FORRESTFIELD–AIRPORT
LINK — TUNNELLING MACHINES
208. Hon PETER COLLIER to
the minister representing the Minister for Transport:
I refer to the tunnel-boring
machines, Sandy and Grace, at the Metronet Forrestfield–Airport Link.
(1) On what date did the
tunnel-boring machines stop work?
(2) Have the tunnel-boring machines
commenced work again?
(3) Have any
other issues been identified with the tunnel-boring machines since repair work
commenced; and, if yes, what are those issues?
(4) Has the
project been further delayed as a result of the tunnel-boring machines stopping
work; and, if yes, what is the expected delay?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the Leader of the Opposition
for some notice of the question.
(1)–(2) I table the attached
document from the publicly available Forrestfield–Airport Link website.
[See paper 2491.]
(3) No.
(4) The Minister
for Transport advised in December 2018 that the first trains are expected to
run on the line in the second half of 2021.