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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1075 asked in the Legislative Council on 24 September 2019 by Hon Diane Evers

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

BUNBURY OUTER RING ROAD — SOUTHERN SECTION

1075. Hon DIANE EVERS to the minister representing the Minister for Transport:

I refer to the Bunbury Outer Ring Road project southern corridor, and the minister's response on 6 June 2019 to petition 105.

(1) Who conducted the regional surveys of the critically endangered western ringtail possum?

(2) Will the minister please table the surveys and final report; and, if not, why not?

(3) Were any specific studies conducted on the population numbers within the proposed BORR route itself; and, if yes, will the minister please table the results?

(4) What impact is the BORR expected to have on the population in the proposed BORR route?

(5) What steps will the department take to protect the population in the proposed BORR route, given that the western ringtail possum is a critically endangered species; has the DBCA been consulted on these steps; and, does this fit with the western ringtail possum recovery plan?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided by the Minister for Transport.

(1) It was specialist consultants engaged by Main Roads.

(2) The report can be tabled once updated to reflect additional environmental surveys and once the peer review process has concluded.

(3) Studies will be included with environmental referrals for the project—noting that this question was asked on 4 September—which are expected to be submitted during September 2019, and can be tabled at that time.

(4) This will be considered as part of the environmental assessment process.

(5) This will be considered as part of the environmental assessment process. DBCA will be consulted and the western ringtail possum recovery plan will be considered as part of this process.