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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 4 asked in the Legislative Council on 11 May 2017 by Hon Lynn Maclaren

Parliament: 40 Session: 1


ROE HIGHWAY STAGE 8 — METROPOLITAN REGION SCHEME AMENDMENT
      4. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the minister representing the Minister for Planning:
I will reserve my congratulations to my valedictory remarks.
I refer to the government's commendable action to cancel the Roe 8 project.
      (1) What portion of the Roe 8 road reserve does the minister intend to delete from the metropolitan region scheme?
(2) When does the minister intend to initiate this amendment?
(3) If the minister does not intend to amend the metropolitan region scheme, why not?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the member for some notice of the question. On behalf of the Minister for Planning I provide the following answer —
      (1)–(3) In January this year, the current Premier and current Minister for Transport announced that a McGowan Labor government would stop the Roe Highway extension through the Beeliar wetlands, despite the former government having entered into a contract to construct Roe 8. That commitment has been met. Work on that project ceased during the first week of this government taking office. The Roe 8 Alliance contract has been successfully varied so that employees have been able to keep their jobs and other projects, such as a new access to the Murdoch Specialised Activity Centre, can be undertaken. The focus at present is commencing a range of road projects across the suburbs and initiating the remedial works required on the Roe 8 corridor, which was decimated during the dying days of the former coalition government. I will turn to considering other matters regarding the Roe alignment once the remedial and revegetation works are well underway.