❓ A parliamentary question addresses the environmental impact of the Mandurah Entrance Road project, specifically concerning the clearing of tuart woodland and the justification for a three-lane road. The Minister responds by detailing the extent of clearing, the lack of adjacent offsets, and the future planning considerations.
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MANDURAH ENTRANCE ROAD — TUART WOODLAND
I refer to the Mandurah Entrance Road. (1) How much tuart woodland is being cleared for the Mandurah Entrance Road? (2) How much adjacent and like quality tuart bushland is being considered as an environmental offset for MER clearing? (3) Why is the road being cleared for three lanes when only two are required now and for the next 20 years? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN
I refer to the Mandurah Entrance Road. (1) How much tuart woodland is being cleared for the Mandurah Entrance Road? (2) How much adjacent and like quality tuart bushland is being considered as an environmental offset for MER clearing? (3) Why is the road being cleared for three lanes when only two are required now and for the next 20 years? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The clearing impact on tuart woodland is expected to be approximately 0.1 of a hectare, while 5.9 hectares of tuart and jarrah-banksia woodland will be impacted on by the project. (2) The MER environmental offset approved by the state and commonwealth environmental regulators does not include any adjacent and like quality tuart bushland. (3) Ultimately, three lanes are being planned for Mandurah Entrance Road, south of the road B intersection, approximately halfway down the project. The clearing line has allowed for the future road B intersection, which is expected to be required in the next 10 to 15 years. Taking this intersection into account and the extent of significant vegetation along the route, very little additional significant vegetation has been cleared. Making provision for the future third lane will ensure that the revegetation works to be carried out as part of the project will not be disturbed in the future.
(1) How much tuart woodland is being cleared for the Mandurah Entrance Road? (2) How much adjacent and like quality tuart bushland is being considered as an environmental offset for MER clearing? (3) Why is the road being cleared for three lanes when only two are required now and for the next 20 years? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The clearing impact on tuart woodland is expected to be approximately 0.1 of a hectare, while 5.9 hectares of tuart and jarrah-banksia woodland will be impacted on by the project. (2) The MER environmental offset approved by the state and commonwealth environmental regulators does not include any adjacent and like quality tuart bushland. (3) Ultimately, three lanes are being planned for Mandurah Entrance Road, south of the road B intersection, approximately halfway down the project. The clearing line has allowed for the future road B intersection, which is expected to be required in the next 10 to 15 years. Taking this intersection into account and the extent of significant vegetation along the route, very little additional significant vegetation has been cleared. Making provision for the future third lane will ensure that the revegetation works to be carried out as part of the project will not be disturbed in the future.
(2) How much adjacent and like quality tuart bushland is being considered as an environmental offset for MER clearing? (3) Why is the road being cleared for three lanes when only two are required now and for the next 20 years? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The clearing impact on tuart woodland is expected to be approximately 0.1 of a hectare, while 5.9 hectares of tuart and jarrah-banksia woodland will be impacted on by the project. (2) The MER environmental offset approved by the state and commonwealth environmental regulators does not include any adjacent and like quality tuart bushland. (3) Ultimately, three lanes are being planned for Mandurah Entrance Road, south of the road B intersection, approximately halfway down the project. The clearing line has allowed for the future road B intersection, which is expected to be required in the next 10 to 15 years. Taking this intersection into account and the extent of significant vegetation along the route, very little additional significant vegetation has been cleared. Making provision for the future third lane will ensure that the revegetation works to be carried out as part of the project will not be disturbed in the future.
(3) Why is the road being cleared for three lanes when only two are required now and for the next 20 years? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The clearing impact on tuart woodland is expected to be approximately 0.1 of a hectare, while 5.9 hectares of tuart and jarrah-banksia woodland will be impacted on by the project. (2) The MER environmental offset approved by the state and commonwealth environmental regulators does not include any adjacent and like quality tuart bushland. (3) Ultimately, three lanes are being planned for Mandurah Entrance Road, south of the road B intersection, approximately halfway down the project. The clearing line has allowed for the future road B intersection, which is expected to be required in the next 10 to 15 years. Taking this intersection into account and the extent of significant vegetation along the route, very little additional significant vegetation has been cleared. Making provision for the future third lane will ensure that the revegetation works to be carried out as part of the project will not be disturbed in the future.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The clearing impact on tuart woodland is expected to be approximately 0.1 of a hectare, while 5.9 hectares of tuart and jarrah-banksia woodland will be impacted on by the project. (2) The MER environmental offset approved by the state and commonwealth environmental regulators does not include any adjacent and like quality tuart bushland. (3) Ultimately, three lanes are being planned for Mandurah Entrance Road, south of the road B intersection, approximately halfway down the project. The clearing line has allowed for the future road B intersection, which is expected to be required in the next 10 to 15 years. Taking this intersection into account and the extent of significant vegetation along the route, very little additional significant vegetation has been cleared. Making provision for the future third lane will ensure that the revegetation works to be carried out as part of the project will not be disturbed in the future.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The clearing impact on tuart woodland is expected to be approximately 0.1 of a hectare, while 5.9 hectares of tuart and jarrah-banksia woodland will be impacted on by the project. (2) The MER environmental offset approved by the state and commonwealth environmental regulators does not include any adjacent and like quality tuart bushland. (3) Ultimately, three lanes are being planned for Mandurah Entrance Road, south of the road B intersection, approximately halfway down the project. The clearing line has allowed for the future road B intersection, which is expected to be required in the next 10 to 15 years. Taking this intersection into account and the extent of significant vegetation along the route, very little additional significant vegetation has been cleared. Making provision for the future third lane will ensure that the revegetation works to be carried out as part of the project will not be disturbed in the future.
(1) The clearing impact on tuart woodland is expected to be approximately 0.1 of a hectare, while 5.9 hectares of tuart and jarrah-banksia woodland will be impacted on by the project. (2) The MER environmental offset approved by the state and commonwealth environmental regulators does not include any adjacent and like quality tuart bushland. (3) Ultimately, three lanes are being planned for Mandurah Entrance Road, south of the road B intersection, approximately halfway down the project. The clearing line has allowed for the future road B intersection, which is expected to be required in the next 10 to 15 years. Taking this intersection into account and the extent of significant vegetation along the route, very little additional significant vegetation has been cleared. Making provision for the future third lane will ensure that the revegetation works to be carried out as part of the project will not be disturbed in the future.
(2) The MER environmental offset approved by the state and commonwealth environmental regulators does not include any adjacent and like quality tuart bushland. (3) Ultimately, three lanes are being planned for Mandurah Entrance Road, south of the road B intersection, approximately halfway down the project. The clearing line has allowed for the future road B intersection, which is expected to be required in the next 10 to 15 years. Taking this intersection into account and the extent of significant vegetation along the route, very little additional significant vegetation has been cleared. Making provision for the future third lane will ensure that the revegetation works to be carried out as part of the project will not be disturbed in the future.
(3) Ultimately, three lanes are being planned for Mandurah Entrance Road, south of the road B intersection, approximately halfway down the project. The clearing line has allowed for the future road B intersection, which is expected to be required in the next 10 to 15 years. Taking this intersection into account and the extent of significant vegetation along the route, very little additional significant vegetation has been cleared. Making provision for the future third lane will ensure that the revegetation works to be carried out as part of the project will not be disturbed in the future.
(1) How much tuart woodland is being cleared for the Mandurah Entrance Road? (2) How much adjacent and like quality tuart bushland is being considered as an environmental offset for MER clearing? (3) Why is the road being cleared for three lanes when only two are required now and for the next 20 years? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The clearing impact on tuart woodland is expected to be approximately 0.1 of a hectare, while 5.9 hectares of tuart and jarrah-banksia woodland will be impacted on by the project. (2) The MER environmental offset approved by the state and commonwealth environmental regulators does not include any adjacent and like quality tuart bushland. (3) Ultimately, three lanes are being planned for Mandurah Entrance Road, south of the road B intersection, approximately halfway down the project. The clearing line has allowed for the future road B intersection, which is expected to be required in the next 10 to 15 years. Taking this intersection into account and the extent of significant vegetation along the route, very little additional significant vegetation has been cleared. Making provision for the future third lane will ensure that the revegetation works to be carried out as part of the project will not be disturbed in the future.
(2) How much adjacent and like quality tuart bushland is being considered as an environmental offset for MER clearing? (3) Why is the road being cleared for three lanes when only two are required now and for the next 20 years? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The clearing impact on tuart woodland is expected to be approximately 0.1 of a hectare, while 5.9 hectares of tuart and jarrah-banksia woodland will be impacted on by the project. (2) The MER environmental offset approved by the state and commonwealth environmental regulators does not include any adjacent and like quality tuart bushland. (3) Ultimately, three lanes are being planned for Mandurah Entrance Road, south of the road B intersection, approximately halfway down the project. The clearing line has allowed for the future road B intersection, which is expected to be required in the next 10 to 15 years. Taking this intersection into account and the extent of significant vegetation along the route, very little additional significant vegetation has been cleared. Making provision for the future third lane will ensure that the revegetation works to be carried out as part of the project will not be disturbed in the future.
(3) Why is the road being cleared for three lanes when only two are required now and for the next 20 years? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The clearing impact on tuart woodland is expected to be approximately 0.1 of a hectare, while 5.9 hectares of tuart and jarrah-banksia woodland will be impacted on by the project. (2) The MER environmental offset approved by the state and commonwealth environmental regulators does not include any adjacent and like quality tuart bushland. (3) Ultimately, three lanes are being planned for Mandurah Entrance Road, south of the road B intersection, approximately halfway down the project. The clearing line has allowed for the future road B intersection, which is expected to be required in the next 10 to 15 years. Taking this intersection into account and the extent of significant vegetation along the route, very little additional significant vegetation has been cleared. Making provision for the future third lane will ensure that the revegetation works to be carried out as part of the project will not be disturbed in the future.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The clearing impact on tuart woodland is expected to be approximately 0.1 of a hectare, while 5.9 hectares of tuart and jarrah-banksia woodland will be impacted on by the project. (2) The MER environmental offset approved by the state and commonwealth environmental regulators does not include any adjacent and like quality tuart bushland. (3) Ultimately, three lanes are being planned for Mandurah Entrance Road, south of the road B intersection, approximately halfway down the project. The clearing line has allowed for the future road B intersection, which is expected to be required in the next 10 to 15 years. Taking this intersection into account and the extent of significant vegetation along the route, very little additional significant vegetation has been cleared. Making provision for the future third lane will ensure that the revegetation works to be carried out as part of the project will not be disturbed in the future.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The clearing impact on tuart woodland is expected to be approximately 0.1 of a hectare, while 5.9 hectares of tuart and jarrah-banksia woodland will be impacted on by the project. (2) The MER environmental offset approved by the state and commonwealth environmental regulators does not include any adjacent and like quality tuart bushland. (3) Ultimately, three lanes are being planned for Mandurah Entrance Road, south of the road B intersection, approximately halfway down the project. The clearing line has allowed for the future road B intersection, which is expected to be required in the next 10 to 15 years. Taking this intersection into account and the extent of significant vegetation along the route, very little additional significant vegetation has been cleared. Making provision for the future third lane will ensure that the revegetation works to be carried out as part of the project will not be disturbed in the future.
(1) The clearing impact on tuart woodland is expected to be approximately 0.1 of a hectare, while 5.9 hectares of tuart and jarrah-banksia woodland will be impacted on by the project. (2) The MER environmental offset approved by the state and commonwealth environmental regulators does not include any adjacent and like quality tuart bushland. (3) Ultimately, three lanes are being planned for Mandurah Entrance Road, south of the road B intersection, approximately halfway down the project. The clearing line has allowed for the future road B intersection, which is expected to be required in the next 10 to 15 years. Taking this intersection into account and the extent of significant vegetation along the route, very little additional significant vegetation has been cleared. Making provision for the future third lane will ensure that the revegetation works to be carried out as part of the project will not be disturbed in the future.
(2) The MER environmental offset approved by the state and commonwealth environmental regulators does not include any adjacent and like quality tuart bushland. (3) Ultimately, three lanes are being planned for Mandurah Entrance Road, south of the road B intersection, approximately halfway down the project. The clearing line has allowed for the future road B intersection, which is expected to be required in the next 10 to 15 years. Taking this intersection into account and the extent of significant vegetation along the route, very little additional significant vegetation has been cleared. Making provision for the future third lane will ensure that the revegetation works to be carried out as part of the project will not be disturbed in the future.
(3) Ultimately, three lanes are being planned for Mandurah Entrance Road, south of the road B intersection, approximately halfway down the project. The clearing line has allowed for the future road B intersection, which is expected to be required in the next 10 to 15 years. Taking this intersection into account and the extent of significant vegetation along the route, very little additional significant vegetation has been cleared. Making provision for the future third lane will ensure that the revegetation works to be carried out as part of the project will not be disturbed in the future.
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