❓ Question regarding the progress of transport infrastructure projects, including Metronet, and their role in supporting WA's economy and job creation during COVID-19. The Minister responds by highlighting the government's investment and project delivery, contrasting it with the previous government's performance.
AnsweredQoN 307Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
CORONAVIRUS —
TRANSPORT PROJECTS
307. Dr A.D. BUTI to the Minister for Transport:
I
refer to the McGowan government's record investment in transport
infrastructure and the key role that it will play in supporting Western Australia's
economy through COVID-19. Can the minister update the house on the work
underway to plan to deliver the McGowan government's record number of
transport projects, including Metronet, and can the minister advise the house
how the fast-tracking of these projects will help protect WA jobs and support
local businesses?
TRANSPORT PROJECTS
307. Dr A.D. BUTI to the Minister for Transport:
I
refer to the McGowan government's record investment in transport
infrastructure and the key role that it will play in supporting Western Australia's
economy through COVID-19. Can the minister update the house on the work
underway to plan to deliver the McGowan government's record number of
transport projects, including Metronet, and can the minister advise the house
how the fast-tracking of these projects will help protect WA jobs and support
local businesses?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Armadale for
the question and for his support for WA jobs and contracts in his area. Over
the past three years, the McGowan government has delivered over $5 billion in
road and rail infrastructure. We have been delivering projects and planning for
future projects. Let us talk firstly about the Metronet office. It is working
well with Infrastructure Australia, getting our business cases approved and
getting those projects shovel ready. The previous government could not work
with Infrastructure Australia or even with their own federal colleagues to get
funding and to get projects off the ground.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman, I call you to order for the first time. It is not your show. The
minister is on her feet.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : I know why
they are sensitive about this. It is because they know that they could not work
with the federal agencies to get projects shovel ready. Main Roads has been
working away, too, to make sure that we get all the approvals needed to deliver
projects such as the Albany ring-road and the Bunbury Outer Ring Road. We have
a pipeline of construction activity, but the task is enormous, with a record
number of major road and rail projects. Another initiative that we have
established is a new office of major transport infrastructure delivery. That
brings together the expertise from Main Roads and the Public Transport
Authority to work as one to deliver these major projects—for example,
the north east corridor where we are delivering on the upgrade to Bayswater
station, the Morley–Ellenbrook line and the Tonkin gap project. It
makes sense to bring them together under a single leadership to deliver those
projects. It is a great initiative and means that the expertise, particularly
in alliance contracting, will be shared
across the entire team to make sure that we can get these projects fast-tracked
and delivered in a holistic way.
Members, I am very proud of the
amount of work that we are doing to make sure that we create jobs in Western Australia,
unlike opposition members who want to criticise every contractor out there
doing jobs—the workers for B&D
Contractors, the workers for CPB Contractors and the workers for Coleman Rail,
which opposition members criticise every day. Today, we will also
announce the awarding of the two major construction contracts for Denny Avenue
level crossing and Bayswater station. They are fantastic job-creating projects
that will basically rejuvenate the town centres in Kelmscott and, of course, in
Bayswater. Not only are they infrastructure projects, but also they will facilitate further private sector investment in land
use, land development and new projects. I could not be more proud of the
pipeline of works that we have underway across the state creating jobs and
supporting the WA economy, and we will be doing it more and more.
the question and for his support for WA jobs and contracts in his area. Over
the past three years, the McGowan government has delivered over $5 billion in
road and rail infrastructure. We have been delivering projects and planning for
future projects. Let us talk firstly about the Metronet office. It is working
well with Infrastructure Australia, getting our business cases approved and
getting those projects shovel ready. The previous government could not work
with Infrastructure Australia or even with their own federal colleagues to get
funding and to get projects off the ground.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman, I call you to order for the first time. It is not your show. The
minister is on her feet.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : I know why
they are sensitive about this. It is because they know that they could not work
with the federal agencies to get projects shovel ready. Main Roads has been
working away, too, to make sure that we get all the approvals needed to deliver
projects such as the Albany ring-road and the Bunbury Outer Ring Road. We have
a pipeline of construction activity, but the task is enormous, with a record
number of major road and rail projects. Another initiative that we have
established is a new office of major transport infrastructure delivery. That
brings together the expertise from Main Roads and the Public Transport
Authority to work as one to deliver these major projects—for example,
the north east corridor where we are delivering on the upgrade to Bayswater
station, the Morley–Ellenbrook line and the Tonkin gap project. It
makes sense to bring them together under a single leadership to deliver those
projects. It is a great initiative and means that the expertise, particularly
in alliance contracting, will be shared
across the entire team to make sure that we can get these projects fast-tracked
and delivered in a holistic way.
Members, I am very proud of the
amount of work that we are doing to make sure that we create jobs in Western Australia,
unlike opposition members who want to criticise every contractor out there
doing jobs—the workers for B&D
Contractors, the workers for CPB Contractors and the workers for Coleman Rail,
which opposition members criticise every day. Today, we will also
announce the awarding of the two major construction contracts for Denny Avenue
level crossing and Bayswater station. They are fantastic job-creating projects
that will basically rejuvenate the town centres in Kelmscott and, of course, in
Bayswater. Not only are they infrastructure projects, but also they will facilitate further private sector investment in land
use, land development and new projects. I could not be more proud of the
pipeline of works that we have underway across the state creating jobs and
supporting the WA economy, and we will be doing it more and more.
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