METRONET — ARMADALE RAIL LINE
73. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. I will
take this mask off because the Premier will not hear me very clearly! To be
clear, have any of the members who I named raised concerns about the disruption
that will be caused to their communities during this extended closure?
Mr M. McGOWAN
replied:
Not as far as I am aware. No; members are very excited. They
were all there, standing there. There was the member for Armadale, and the
members for Cannington and Victoria Park were there. The member for Darling
Range was there. I saw lots of excited local members there for the announcement
because it is an exciting project. Why would the member be criticising it? Why
would he be attacking it? I have commentary here from the Prime Minister supporting it. The Prime Minister said in a doorstop
how much he supports the project, how level crossings are things that
infuriate people as they try to get around the city, and that over $200 million
has been invested in getting rid of these
level crossings. I will read this out; this is actually quite good. This is the
Prime Minister on 28 March 2019. The member was a little bit behind the
times on this one. He said —
Whether it's right where
we are here and we've got about five minutes before the bells ring
again on this level crossing and these level
crossings are things that infuriate people as they try to get around the city.
And over $200 million being invested in getting rid of those level
crossings alone here in Steve's electorate. —
That is Steve Irons —
And that's an important
part about congestion busting projects, so people get home sooner and safer and
people can get work.
The Prime Minister is in support, Andrew Hastie is in
support, all the great Labor MPs in the eastern suburbs are in support, the local councillors are in support,
the local community is in support, and the thousands of people working
on it are in support. The only people who are not in support are the
lemon-sucking members of the National Party.
Mr D.A. Templeman: Your question was a train wreck!
The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Thank you, Leader of the House.