❓ Mr. Stephens inquires about the cost, funding, and timeline for relocating the Port Hedland sewerage ponds to facilitate residential development. The Water Corporation states no relocation plans exist, but estimates a $45 million cost and a 3-year timeframe if undertaken, with no current funding allocated.
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(1) What is the assessed cost for the proposal to move the Port Hedland sewerage ponds from beneath the Spinifex Hill area of Port Hedland so as to enable increased residential development of that site?
(2) What funds have been allocated to the Water Corporation to advance this proposed shift?
(3) What is the estimated time involved in securing the removal of these ponds?
(2) What funds have been allocated to the Water Corporation to advance this proposed shift?
(3) What is the estimated time involved in securing the removal of these ponds?
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22 February 2010
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Minister for Water
Response time
96 days
(1) While the Water Corporation has no plans to relocate the Port Hedland wastewater treatment plant, the Corporation has undertaken some high level analysis as a result of previous queries regarding the relocation of the plant and the estimated capital cost is in the order of $45 million.
(2) None.
(3) Three years.
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(2) None.
(3) Three years.
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