❓ Question regarding the southern rail link construction and whether a detailed study of consumer demand will be conducted before a decision is made. The Minister assures that all transport infrastructure decisions are based on solid planning, criticising the previous government's approach to transport studies.
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Given the minister’s statement in an article on 11 March 2002 in The West Australian that it would be irresponsible for the Government to spend millions of dollars a year on transport infrastructure without adequate planning, will she guarantee that a decision will not be made to construct the southern rail link down the centre of the Kwinana Freeway between the city and Glen Iris without first carrying out a detailed study of consumer demand for that route? Ms MacTIERNAN
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am glad for the opportunity to address the context in which I made that statement. The member for Carine complained to the Press that the Government was spending $1 million on extensive studies of transport demand. I should have addressed that issue in Parliament earlier because it is a very interesting story. One of the reasons for this study being done is that the process was commenced as early as the 1960s. Since then, every 10 years the Government has undertaken a detailed study of transport demand. The previous Government, of which the member for Carine was a part, got it absolutely wrong. That Government spent something in the order of $700 000 or $800 000 on a transport study, which it tried to do on the cheap. That study was totally ill conceived and turned out to be a complete and utter lemon - a bit like the Kenwick option. Unfortunately, that meant that all the modelling that was done for the Department of Transport and Main Roads Western Australia had to be based on a set of antiquated assumptions. I can assure the member that the Government is making and will continue to make sure that all its transport infrastructure decisions are based on solid planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am glad for the opportunity to address the context in which I made that statement. The member for Carine complained to the Press that the Government was spending $1 million on extensive studies of transport demand. I should have addressed that issue in Parliament earlier because it is a very interesting story. One of the reasons for this study being done is that the process was commenced as early as the 1960s. Since then, every 10 years the Government has undertaken a detailed study of transport demand. The previous Government, of which the member for Carine was a part, got it absolutely wrong. That Government spent something in the order of $700 000 or $800 000 on a transport study, which it tried to do on the cheap. That study was totally ill conceived and turned out to be a complete and utter lemon - a bit like the Kenwick option. Unfortunately, that meant that all the modelling that was done for the Department of Transport and Main Roads Western Australia had to be based on a set of antiquated assumptions. I can assure the member that the Government is making and will continue to make sure that all its transport infrastructure decisions are based on solid planning.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am glad for the opportunity to address the context in which I made that statement. The member for Carine complained to the Press that the Government was spending $1 million on extensive studies of transport demand. I should have addressed that issue in Parliament earlier because it is a very interesting story. One of the reasons for this study being done is that the process was commenced as early as the 1960s. Since then, every 10 years the Government has undertaken a detailed study of transport demand. The previous Government, of which the member for Carine was a part, got it absolutely wrong. That Government spent something in the order of $700 000 or $800 000 on a transport study, which it tried to do on the cheap. That study was totally ill conceived and turned out to be a complete and utter lemon - a bit like the Kenwick option. Unfortunately, that meant that all the modelling that was done for the Department of Transport and Main Roads Western Australia had to be based on a set of antiquated assumptions. I can assure the member that the Government is making and will continue to make sure that all its transport infrastructure decisions are based on solid planning.
I am glad for the opportunity to address the context in which I made that statement. The member for Carine complained to the Press that the Government was spending $1 million on extensive studies of transport demand. I should have addressed that issue in Parliament earlier because it is a very interesting story. One of the reasons for this study being done is that the process was commenced as early as the 1960s. Since then, every 10 years the Government has undertaken a detailed study of transport demand. The previous Government, of which the member for Carine was a part, got it absolutely wrong. That Government spent something in the order of $700 000 or $800 000 on a transport study, which it tried to do on the cheap. That study was totally ill conceived and turned out to be a complete and utter lemon - a bit like the Kenwick option. Unfortunately, that meant that all the modelling that was done for the Department of Transport and Main Roads Western Australia had to be based on a set of antiquated assumptions. I can assure the member that the Government is making and will continue to make sure that all its transport infrastructure decisions are based on solid planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am glad for the opportunity to address the context in which I made that statement. The member for Carine complained to the Press that the Government was spending $1 million on extensive studies of transport demand. I should have addressed that issue in Parliament earlier because it is a very interesting story. One of the reasons for this study being done is that the process was commenced as early as the 1960s. Since then, every 10 years the Government has undertaken a detailed study of transport demand. The previous Government, of which the member for Carine was a part, got it absolutely wrong. That Government spent something in the order of $700 000 or $800 000 on a transport study, which it tried to do on the cheap. That study was totally ill conceived and turned out to be a complete and utter lemon - a bit like the Kenwick option. Unfortunately, that meant that all the modelling that was done for the Department of Transport and Main Roads Western Australia had to be based on a set of antiquated assumptions. I can assure the member that the Government is making and will continue to make sure that all its transport infrastructure decisions are based on solid planning.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am glad for the opportunity to address the context in which I made that statement. The member for Carine complained to the Press that the Government was spending $1 million on extensive studies of transport demand. I should have addressed that issue in Parliament earlier because it is a very interesting story. One of the reasons for this study being done is that the process was commenced as early as the 1960s. Since then, every 10 years the Government has undertaken a detailed study of transport demand. The previous Government, of which the member for Carine was a part, got it absolutely wrong. That Government spent something in the order of $700 000 or $800 000 on a transport study, which it tried to do on the cheap. That study was totally ill conceived and turned out to be a complete and utter lemon - a bit like the Kenwick option. Unfortunately, that meant that all the modelling that was done for the Department of Transport and Main Roads Western Australia had to be based on a set of antiquated assumptions. I can assure the member that the Government is making and will continue to make sure that all its transport infrastructure decisions are based on solid planning.
I am glad for the opportunity to address the context in which I made that statement. The member for Carine complained to the Press that the Government was spending $1 million on extensive studies of transport demand. I should have addressed that issue in Parliament earlier because it is a very interesting story. One of the reasons for this study being done is that the process was commenced as early as the 1960s. Since then, every 10 years the Government has undertaken a detailed study of transport demand. The previous Government, of which the member for Carine was a part, got it absolutely wrong. That Government spent something in the order of $700 000 or $800 000 on a transport study, which it tried to do on the cheap. That study was totally ill conceived and turned out to be a complete and utter lemon - a bit like the Kenwick option. Unfortunately, that meant that all the modelling that was done for the Department of Transport and Main Roads Western Australia had to be based on a set of antiquated assumptions. I can assure the member that the Government is making and will continue to make sure that all its transport infrastructure decisions are based on solid planning.
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