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MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND URBAN SERVICES
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
Recycling Depot
QUESTION NO. 162
Mrs Grassby - asked the Minister for Finance and Urban Services:
(1) What savings were incurred for 1989-90 and for the full financial year by the closure of the Ainslie Transfer Station.
(2) What is the capital cost of establishing a recycling depot at Mitchell.
(3) What is the estimated recurrent cost of a recycling depot at Mitchell.
(4) When will the recycling depot at Mitchell open to the public.
(5) What is the estimated additional cost of providing extra street cleaning services to the suburbs of Ainslie, Hackett and Downer following the closure of the Ainslie Transfer Station.
Mr Duby - the answer to the Members question is as follows:
(1) The operating cost of Ainslie Transfer Station for a full financial year (1989/90 costs) was estimated at $200,000. On this basis, savings in 1989/90 since the closure of the Transfer Station would be $33,000.
(2) The capital cost for the establishment of the Mitchell recycling depot is approximately $210,000.
(3) Recurrent costs for the recycling depot at Mitchell will vary from year to year. Experience with similar recycling depots indicates on average $10,000 per annum is required.
(4) It is anticipated that the Mitchell recycling depot will be open to the public by October 1990, with landscaping works continuing to December 1990.
(5) Street cleaning services across Canberra are being provided with the same workforce, vehicles and plant used prior to the closure of the Ainslie Transfer Station. The nature of the work requires it to be carried out on a prioritised basis and resources put into the areas of need.. This approach has resulted in there being no additional cost in carrying out street cleaning operations.
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