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TREASURY TEL No .61062070298 19 Aug 93 14:16 No.012 P.03

THE BLACKSPOT PROGRAM, URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT PROGRAM AND RESEARCH FOR ROADS ALL CEASED ON 30 JUNE 1993 IN ACCORDANCE WITH PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS. THE STATE ARTERIAL ROADS FUNDING WAS A SPECIAL ONE-OFF ALLOCATION FOR 1992-93 ONLY. ACCORDINGLY, ONGOING FUNDING WAS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR THESE PROGRAMS AND IT IS MISLEADING TO VIEW THE 1993-94 ALLOCATION AS A CUT TO ONGOING ACTIVITY.

THE 1993-94 COMMONWEALTH BUDGET PAPER NO. 3 IDENTIFIES AS A

COMPONENT OF THE GENERAL REVENUE ASSISTANCE PAYMENT TO THE

A.C.T. FOR 1993-94 $0.700 MILLION ION FOR IDENTIFIED ROAD FUNDS. THIS

REPRESENTS THE A.C.T.s ENTITLEMENT UNDER TIC NEW

ARRANGEMENTS TO COMB INTO EFFECT ON I JANUARY 1994. THESE

SHARES ARE ASSESSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASSESSMENTS BY THE

COMMONWEALTH GRANTS COMMISSION. •

IN ADDITION, PAYMENTS TO THE A.C.T. FOR 1993-94 OF $0.083 MILLION UNDER THE INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT PROGRAM ARE ALSO IDENTIFIED IN COMMONWEALTH BUDGE? PAPER NO. 3.

AS PART OF THE NEW ROAD FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS, I HAVE APPROACHED THE PRIME MINISTER TO SEEK THE INCORPORATION OF THE FEDERAL AND BARTON HIGHWAYS INTO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY - SYSTEM WHICH WILL BE A COMMONWEALTH RESPONSIBILITY

WHILE THE ACT GOVERNMENT APPRECIATES ROADS FUNDING FROM THE

COMMONWEALTH 1T IS WE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ROAD

CONSTRUCTION AND ROAD MAINTENANCE IN THE TERRITORY

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