TRANSPERTH —
RAILCARS
613. Hon PETER COLLIER to
the minister representing the Minister for Transport:
I refer to page 553 of volume 2 of
budget paper No 2 and the line item ''Railcar Acquisition''.
(1) Will the
minister provide a breakdown of the funding for railcar acquisition for each of
—
(a) 2019–20;
(b) 2020–21;
(c) 2021–22; and
(d) 2022–23?
(2) When will the first railcar be
delivered?
(3) What is the forecast cost of
each railcar?
(4) Has a business
case been prepared for this project; and, if so, will the minister table the
business case; and, if not, why not?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON
replied:
I thank the Leader of the Opposition
for some notice of the question. The following information has been provided by
the Minister for Transport.
(1) (a) It is $80.04 million.
(b) It is $50 million.
(c) It is $80.2 million.
(d) It is $124 million.
(2) In the
procurement—tender—documents put to the market, the Public
Transport Authority sought introduction to passenger service for the initial
new C-series railcars in 2021–22. Tender responses from the shortlisted
proponents are currently being evaluated. Following the contract award, the
confirmed dates for initial railcar delivery, informed by the market response,
will be announced.
(3) The budget for these railcars was based upon an
estimated cost of $4.05 million per railcar—2017–18 base.
(4) Noting that
the Leader of the Opposition continues to refuse the release of the
Forrestfield–Airport Link business case, I table the attached project
definition plan summary on the WA railcar program, which is publicly available
on the Metronet website.
[See paper 2765.]