❓ Opposition questions the Premier about the decision not to build Roe 8 and 9 to address congestion and safety near Fremantle Port. The Premier defends the government's transport policies, highlighting investment in rail and other road projects.
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ROE 8 AND 9
1076. Mrs L.M. HARVEY to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Given that Main Roads has stated clearly that there will be more vehicles to
Fremantle port, why does the Premier refuse to build the much-needed Roe 8 and
9 to address the worsening road safety and congestion issues in the southern
suburbs?
1076. Mrs L.M. HARVEY to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Given that Main Roads has stated clearly that there will be more vehicles to
Fremantle port, why does the Premier refuse to build the much-needed Roe 8 and
9 to address the worsening road safety and congestion issues in the southern
suburbs?
AnswerView source ↗
Once
again, the Leader of the Opposition's grasp of detail is not great. Her
grasp of complex arguments is not great . The government will look at the
report in question. However, the fact of the matter is that this government has
put enormous effort into getting more freight on rail and there has been
enormous growth in container traffic on rail, which has taken trucks off the
road. Secondly, we have put enormous effort into planning for the long-term
future, which is the Westport Taskforce. Thirdly, all sorts of road
improvements are occurring around the state, including the High Street
intersection, where clearing has commenced.
If we want to talk about transport
and if we want to talk about a government that actually does something about getting cars off the road, ensuring that we have
decent roads around the state, and about building rail, this government is doing more than any other government in the history of Western Australia to
build rail, to build good roads, to ensure that we create jobs, to ensure that
employees get opportunities, to make sure that Western Australian companies get
opportunities and to build rail carriages here in Western Australia. Our record
on transport is second to none in any government in the history of Western Australia
with these massive projects. I always hear the opposition muttering, ''The
commonwealth is helping with that; the commonwealth is helping with that.''
Yes, it is, because we asked the commonwealth for help and we worked with it to
get the money, such as the money for the Yanchep rail. We got $350 million from
the commonwealth for the Yanchep rail because we cancelled the Perth Freight
Link. That is where the money came from. The people of Yanchep and the northern
suburbs can be grateful that this government took a dramatic step to ensure
that that project was funded, as were other projects all over Western Australia—the
northern suburbs, eastern suburbs, southern suburbs and regional WA. Areas all
over the state are receiving the same attention from this government because we
care about long-term planning, decent transport, road and rail.
again, the Leader of the Opposition's grasp of detail is not great. Her
grasp of complex arguments is not great . The government will look at the
report in question. However, the fact of the matter is that this government has
put enormous effort into getting more freight on rail and there has been
enormous growth in container traffic on rail, which has taken trucks off the
road. Secondly, we have put enormous effort into planning for the long-term
future, which is the Westport Taskforce. Thirdly, all sorts of road
improvements are occurring around the state, including the High Street
intersection, where clearing has commenced.
If we want to talk about transport
and if we want to talk about a government that actually does something about getting cars off the road, ensuring that we have
decent roads around the state, and about building rail, this government is doing more than any other government in the history of Western Australia to
build rail, to build good roads, to ensure that we create jobs, to ensure that
employees get opportunities, to make sure that Western Australian companies get
opportunities and to build rail carriages here in Western Australia. Our record
on transport is second to none in any government in the history of Western Australia
with these massive projects. I always hear the opposition muttering, ''The
commonwealth is helping with that; the commonwealth is helping with that.''
Yes, it is, because we asked the commonwealth for help and we worked with it to
get the money, such as the money for the Yanchep rail. We got $350 million from
the commonwealth for the Yanchep rail because we cancelled the Perth Freight
Link. That is where the money came from. The people of Yanchep and the northern
suburbs can be grateful that this government took a dramatic step to ensure
that that project was funded, as were other projects all over Western Australia—the
northern suburbs, eastern suburbs, southern suburbs and regional WA. Areas all
over the state are receiving the same attention from this government because we
care about long-term planning, decent transport, road and rail.
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