Question Without Notice No. 213 asked in the Legislative Council on 15 June 2017 by Hon Diane Evers
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
ROE HIGHWAY STAGE 8 — OFFSET LAND
213. Hon DIANE EVERS to the minister representing the Minister for Transport:
I refer to the ''Roe Highway Extension Land Acquisition and Management Plan'', dated November 2016.
(1) How much did the previous government spend in purchasing a total of 624 hectares of land at Lake Clifton and Nirimba as an offset for Roe 8?
(2) Given that Roe 8 will not be built, what will the government do with this land?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The following information has been provided by the Minister for Transport.
(1) The government spent $13.9 million.
(2) The land will be included in the Western Australian conservation estate.