❓ Question regarding the status of the Gateway WA project and its benefits to the WA community. The Minister's answer highlights the project's progress, funding sources, economic impact, and job creation.
AnsweredQoN 718Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
GATEWAY WA PROJECT — GRAND GATEWAY
718. Mrs G.J. GODFREY to the Minister for
Transport:
The Gateway WA project has reached a significant milestone with the
opening of the grand gateway over the weekend, which I attended. Can the
minister advise the status of the project and what it means to the Western Australian
community?
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I
call you to order for the first time. Member for Willagee, you are skating on
thin ice.
718. Mrs G.J. GODFREY to the Minister for
Transport:
The Gateway WA project has reached a significant milestone with the
opening of the grand gateway over the weekend, which I attended. Can the
minister advise the status of the project and what it means to the Western Australian
community?
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I
call you to order for the first time. Member for Willagee, you are skating on
thin ice.
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member
for the question and her continued support of this great project for Western
Australia. The Gateway WA project is a $1 billion Main Roads project, the
largest Main Roads project ever undertaken in Western Australia. Anybody who
has been out there, I would think, would say that this is a fantastic project
for Western Australia.
Several members
interjected.
Mr D.C. NALDER : I love the interjections on the other side.
This project has been one-third funded by the state and two-thirds funded by
the commonwealth. I note that members opposite are trying to suggest it was the
federal Labor government that supported it with two-thirds of the funding. Do
members know what? I will acknowledge that. It was. Given that they wanted that
and I supported it, let us clarify how the federal Labor government was going
to fund it. The federal Labor government was going to fund it with the mining
tax. It was going to fund it in a way that would hurt Western Australian
businesses—the Labor Party's anti–Western Australian
mining tax. This is a tax that the WA Labor Party supported.
Several members
interjected.
Mr D.C. NALDER : This is a tax the WA Labor Party supported.
Several members
interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I call you to
order for—is it the second time?
Mr P.C. Tinley :
Fourth!
The SPEAKER : I
call the member for Jandakot for the first time. Member for Willagee, I do not
need you to help me count, thank you.
Mr D.C. NALDER : I
thank the federal Liberal–National government for not only abolishing
this anti–Western Australian tax, but also providing real funding for
Gateway. If members go out to Forrestfield, they will see the industrial area.
We anticipate over the next 10 to 15 years the doubling of the number of
passengers coming through the Western Australian airport and the doubling of
freight movements around the Kewdale and Forrestfield industrial parks. This is
a fantastic piece of infrastructure that helps with congestion and allows Perth
to keep moving. I would like to say that not just one major international
company or national firm was working on this $1 billion project; over $500 million
was invested in over 600 local businesses that contributed to the completion of
this project. We talk about the slowdown of the mining economy and the need for
this government—it is the right time—to invest in responsible
infrastructure that keeps Perth moving. This project has created not only a
great piece of infrastructure for Western Australia at a critical time, but
also jobs in Western Australia.
This is a fantastic project. It is now two-thirds complete.
The three major intersections around Horrie Miller Drive and the end of Leach
Highway at Tonkin Highway, and Abernethy Road are now complete and open. We
anticipate the final two intersections, being Berkshire Road and Roe Highway,
and Roe and Tonkin Highways, to be completed by the end of the first quarter of
2016—nearly 12 months ahead of schedule. I congratulate the Department
of Transport, Main Roads WA and Leighton Contractors for the great work they
have done in delivering a great project for Western Australia.
for the question and her continued support of this great project for Western
Australia. The Gateway WA project is a $1 billion Main Roads project, the
largest Main Roads project ever undertaken in Western Australia. Anybody who
has been out there, I would think, would say that this is a fantastic project
for Western Australia.
Several members
interjected.
Mr D.C. NALDER : I love the interjections on the other side.
This project has been one-third funded by the state and two-thirds funded by
the commonwealth. I note that members opposite are trying to suggest it was the
federal Labor government that supported it with two-thirds of the funding. Do
members know what? I will acknowledge that. It was. Given that they wanted that
and I supported it, let us clarify how the federal Labor government was going
to fund it. The federal Labor government was going to fund it with the mining
tax. It was going to fund it in a way that would hurt Western Australian
businesses—the Labor Party's anti–Western Australian
mining tax. This is a tax that the WA Labor Party supported.
Several members
interjected.
Mr D.C. NALDER : This is a tax the WA Labor Party supported.
Several members
interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I call you to
order for—is it the second time?
Mr P.C. Tinley :
Fourth!
The SPEAKER : I
call the member for Jandakot for the first time. Member for Willagee, I do not
need you to help me count, thank you.
Mr D.C. NALDER : I
thank the federal Liberal–National government for not only abolishing
this anti–Western Australian tax, but also providing real funding for
Gateway. If members go out to Forrestfield, they will see the industrial area.
We anticipate over the next 10 to 15 years the doubling of the number of
passengers coming through the Western Australian airport and the doubling of
freight movements around the Kewdale and Forrestfield industrial parks. This is
a fantastic piece of infrastructure that helps with congestion and allows Perth
to keep moving. I would like to say that not just one major international
company or national firm was working on this $1 billion project; over $500 million
was invested in over 600 local businesses that contributed to the completion of
this project. We talk about the slowdown of the mining economy and the need for
this government—it is the right time—to invest in responsible
infrastructure that keeps Perth moving. This project has created not only a
great piece of infrastructure for Western Australia at a critical time, but
also jobs in Western Australia.
This is a fantastic project. It is now two-thirds complete.
The three major intersections around Horrie Miller Drive and the end of Leach
Highway at Tonkin Highway, and Abernethy Road are now complete and open. We
anticipate the final two intersections, being Berkshire Road and Roe Highway,
and Roe and Tonkin Highways, to be completed by the end of the first quarter of
2016—nearly 12 months ahead of schedule. I congratulate the Department
of Transport, Main Roads WA and Leighton Contractors for the great work they
have done in delivering a great project for Western Australia.
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