❓ Hon Sheila Mills questions the Minister for Environment about their involvement in a traffic demand study related to Roe Highway Stage 8 and its potential environmental impact on the Beeliar wetlands. The Minister clarifies the Department's involvement through a coordination group and the EPA's role in future environmental impact assessments.
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I refer to the study being conducted by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure and Main Roads broadening the investigation of future traffic demand in the South West Metropolitan Sector to the wider Southern Metropolitan Area which is due to be complete mid 2009, and ask -
(1) Has the Minister been asked to provide advice about the environmental effects of building Roe Stage 8 through the Beeliar wetlands?
(2) If yes to (1), what advice has the Minister provided to the study?
(3) If no to (1), will the Minister seek to have input into this study?
(4)
If no to (3), why not?
(1) Has the Minister been asked to provide advice about the environmental effects of building Roe Stage 8 through the Beeliar wetlands?
(2) If yes to (1), what advice has the Minister provided to the study?
(3) If no to (1), will the Minister seek to have input into this study?
(4)
If no to (3), why not?
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Answered
6 May 2009
Responded by
Minister for Environment
Response time
49 days
(1 -3) No, I have not been asked to provide specific advice on the study being conducted by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure and Main Roads. However, the Department of Environment and Conservation is a member of the DPI's Strategic Coordination Group which comprises of key State and local government officials to provide guidance and strategic direction to achieve the State Government's Roe Highway Stage 8 commitment.
(4) Department for Planning and Infrastructure and Main Roads traffic demand studies inform their future planning for road networks.
Future proposals that emerge from any traffic demand studies that are likely to have a significant impact on the environment are required to be referred to the Environmental Protection Authority for it to decide if the environmental impacts are significant warranting an environmental impact assessment.
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(4) Department for Planning and Infrastructure and Main Roads traffic demand studies inform their future planning for road networks.
Future proposals that emerge from any traffic demand studies that are likely to have a significant impact on the environment are required to be referred to the Environmental Protection Authority for it to decide if the environmental impacts are significant warranting an environmental impact assessment.
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