❓ Hodson-Thomas questions the cost of the southern rail link tunnel and savings in other project areas. MacTiernan provides cost estimates, details spending reductions in the south-east corridor, and defends the government's planning approach.
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I refer to the minister and the Premier’s joint press release yesterday, which stated that the Government’s approved central option for the southern rail link is expected to add $15.5 million to the project’s $1.4 billion budget. (1) What will be the total cost of the 1.65-kilometre tunnel from the Narrows Bridge under the city? (2) Where will the minister achieve her announced savings in other parts of the project, and what value has the minister put on each of those savings? Ms MacTIERNAN
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(1)-(2) I sometimes wonder why the member for Carine cannot be a little more like her namesake Thomas the Tank Engine. If she tried really hard, she could be really positive about trains. Yesterday’s announcement was great news for Perth. We now have a package that will deliver not only the best public transport outcome for the entire Perth metropolitan area but also provide the best planning outcome, which will quite properly set the framework for our city for the rest of this century. I can understand a certain amount of pique on the part of the Opposition in that it got it so profoundly wrong with the Kenwick deviation and we have managed to come in and in less than a year resolve this problem to such popular acclaim. I will now attend to the precise detail requested by the member for Carine. The cost of the project from the Narrows Bridge to Northbridge has been estimated at $195 million, including approximately $14 million of contingency fees. The Government has indicated that it will reduce spending on the south east corridor portion of the rail network by something in the order of $50 million. It has not indicated precisely what those changes will be. I have spoken to the Victoria Park and Gosnells councils, and it has been agreed that the Government will work with those councils to establish their priorities. The Government has still allocated $90 million for work in the south east corridor, and a range of options are available. It is the intention of the Government to work constructively with the local authorities to set the priorities for the expenditure of that $90 million. This is a great project, which the Government must get right. The volume of rail traffic on the south east line will not be as great as it would have been had the Kenwick deviation gone ahead; therefore, it is quite proper that, in the overall planning, the degree of works in that corridor be scaled back. There will still be a very substantial enhancement of rail services in that south east corridor.
(1) What will be the total cost of the 1.65-kilometre tunnel from the Narrows Bridge under the city? (2) Where will the minister achieve her announced savings in other parts of the project, and what value has the minister put on each of those savings? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) I sometimes wonder why the member for Carine cannot be a little more like her namesake Thomas the Tank Engine. If she tried really hard, she could be really positive about trains. Yesterday’s announcement was great news for Perth. We now have a package that will deliver not only the best public transport outcome for the entire Perth metropolitan area but also provide the best planning outcome, which will quite properly set the framework for our city for the rest of this century. I can understand a certain amount of pique on the part of the Opposition in that it got it so profoundly wrong with the Kenwick deviation and we have managed to come in and in less than a year resolve this problem to such popular acclaim. I will now attend to the precise detail requested by the member for Carine. The cost of the project from the Narrows Bridge to Northbridge has been estimated at $195 million, including approximately $14 million of contingency fees. The Government has indicated that it will reduce spending on the south east corridor portion of the rail network by something in the order of $50 million. It has not indicated precisely what those changes will be. I have spoken to the Victoria Park and Gosnells councils, and it has been agreed that the Government will work with those councils to establish their priorities. The Government has still allocated $90 million for work in the south east corridor, and a range of options are available. It is the intention of the Government to work constructively with the local authorities to set the priorities for the expenditure of that $90 million. This is a great project, which the Government must get right. The volume of rail traffic on the south east line will not be as great as it would have been had the Kenwick deviation gone ahead; therefore, it is quite proper that, in the overall planning, the degree of works in that corridor be scaled back. There will still be a very substantial enhancement of rail services in that south east corridor.
(2) Where will the minister achieve her announced savings in other parts of the project, and what value has the minister put on each of those savings? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) I sometimes wonder why the member for Carine cannot be a little more like her namesake Thomas the Tank Engine. If she tried really hard, she could be really positive about trains. Yesterday’s announcement was great news for Perth. We now have a package that will deliver not only the best public transport outcome for the entire Perth metropolitan area but also provide the best planning outcome, which will quite properly set the framework for our city for the rest of this century. I can understand a certain amount of pique on the part of the Opposition in that it got it so profoundly wrong with the Kenwick deviation and we have managed to come in and in less than a year resolve this problem to such popular acclaim. I will now attend to the precise detail requested by the member for Carine. The cost of the project from the Narrows Bridge to Northbridge has been estimated at $195 million, including approximately $14 million of contingency fees. The Government has indicated that it will reduce spending on the south east corridor portion of the rail network by something in the order of $50 million. It has not indicated precisely what those changes will be. I have spoken to the Victoria Park and Gosnells councils, and it has been agreed that the Government will work with those councils to establish their priorities. The Government has still allocated $90 million for work in the south east corridor, and a range of options are available. It is the intention of the Government to work constructively with the local authorities to set the priorities for the expenditure of that $90 million. This is a great project, which the Government must get right. The volume of rail traffic on the south east line will not be as great as it would have been had the Kenwick deviation gone ahead; therefore, it is quite proper that, in the overall planning, the degree of works in that corridor be scaled back. There will still be a very substantial enhancement of rail services in that south east corridor.
Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) I sometimes wonder why the member for Carine cannot be a little more like her namesake Thomas the Tank Engine. If she tried really hard, she could be really positive about trains. Yesterday’s announcement was great news for Perth. We now have a package that will deliver not only the best public transport outcome for the entire Perth metropolitan area but also provide the best planning outcome, which will quite properly set the framework for our city for the rest of this century. I can understand a certain amount of pique on the part of the Opposition in that it got it so profoundly wrong with the Kenwick deviation and we have managed to come in and in less than a year resolve this problem to such popular acclaim. I will now attend to the precise detail requested by the member for Carine. The cost of the project from the Narrows Bridge to Northbridge has been estimated at $195 million, including approximately $14 million of contingency fees. The Government has indicated that it will reduce spending on the south east corridor portion of the rail network by something in the order of $50 million. It has not indicated precisely what those changes will be. I have spoken to the Victoria Park and Gosnells councils, and it has been agreed that the Government will work with those councils to establish their priorities. The Government has still allocated $90 million for work in the south east corridor, and a range of options are available. It is the intention of the Government to work constructively with the local authorities to set the priorities for the expenditure of that $90 million. This is a great project, which the Government must get right. The volume of rail traffic on the south east line will not be as great as it would have been had the Kenwick deviation gone ahead; therefore, it is quite proper that, in the overall planning, the degree of works in that corridor be scaled back. There will still be a very substantial enhancement of rail services in that south east corridor.
(1)-(2) I sometimes wonder why the member for Carine cannot be a little more like her namesake Thomas the Tank Engine. If she tried really hard, she could be really positive about trains. Yesterday’s announcement was great news for Perth. We now have a package that will deliver not only the best public transport outcome for the entire Perth metropolitan area but also provide the best planning outcome, which will quite properly set the framework for our city for the rest of this century. I can understand a certain amount of pique on the part of the Opposition in that it got it so profoundly wrong with the Kenwick deviation and we have managed to come in and in less than a year resolve this problem to such popular acclaim. I will now attend to the precise detail requested by the member for Carine. The cost of the project from the Narrows Bridge to Northbridge has been estimated at $195 million, including approximately $14 million of contingency fees. The Government has indicated that it will reduce spending on the south east corridor portion of the rail network by something in the order of $50 million. It has not indicated precisely what those changes will be. I have spoken to the Victoria Park and Gosnells councils, and it has been agreed that the Government will work with those councils to establish their priorities. The Government has still allocated $90 million for work in the south east corridor, and a range of options are available. It is the intention of the Government to work constructively with the local authorities to set the priorities for the expenditure of that $90 million. This is a great project, which the Government must get right. The volume of rail traffic on the south east line will not be as great as it would have been had the Kenwick deviation gone ahead; therefore, it is quite proper that, in the overall planning, the degree of works in that corridor be scaled back. There will still be a very substantial enhancement of rail services in that south east corridor.
(1) What will be the total cost of the 1.65-kilometre tunnel from the Narrows Bridge under the city? (2) Where will the minister achieve her announced savings in other parts of the project, and what value has the minister put on each of those savings? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) I sometimes wonder why the member for Carine cannot be a little more like her namesake Thomas the Tank Engine. If she tried really hard, she could be really positive about trains. Yesterday’s announcement was great news for Perth. We now have a package that will deliver not only the best public transport outcome for the entire Perth metropolitan area but also provide the best planning outcome, which will quite properly set the framework for our city for the rest of this century. I can understand a certain amount of pique on the part of the Opposition in that it got it so profoundly wrong with the Kenwick deviation and we have managed to come in and in less than a year resolve this problem to such popular acclaim. I will now attend to the precise detail requested by the member for Carine. The cost of the project from the Narrows Bridge to Northbridge has been estimated at $195 million, including approximately $14 million of contingency fees. The Government has indicated that it will reduce spending on the south east corridor portion of the rail network by something in the order of $50 million. It has not indicated precisely what those changes will be. I have spoken to the Victoria Park and Gosnells councils, and it has been agreed that the Government will work with those councils to establish their priorities. The Government has still allocated $90 million for work in the south east corridor, and a range of options are available. It is the intention of the Government to work constructively with the local authorities to set the priorities for the expenditure of that $90 million. This is a great project, which the Government must get right. The volume of rail traffic on the south east line will not be as great as it would have been had the Kenwick deviation gone ahead; therefore, it is quite proper that, in the overall planning, the degree of works in that corridor be scaled back. There will still be a very substantial enhancement of rail services in that south east corridor.
(2) Where will the minister achieve her announced savings in other parts of the project, and what value has the minister put on each of those savings? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) I sometimes wonder why the member for Carine cannot be a little more like her namesake Thomas the Tank Engine. If she tried really hard, she could be really positive about trains. Yesterday’s announcement was great news for Perth. We now have a package that will deliver not only the best public transport outcome for the entire Perth metropolitan area but also provide the best planning outcome, which will quite properly set the framework for our city for the rest of this century. I can understand a certain amount of pique on the part of the Opposition in that it got it so profoundly wrong with the Kenwick deviation and we have managed to come in and in less than a year resolve this problem to such popular acclaim. I will now attend to the precise detail requested by the member for Carine. The cost of the project from the Narrows Bridge to Northbridge has been estimated at $195 million, including approximately $14 million of contingency fees. The Government has indicated that it will reduce spending on the south east corridor portion of the rail network by something in the order of $50 million. It has not indicated precisely what those changes will be. I have spoken to the Victoria Park and Gosnells councils, and it has been agreed that the Government will work with those councils to establish their priorities. The Government has still allocated $90 million for work in the south east corridor, and a range of options are available. It is the intention of the Government to work constructively with the local authorities to set the priorities for the expenditure of that $90 million. This is a great project, which the Government must get right. The volume of rail traffic on the south east line will not be as great as it would have been had the Kenwick deviation gone ahead; therefore, it is quite proper that, in the overall planning, the degree of works in that corridor be scaled back. There will still be a very substantial enhancement of rail services in that south east corridor.
Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) I sometimes wonder why the member for Carine cannot be a little more like her namesake Thomas the Tank Engine. If she tried really hard, she could be really positive about trains. Yesterday’s announcement was great news for Perth. We now have a package that will deliver not only the best public transport outcome for the entire Perth metropolitan area but also provide the best planning outcome, which will quite properly set the framework for our city for the rest of this century. I can understand a certain amount of pique on the part of the Opposition in that it got it so profoundly wrong with the Kenwick deviation and we have managed to come in and in less than a year resolve this problem to such popular acclaim. I will now attend to the precise detail requested by the member for Carine. The cost of the project from the Narrows Bridge to Northbridge has been estimated at $195 million, including approximately $14 million of contingency fees. The Government has indicated that it will reduce spending on the south east corridor portion of the rail network by something in the order of $50 million. It has not indicated precisely what those changes will be. I have spoken to the Victoria Park and Gosnells councils, and it has been agreed that the Government will work with those councils to establish their priorities. The Government has still allocated $90 million for work in the south east corridor, and a range of options are available. It is the intention of the Government to work constructively with the local authorities to set the priorities for the expenditure of that $90 million. This is a great project, which the Government must get right. The volume of rail traffic on the south east line will not be as great as it would have been had the Kenwick deviation gone ahead; therefore, it is quite proper that, in the overall planning, the degree of works in that corridor be scaled back. There will still be a very substantial enhancement of rail services in that south east corridor.
(1)-(2) I sometimes wonder why the member for Carine cannot be a little more like her namesake Thomas the Tank Engine. If she tried really hard, she could be really positive about trains. Yesterday’s announcement was great news for Perth. We now have a package that will deliver not only the best public transport outcome for the entire Perth metropolitan area but also provide the best planning outcome, which will quite properly set the framework for our city for the rest of this century. I can understand a certain amount of pique on the part of the Opposition in that it got it so profoundly wrong with the Kenwick deviation and we have managed to come in and in less than a year resolve this problem to such popular acclaim. I will now attend to the precise detail requested by the member for Carine. The cost of the project from the Narrows Bridge to Northbridge has been estimated at $195 million, including approximately $14 million of contingency fees. The Government has indicated that it will reduce spending on the south east corridor portion of the rail network by something in the order of $50 million. It has not indicated precisely what those changes will be. I have spoken to the Victoria Park and Gosnells councils, and it has been agreed that the Government will work with those councils to establish their priorities. The Government has still allocated $90 million for work in the south east corridor, and a range of options are available. It is the intention of the Government to work constructively with the local authorities to set the priorities for the expenditure of that $90 million. This is a great project, which the Government must get right. The volume of rail traffic on the south east line will not be as great as it would have been had the Kenwick deviation gone ahead; therefore, it is quite proper that, in the overall planning, the degree of works in that corridor be scaled back. There will still be a very substantial enhancement of rail services in that south east corridor.
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