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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 856 asked in the Legislative Council on 19 September 2018 by Hon Diane Evers

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

BUNBURY OUTER RING ROAD ROUTE

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

I refer to the Bunbury Outer Ring Road project update of September 2018 that states that Main Roads Western Australia is committed to the existing corridor for the southern section and that investigation of an alternative route is being undertaken to demonstrate that there are ''not feasible alternatives with lesser environmental impact''.

(1) Is the government giving serious consideration to an alternative corridor despite Main Roads' stated commitment to using the corridor reserved in the greater Bunbury region scheme that cuts through Gelorup?

(2) Does the government own all land required for the entirety of the southern section of the BORR to be completed and connected if Main Roads uses the corridor through Gelorup?

(3) If no to (2), has the state government purchased or is it in the process of purchasing the land at the intersection of the Gelorup route and the existing highway; and, if it has been purchased, when was the most recent purchase?

(4) Does the minister acknowledge that the original proposal to go through Gelorup, developed over 20 years ago, was for a single lane each way, not the double lanes currently required?

(5) Was the Gelorup cut in the existing corridor originally intended as an interim measure until population expansion required construction of a ring-road further out from Bunbury?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1) The investigation of the alternative southern corridor is part of the environmental approvals process to determine whether there are any feasible alternatives to the existing corridor with lesser environmental impact.

(2) No.

(3) Assuming the honourable member is referring to Bussell Highway, the state government has purchased this land. The most recent purchase was in April 2002.

(4)–(5) No.