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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1435 asked in the Legislative Council on 26 November 2019 by Hon Diane Evers

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

BUNBURY OUTER RING ROAD ROUTE — MULTI-CRITERIA ASSESSMENT

1435. Hon DIANE EVERS to the minister representing the Minister for Transport:

I refer to the Main Roads alignment selection report of September 2018 in regard to the Bunbury Outer Ring Road route selection.

(1) Are the criteria in the multi-criteria assessment, red versus green alignments, weighted; and —

(a) if yes, can the minister please provide details on the weighting and how the results were determined; and

(b) if not, why not?

(2) Why does the multi-criteria assessment not include consideration of environmental impacts in the matrix?

(3) Have additional surveys been undertaken to address the information gaps in the unsurveyed area; and —

(a) if yes, what is the estimated outcome for fauna—species and numbers loss—for this area and overall for the red route; and

(b) if no, when will they be undertaken?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The following answer is provided on behalf of the Minister for Transport.

(1) No.

(a) Not applicable.

(b) The criteria were assigned equal weighting and scored on a scale of 1 to 3.

(2) Environmental studies, detailed elsewhere in the report, indicated that environmental impacts would be similar in scale, but of different nature, between each option. For this reason, environmental impact was not a differentiating factor in the multi-criteria assessment.

(3) Environmental surveys were undertaken in both the original corridor and alternative investigation corridor. Additional surveys have been undertaken to inform the environmental assessment of the selected option and will be subject to public comment.