❓ A parliamentary question regarding the cost and justification of government advertising for the Roe 8 project, specifically the claim that it will reduce heavy vehicle traffic. The answer provides cost details, justification based on modelling, and indicates further investigation is underway for long-term impacts.
AnsweredQoN 3389Legislative Council
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I refer to government funded advertising for Roe 8, and ask: (a) what is the total cost, including all mediums, of the current advertisement series bearing the tagline 'Fewer Trucks Mean Safer Roads'; (b) will the Minister please table the evidence to support the advertisement's claim that by 2021, Roe 8 will remove an estimated 5,000 heavy vehicles a day from various roads in the southern suburbs; (c) is the claim referred to in (b), based on the assumption of just Roe 8 being built or is it based on Stages 2 and 3 of the Freight Link being built as well; and (d) what is the forecast impact on heavy vehicle numbers on these roads by 2030?
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Answered
14 October 2015
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Transport
Response time
35 days
(a) $157 000.
(b) At 2021, combining forecast container truck traffic that can be regulated off Leach Highway with updated Main Roads modelling shows an estimated 5000 heavy vehicles per day will be removed from various roads in the Southern Suburbs
(c) It is based on known container truck movements and on updated modelling for the road projects.
(d) The impact at 2030 is currently being further investigated by Main Roads.
(b) At 2021, combining forecast container truck traffic that can be regulated off Leach Highway with updated Main Roads modelling shows an estimated 5000 heavy vehicles per day will be removed from various roads in the Southern Suburbs
(c) It is based on known container truck movements and on updated modelling for the road projects.
(d) The impact at 2030 is currently being further investigated by Main Roads.
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