FORRESTFIELD–AIRPORT
LINK — SOIL CONTAMINATION
164. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the minister representing the
Minister for Transport:
I
refer to my question without notice 140 asked yesterday, 12 March 2019, on soil
excavated from the Forrestfield–Airport Link that is
contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
(1) Did the 13
July 2018 request for a meeting from Peel Development Commission chair, Paddi
Creevey, come in writing?
(2) If yes to
(1), will the minister table it; and, if not, why not?
(3) Given that
the email tabled with the answer yesterday quotes Mr Mark Burgess of the Public
Transport Authority saying on 11 September 2018 that ''our early
estimate for transport cartage from the current storage site to the Peel area
is between $10 and $15 per tonne'' —
(a) who made this estimate;
(b) did the Minister for Transport or
her office or the PTA request this estimate;
(c) if no to (b), who requested this
estimate be made;
(d) did the estimate come from joint
venture partner NRW Holdings; and
(e) since the
government told this house on 31 October 2018 that ''the Public
Transport Authority considers that the
material is not waste'', why was an estimate for transport costs to Peel
done at all?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. I do not have the preamble the member read on the
copy of the question that I have, but the questions are the same.
(1)–(2) I table the attached
document.
[See paper 2462.]
(3) (a) It was Public Transport
Authority staff.
(b) It was the Public Transport
Authority.
(c) Not applicable.
(d) No.
(e) The
preliminary estimate for transport cost was done only to determine whether it
was viable for the FAL spoil to be transported this long distance. It was
determined that it could not be justified given the significant costs involved.