❓ Question on Notice regarding the planned extension of Reid Highway, inquiring about land and environmental clearances, community consultation, and the construction timeframe. The answer details the status of land negotiations, environmental approvals, consultation plans, and the expected construction start in 2008.
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REID HIGHWAY - EXTENSION FROM WEST SWAN ROAD TO GREAT NORTHERN HIGHWAY
Mr President - Several members interjected. THE PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Donna Faragher wants to ask a question and Hansard wants to listen to the question being asked. If members do not want to listen to it, perhaps they should go elsewhere. Hon DONNA FARAGHER : I refer to the planned extension of Reid Highway from West Swan Road to Great Northern Highway. (1) Have all necessary land and environmental clearances for this project been obtained; and, if not, which clearances remain outstanding? (2) When will the community consultation process begin and what form will the consultation take? (3) What is the current construction time frame for this extension? Hon KATE DOUST
Mr President - Several members interjected. THE PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Donna Faragher wants to ask a question and Hansard wants to listen to the question being asked. If members do not want to listen to it, perhaps they should go elsewhere. Hon DONNA FARAGHER : I refer to the planned extension of Reid Highway from West Swan Road to Great Northern Highway. (1) Have all necessary land and environmental clearances for this project been obtained; and, if not, which clearances remain outstanding? (2) When will the community consultation process begin and what form will the consultation take? (3) What is the current construction time frame for this extension? Hon KATE DOUST
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On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Negotiations are in progress with a landowner for a portion of land on the south western corner of the Middle Swan Road and Great Northern Highway intersection. In 1992 Main Roads referred to the Environmental Protection Authority the proposal to extend the dual carriageway of Reid Highway eastwards between Beechboro Road and Great Northern Highway. The Minister for the Environment subsequently approved the project and issued ministerial conditions to Main Roads in January 1995. Additional studies - on biological factors, acid sulfate soils, revegetation, noise and air quality - have been done and further consultation with Bush Forever groups, the Swan River Trust and Aboriginal groups has been undertaken to update the existing environmental approval and obtain approval from the Department of Environment and Conservation under sections 45C and 46 of the Environmental Protection Act. A renewed section 18 clearance will be applied for as potential new sites have been identified since the original section 18 approval. Applications to obtain these approvals are being prepared. (2) A project information newsletter is being finalised and display material prepared to commence the community consultation process. It is planned to distribute the newsletter in early October 2006 with a public meeting and an opportunity for community feedback on the preliminary design to follow shortly after. (3) It is expected that physical construction of the Reid Highway extension will take place in 2008.
Several members interjected. THE PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Donna Faragher wants to ask a question and Hansard wants to listen to the question being asked. If members do not want to listen to it, perhaps they should go elsewhere. Hon DONNA FARAGHER : I refer to the planned extension of Reid Highway from West Swan Road to Great Northern Highway. (1) Have all necessary land and environmental clearances for this project been obtained; and, if not, which clearances remain outstanding? (2) When will the community consultation process begin and what form will the consultation take? (3) What is the current construction time frame for this extension? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Negotiations are in progress with a landowner for a portion of land on the south western corner of the Middle Swan Road and Great Northern Highway intersection. In 1992 Main Roads referred to the Environmental Protection Authority the proposal to extend the dual carriageway of Reid Highway eastwards between Beechboro Road and Great Northern Highway. The Minister for the Environment subsequently approved the project and issued ministerial conditions to Main Roads in January 1995. Additional studies - on biological factors, acid sulfate soils, revegetation, noise and air quality - have been done and further consultation with Bush Forever groups, the Swan River Trust and Aboriginal groups has been undertaken to update the existing environmental approval and obtain approval from the Department of Environment and Conservation under sections 45C and 46 of the Environmental Protection Act. A renewed section 18 clearance will be applied for as potential new sites have been identified since the original section 18 approval. Applications to obtain these approvals are being prepared. (2) A project information newsletter is being finalised and display material prepared to commence the community consultation process. It is planned to distribute the newsletter in early October 2006 with a public meeting and an opportunity for community feedback on the preliminary design to follow shortly after. (3) It is expected that physical construction of the Reid Highway extension will take place in 2008.
THE PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Donna Faragher wants to ask a question and Hansard wants to listen to the question being asked. If members do not want to listen to it, perhaps they should go elsewhere. Hon DONNA FARAGHER : I refer to the planned extension of Reid Highway from West Swan Road to Great Northern Highway. (1) Have all necessary land and environmental clearances for this project been obtained; and, if not, which clearances remain outstanding? (2) When will the community consultation process begin and what form will the consultation take? (3) What is the current construction time frame for this extension? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Negotiations are in progress with a landowner for a portion of land on the south western corner of the Middle Swan Road and Great Northern Highway intersection. In 1992 Main Roads referred to the Environmental Protection Authority the proposal to extend the dual carriageway of Reid Highway eastwards between Beechboro Road and Great Northern Highway. The Minister for the Environment subsequently approved the project and issued ministerial conditions to Main Roads in January 1995. Additional studies - on biological factors, acid sulfate soils, revegetation, noise and air quality - have been done and further consultation with Bush Forever groups, the Swan River Trust and Aboriginal groups has been undertaken to update the existing environmental approval and obtain approval from the Department of Environment and Conservation under sections 45C and 46 of the Environmental Protection Act. A renewed section 18 clearance will be applied for as potential new sites have been identified since the original section 18 approval. Applications to obtain these approvals are being prepared. (2) A project information newsletter is being finalised and display material prepared to commence the community consultation process. It is planned to distribute the newsletter in early October 2006 with a public meeting and an opportunity for community feedback on the preliminary design to follow shortly after. (3) It is expected that physical construction of the Reid Highway extension will take place in 2008.
Hon DONNA FARAGHER : I refer to the planned extension of Reid Highway from West Swan Road to Great Northern Highway. (1) Have all necessary land and environmental clearances for this project been obtained; and, if not, which clearances remain outstanding? (2) When will the community consultation process begin and what form will the consultation take? (3) What is the current construction time frame for this extension? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Negotiations are in progress with a landowner for a portion of land on the south western corner of the Middle Swan Road and Great Northern Highway intersection. In 1992 Main Roads referred to the Environmental Protection Authority the proposal to extend the dual carriageway of Reid Highway eastwards between Beechboro Road and Great Northern Highway. The Minister for the Environment subsequently approved the project and issued ministerial conditions to Main Roads in January 1995. Additional studies - on biological factors, acid sulfate soils, revegetation, noise and air quality - have been done and further consultation with Bush Forever groups, the Swan River Trust and Aboriginal groups has been undertaken to update the existing environmental approval and obtain approval from the Department of Environment and Conservation under sections 45C and 46 of the Environmental Protection Act. A renewed section 18 clearance will be applied for as potential new sites have been identified since the original section 18 approval. Applications to obtain these approvals are being prepared. (2) A project information newsletter is being finalised and display material prepared to commence the community consultation process. It is planned to distribute the newsletter in early October 2006 with a public meeting and an opportunity for community feedback on the preliminary design to follow shortly after. (3) It is expected that physical construction of the Reid Highway extension will take place in 2008.
(1) Have all necessary land and environmental clearances for this project been obtained; and, if not, which clearances remain outstanding? (2) When will the community consultation process begin and what form will the consultation take? (3) What is the current construction time frame for this extension? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Negotiations are in progress with a landowner for a portion of land on the south western corner of the Middle Swan Road and Great Northern Highway intersection. In 1992 Main Roads referred to the Environmental Protection Authority the proposal to extend the dual carriageway of Reid Highway eastwards between Beechboro Road and Great Northern Highway. The Minister for the Environment subsequently approved the project and issued ministerial conditions to Main Roads in January 1995. Additional studies - on biological factors, acid sulfate soils, revegetation, noise and air quality - have been done and further consultation with Bush Forever groups, the Swan River Trust and Aboriginal groups has been undertaken to update the existing environmental approval and obtain approval from the Department of Environment and Conservation under sections 45C and 46 of the Environmental Protection Act. A renewed section 18 clearance will be applied for as potential new sites have been identified since the original section 18 approval. Applications to obtain these approvals are being prepared. (2) A project information newsletter is being finalised and display material prepared to commence the community consultation process. It is planned to distribute the newsletter in early October 2006 with a public meeting and an opportunity for community feedback on the preliminary design to follow shortly after. (3) It is expected that physical construction of the Reid Highway extension will take place in 2008.
(2) When will the community consultation process begin and what form will the consultation take? (3) What is the current construction time frame for this extension? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Negotiations are in progress with a landowner for a portion of land on the south western corner of the Middle Swan Road and Great Northern Highway intersection. In 1992 Main Roads referred to the Environmental Protection Authority the proposal to extend the dual carriageway of Reid Highway eastwards between Beechboro Road and Great Northern Highway. The Minister for the Environment subsequently approved the project and issued ministerial conditions to Main Roads in January 1995. Additional studies - on biological factors, acid sulfate soils, revegetation, noise and air quality - have been done and further consultation with Bush Forever groups, the Swan River Trust and Aboriginal groups has been undertaken to update the existing environmental approval and obtain approval from the Department of Environment and Conservation under sections 45C and 46 of the Environmental Protection Act. A renewed section 18 clearance will be applied for as potential new sites have been identified since the original section 18 approval. Applications to obtain these approvals are being prepared. (2) A project information newsletter is being finalised and display material prepared to commence the community consultation process. It is planned to distribute the newsletter in early October 2006 with a public meeting and an opportunity for community feedback on the preliminary design to follow shortly after. (3) It is expected that physical construction of the Reid Highway extension will take place in 2008.
(3) What is the current construction time frame for this extension? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Negotiations are in progress with a landowner for a portion of land on the south western corner of the Middle Swan Road and Great Northern Highway intersection. In 1992 Main Roads referred to the Environmental Protection Authority the proposal to extend the dual carriageway of Reid Highway eastwards between Beechboro Road and Great Northern Highway. The Minister for the Environment subsequently approved the project and issued ministerial conditions to Main Roads in January 1995. Additional studies - on biological factors, acid sulfate soils, revegetation, noise and air quality - have been done and further consultation with Bush Forever groups, the Swan River Trust and Aboriginal groups has been undertaken to update the existing environmental approval and obtain approval from the Department of Environment and Conservation under sections 45C and 46 of the Environmental Protection Act. A renewed section 18 clearance will be applied for as potential new sites have been identified since the original section 18 approval. Applications to obtain these approvals are being prepared. (2) A project information newsletter is being finalised and display material prepared to commence the community consultation process. It is planned to distribute the newsletter in early October 2006 with a public meeting and an opportunity for community feedback on the preliminary design to follow shortly after. (3) It is expected that physical construction of the Reid Highway extension will take place in 2008.
Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Negotiations are in progress with a landowner for a portion of land on the south western corner of the Middle Swan Road and Great Northern Highway intersection. In 1992 Main Roads referred to the Environmental Protection Authority the proposal to extend the dual carriageway of Reid Highway eastwards between Beechboro Road and Great Northern Highway. The Minister for the Environment subsequently approved the project and issued ministerial conditions to Main Roads in January 1995. Additional studies - on biological factors, acid sulfate soils, revegetation, noise and air quality - have been done and further consultation with Bush Forever groups, the Swan River Trust and Aboriginal groups has been undertaken to update the existing environmental approval and obtain approval from the Department of Environment and Conservation under sections 45C and 46 of the Environmental Protection Act. A renewed section 18 clearance will be applied for as potential new sites have been identified since the original section 18 approval. Applications to obtain these approvals are being prepared. (2) A project information newsletter is being finalised and display material prepared to commence the community consultation process. It is planned to distribute the newsletter in early October 2006 with a public meeting and an opportunity for community feedback on the preliminary design to follow shortly after. (3) It is expected that physical construction of the Reid Highway extension will take place in 2008.
On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Negotiations are in progress with a landowner for a portion of land on the south western corner of the Middle Swan Road and Great Northern Highway intersection. In 1992 Main Roads referred to the Environmental Protection Authority the proposal to extend the dual carriageway of Reid Highway eastwards between Beechboro Road and Great Northern Highway. The Minister for the Environment subsequently approved the project and issued ministerial conditions to Main Roads in January 1995. Additional studies - on biological factors, acid sulfate soils, revegetation, noise and air quality - have been done and further consultation with Bush Forever groups, the Swan River Trust and Aboriginal groups has been undertaken to update the existing environmental approval and obtain approval from the Department of Environment and Conservation under sections 45C and 46 of the Environmental Protection Act. A renewed section 18 clearance will be applied for as potential new sites have been identified since the original section 18 approval. Applications to obtain these approvals are being prepared. (2) A project information newsletter is being finalised and display material prepared to commence the community consultation process. It is planned to distribute the newsletter in early October 2006 with a public meeting and an opportunity for community feedback on the preliminary design to follow shortly after. (3) It is expected that physical construction of the Reid Highway extension will take place in 2008.
(1) Negotiations are in progress with a landowner for a portion of land on the south western corner of the Middle Swan Road and Great Northern Highway intersection. In 1992 Main Roads referred to the Environmental Protection Authority the proposal to extend the dual carriageway of Reid Highway eastwards between Beechboro Road and Great Northern Highway. The Minister for the Environment subsequently approved the project and issued ministerial conditions to Main Roads in January 1995. Additional studies - on biological factors, acid sulfate soils, revegetation, noise and air quality - have been done and further consultation with Bush Forever groups, the Swan River Trust and Aboriginal groups has been undertaken to update the existing environmental approval and obtain approval from the Department of Environment and Conservation under sections 45C and 46 of the Environmental Protection Act. A renewed section 18 clearance will be applied for as potential new sites have been identified since the original section 18 approval. Applications to obtain these approvals are being prepared. (2) A project information newsletter is being finalised and display material prepared to commence the community consultation process. It is planned to distribute the newsletter in early October 2006 with a public meeting and an opportunity for community feedback on the preliminary design to follow shortly after. (3) It is expected that physical construction of the Reid Highway extension will take place in 2008.
(3) It is expected that physical construction of the Reid Highway extension will take place in 2008.
Several members interjected. THE PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Donna Faragher wants to ask a question and Hansard wants to listen to the question being asked. If members do not want to listen to it, perhaps they should go elsewhere. Hon DONNA FARAGHER : I refer to the planned extension of Reid Highway from West Swan Road to Great Northern Highway. (1) Have all necessary land and environmental clearances for this project been obtained; and, if not, which clearances remain outstanding? (2) When will the community consultation process begin and what form will the consultation take? (3) What is the current construction time frame for this extension? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Negotiations are in progress with a landowner for a portion of land on the south western corner of the Middle Swan Road and Great Northern Highway intersection. In 1992 Main Roads referred to the Environmental Protection Authority the proposal to extend the dual carriageway of Reid Highway eastwards between Beechboro Road and Great Northern Highway. The Minister for the Environment subsequently approved the project and issued ministerial conditions to Main Roads in January 1995. Additional studies - on biological factors, acid sulfate soils, revegetation, noise and air quality - have been done and further consultation with Bush Forever groups, the Swan River Trust and Aboriginal groups has been undertaken to update the existing environmental approval and obtain approval from the Department of Environment and Conservation under sections 45C and 46 of the Environmental Protection Act. A renewed section 18 clearance will be applied for as potential new sites have been identified since the original section 18 approval. Applications to obtain these approvals are being prepared. (2) A project information newsletter is being finalised and display material prepared to commence the community consultation process. It is planned to distribute the newsletter in early October 2006 with a public meeting and an opportunity for community feedback on the preliminary design to follow shortly after. (3) It is expected that physical construction of the Reid Highway extension will take place in 2008.
THE PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Donna Faragher wants to ask a question and Hansard wants to listen to the question being asked. If members do not want to listen to it, perhaps they should go elsewhere. Hon DONNA FARAGHER : I refer to the planned extension of Reid Highway from West Swan Road to Great Northern Highway. (1) Have all necessary land and environmental clearances for this project been obtained; and, if not, which clearances remain outstanding? (2) When will the community consultation process begin and what form will the consultation take? (3) What is the current construction time frame for this extension? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Negotiations are in progress with a landowner for a portion of land on the south western corner of the Middle Swan Road and Great Northern Highway intersection. In 1992 Main Roads referred to the Environmental Protection Authority the proposal to extend the dual carriageway of Reid Highway eastwards between Beechboro Road and Great Northern Highway. The Minister for the Environment subsequently approved the project and issued ministerial conditions to Main Roads in January 1995. Additional studies - on biological factors, acid sulfate soils, revegetation, noise and air quality - have been done and further consultation with Bush Forever groups, the Swan River Trust and Aboriginal groups has been undertaken to update the existing environmental approval and obtain approval from the Department of Environment and Conservation under sections 45C and 46 of the Environmental Protection Act. A renewed section 18 clearance will be applied for as potential new sites have been identified since the original section 18 approval. Applications to obtain these approvals are being prepared. (2) A project information newsletter is being finalised and display material prepared to commence the community consultation process. It is planned to distribute the newsletter in early October 2006 with a public meeting and an opportunity for community feedback on the preliminary design to follow shortly after. (3) It is expected that physical construction of the Reid Highway extension will take place in 2008.
Hon DONNA FARAGHER : I refer to the planned extension of Reid Highway from West Swan Road to Great Northern Highway. (1) Have all necessary land and environmental clearances for this project been obtained; and, if not, which clearances remain outstanding? (2) When will the community consultation process begin and what form will the consultation take? (3) What is the current construction time frame for this extension? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Negotiations are in progress with a landowner for a portion of land on the south western corner of the Middle Swan Road and Great Northern Highway intersection. In 1992 Main Roads referred to the Environmental Protection Authority the proposal to extend the dual carriageway of Reid Highway eastwards between Beechboro Road and Great Northern Highway. The Minister for the Environment subsequently approved the project and issued ministerial conditions to Main Roads in January 1995. Additional studies - on biological factors, acid sulfate soils, revegetation, noise and air quality - have been done and further consultation with Bush Forever groups, the Swan River Trust and Aboriginal groups has been undertaken to update the existing environmental approval and obtain approval from the Department of Environment and Conservation under sections 45C and 46 of the Environmental Protection Act. A renewed section 18 clearance will be applied for as potential new sites have been identified since the original section 18 approval. Applications to obtain these approvals are being prepared. (2) A project information newsletter is being finalised and display material prepared to commence the community consultation process. It is planned to distribute the newsletter in early October 2006 with a public meeting and an opportunity for community feedback on the preliminary design to follow shortly after. (3) It is expected that physical construction of the Reid Highway extension will take place in 2008.
(1) Have all necessary land and environmental clearances for this project been obtained; and, if not, which clearances remain outstanding? (2) When will the community consultation process begin and what form will the consultation take? (3) What is the current construction time frame for this extension? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Negotiations are in progress with a landowner for a portion of land on the south western corner of the Middle Swan Road and Great Northern Highway intersection. In 1992 Main Roads referred to the Environmental Protection Authority the proposal to extend the dual carriageway of Reid Highway eastwards between Beechboro Road and Great Northern Highway. The Minister for the Environment subsequently approved the project and issued ministerial conditions to Main Roads in January 1995. Additional studies - on biological factors, acid sulfate soils, revegetation, noise and air quality - have been done and further consultation with Bush Forever groups, the Swan River Trust and Aboriginal groups has been undertaken to update the existing environmental approval and obtain approval from the Department of Environment and Conservation under sections 45C and 46 of the Environmental Protection Act. A renewed section 18 clearance will be applied for as potential new sites have been identified since the original section 18 approval. Applications to obtain these approvals are being prepared. (2) A project information newsletter is being finalised and display material prepared to commence the community consultation process. It is planned to distribute the newsletter in early October 2006 with a public meeting and an opportunity for community feedback on the preliminary design to follow shortly after. (3) It is expected that physical construction of the Reid Highway extension will take place in 2008.
(2) When will the community consultation process begin and what form will the consultation take? (3) What is the current construction time frame for this extension? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Negotiations are in progress with a landowner for a portion of land on the south western corner of the Middle Swan Road and Great Northern Highway intersection. In 1992 Main Roads referred to the Environmental Protection Authority the proposal to extend the dual carriageway of Reid Highway eastwards between Beechboro Road and Great Northern Highway. The Minister for the Environment subsequently approved the project and issued ministerial conditions to Main Roads in January 1995. Additional studies - on biological factors, acid sulfate soils, revegetation, noise and air quality - have been done and further consultation with Bush Forever groups, the Swan River Trust and Aboriginal groups has been undertaken to update the existing environmental approval and obtain approval from the Department of Environment and Conservation under sections 45C and 46 of the Environmental Protection Act. A renewed section 18 clearance will be applied for as potential new sites have been identified since the original section 18 approval. Applications to obtain these approvals are being prepared. (2) A project information newsletter is being finalised and display material prepared to commence the community consultation process. It is planned to distribute the newsletter in early October 2006 with a public meeting and an opportunity for community feedback on the preliminary design to follow shortly after. (3) It is expected that physical construction of the Reid Highway extension will take place in 2008.
(3) What is the current construction time frame for this extension? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Negotiations are in progress with a landowner for a portion of land on the south western corner of the Middle Swan Road and Great Northern Highway intersection. In 1992 Main Roads referred to the Environmental Protection Authority the proposal to extend the dual carriageway of Reid Highway eastwards between Beechboro Road and Great Northern Highway. The Minister for the Environment subsequently approved the project and issued ministerial conditions to Main Roads in January 1995. Additional studies - on biological factors, acid sulfate soils, revegetation, noise and air quality - have been done and further consultation with Bush Forever groups, the Swan River Trust and Aboriginal groups has been undertaken to update the existing environmental approval and obtain approval from the Department of Environment and Conservation under sections 45C and 46 of the Environmental Protection Act. A renewed section 18 clearance will be applied for as potential new sites have been identified since the original section 18 approval. Applications to obtain these approvals are being prepared. (2) A project information newsletter is being finalised and display material prepared to commence the community consultation process. It is planned to distribute the newsletter in early October 2006 with a public meeting and an opportunity for community feedback on the preliminary design to follow shortly after. (3) It is expected that physical construction of the Reid Highway extension will take place in 2008.
Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Negotiations are in progress with a landowner for a portion of land on the south western corner of the Middle Swan Road and Great Northern Highway intersection. In 1992 Main Roads referred to the Environmental Protection Authority the proposal to extend the dual carriageway of Reid Highway eastwards between Beechboro Road and Great Northern Highway. The Minister for the Environment subsequently approved the project and issued ministerial conditions to Main Roads in January 1995. Additional studies - on biological factors, acid sulfate soils, revegetation, noise and air quality - have been done and further consultation with Bush Forever groups, the Swan River Trust and Aboriginal groups has been undertaken to update the existing environmental approval and obtain approval from the Department of Environment and Conservation under sections 45C and 46 of the Environmental Protection Act. A renewed section 18 clearance will be applied for as potential new sites have been identified since the original section 18 approval. Applications to obtain these approvals are being prepared. (2) A project information newsletter is being finalised and display material prepared to commence the community consultation process. It is planned to distribute the newsletter in early October 2006 with a public meeting and an opportunity for community feedback on the preliminary design to follow shortly after. (3) It is expected that physical construction of the Reid Highway extension will take place in 2008.
On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Negotiations are in progress with a landowner for a portion of land on the south western corner of the Middle Swan Road and Great Northern Highway intersection. In 1992 Main Roads referred to the Environmental Protection Authority the proposal to extend the dual carriageway of Reid Highway eastwards between Beechboro Road and Great Northern Highway. The Minister for the Environment subsequently approved the project and issued ministerial conditions to Main Roads in January 1995. Additional studies - on biological factors, acid sulfate soils, revegetation, noise and air quality - have been done and further consultation with Bush Forever groups, the Swan River Trust and Aboriginal groups has been undertaken to update the existing environmental approval and obtain approval from the Department of Environment and Conservation under sections 45C and 46 of the Environmental Protection Act. A renewed section 18 clearance will be applied for as potential new sites have been identified since the original section 18 approval. Applications to obtain these approvals are being prepared. (2) A project information newsletter is being finalised and display material prepared to commence the community consultation process. It is planned to distribute the newsletter in early October 2006 with a public meeting and an opportunity for community feedback on the preliminary design to follow shortly after. (3) It is expected that physical construction of the Reid Highway extension will take place in 2008.
(1) Negotiations are in progress with a landowner for a portion of land on the south western corner of the Middle Swan Road and Great Northern Highway intersection. In 1992 Main Roads referred to the Environmental Protection Authority the proposal to extend the dual carriageway of Reid Highway eastwards between Beechboro Road and Great Northern Highway. The Minister for the Environment subsequently approved the project and issued ministerial conditions to Main Roads in January 1995. Additional studies - on biological factors, acid sulfate soils, revegetation, noise and air quality - have been done and further consultation with Bush Forever groups, the Swan River Trust and Aboriginal groups has been undertaken to update the existing environmental approval and obtain approval from the Department of Environment and Conservation under sections 45C and 46 of the Environmental Protection Act. A renewed section 18 clearance will be applied for as potential new sites have been identified since the original section 18 approval. Applications to obtain these approvals are being prepared. (2) A project information newsletter is being finalised and display material prepared to commence the community consultation process. It is planned to distribute the newsletter in early October 2006 with a public meeting and an opportunity for community feedback on the preliminary design to follow shortly after. (3) It is expected that physical construction of the Reid Highway extension will take place in 2008.
(3) It is expected that physical construction of the Reid Highway extension will take place in 2008.
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