Westport
234. Hon Steve Martin to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Transport:
I refer to Infrastructure Western Australia's report into Westport, which shows a stronger benefit–cost ratio in favour of the Extend Fremantle option over the Westport Now option.
(1) What was the actual dollar cost used to calculate the benefit–cost ratio for:
(a) the Westport Now option; and
(b) the Extend Fremantle option?
(2) Has the Cook government commissioned any further work to undertake a cost–benefit analysis of the two options?
(3) Does the Cook government agree or disagree with the BCR finding?
(4) What is the purpose of these BCR reports if the government is just going to ignore them?
(5) Will the social benefits of the project, including impacts on traffic, not also be achieved by implementing traffic congestion mitigation measures along existing travel routes to the port of Fremantle?
Hon Samantha Rowe replied:
Honourable member, I am sorry, but I do not have that answer in my folder. If it comes in before the end of question time, I will provide it to him.
