SMARTRIDER
— REPLACEMENT
210. Hon WILSON TUCKER to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Transport:
I refer to the 2021–22 state budget and the $57.8 million
allocated to the SmartRider system asset replacement and technology update.
(1) When will the replacement and update be completed?
(2) When will
a new ticketing system that makes use of contemporary contactless payment
methods be rolled out?
Hon SUE ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
(1)–(2)
The updated SmartRider readers and
back-office systems will be progressively updated from later this year.
The new contactless fare payment method is expected to begin after this update.