destructive Perth Freight Link?
(2) Can the
minister advise the house how this builds on the McGowan Labor government's
massive investment in improving roads in my electorate of Jandakot and across
the southern suburbs?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Jandakot for that
question. Firstly, on behalf of the member for Willagee, I acknowledge the
students and staff from Seton Catholic College.
(1)–(2) It
was a great pleasure to be out there this morning with the member for Jandakot
to deliver yet another McGowan Labor government commitment when it comes to
roads. As we know, during the campaign before the last election, the member
raised just what a bottleneck Karel Avenue is. We wanted to make sure that we could fix that bottleneck and reduce
congestion. We have seen a saving in travel time of up to 70 per cent as a result
of that work. We have changed the existing bridge to facilitate the Thornlie–Cockburn
Link, as the member knows. It has been an integrated and joint approach by the federal
government, the state government, the City of Cockburn and Jandakot Airport.
This great project is being delivered using a
collaborative approach. Jobs are being created, congestion is being reduced and
safety is being increased. This project is a great win for the southern
suburbs, together with all the other road projects that we are delivering, such
as the Armadale Road duplication and the new Armadale Road–North Lake
bridge that will delivered very soon.
I was quite shocked that, yet again,
federal ministers and federal members of Parliament want to use these types of
announcements for petty political pointscoring. We are delivering on projects.
This is the third time that when we have been out there highlighting the
benefits of what we will deliver across the suburbs, lies have been spread
about what will happen in relation to Roe 8 and about how much the commonwealth
will contribute. That happened yet again this morning. I do not choose to
participate in that type of pointscoring on
the side of the road. Western Australians want us to get on with it. Western Australians
want us to get on with building roads and delivering on our commitments, and
that is what I intend to do. Federal members cannot get over the fact that we
are a democratically elected government, delivering our election commitments. I
am sorry about that. They should get over it. They should work with us to
create jobs, reduce congestion and deliver projects. That is what we are
doing and that is what we will commit to do.
question. Firstly, on behalf of the member for Willagee, I acknowledge the
students and staff from Seton Catholic College.
(1)–(2) It
was a great pleasure to be out there this morning with the member for Jandakot
to deliver yet another McGowan Labor government commitment when it comes to
roads. As we know, during the campaign before the last election, the member
raised just what a bottleneck Karel Avenue is. We wanted to make sure that we could fix that bottleneck and reduce
congestion. We have seen a saving in travel time of up to 70 per cent as a result
of that work. We have changed the existing bridge to facilitate the Thornlie–Cockburn
Link, as the member knows. It has been an integrated and joint approach by the federal
government, the state government, the City of Cockburn and Jandakot Airport.
This great project is being delivered using a
collaborative approach. Jobs are being created, congestion is being reduced and
safety is being increased. This project is a great win for the southern
suburbs, together with all the other road projects that we are delivering, such
as the Armadale Road duplication and the new Armadale Road–North Lake
bridge that will delivered very soon.
I was quite shocked that, yet again,
federal ministers and federal members of Parliament want to use these types of
announcements for petty political pointscoring. We are delivering on projects.
This is the third time that when we have been out there highlighting the
benefits of what we will deliver across the suburbs, lies have been spread
about what will happen in relation to Roe 8 and about how much the commonwealth
will contribute. That happened yet again this morning. I do not choose to
participate in that type of pointscoring on
the side of the road. Western Australians want us to get on with it. Western Australians
want us to get on with building roads and delivering on our commitments, and
that is what I intend to do. Federal members cannot get over the fact that we
are a democratically elected government, delivering our election commitments. I
am sorry about that. They should get over it. They should work with us to
create jobs, reduce congestion and deliver projects. That is what we are
doing and that is what we will commit to do.
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