Page 1098 - Week 04 - Tuesday, 8 April 2008
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Mr Pratt: It is actually drivers calling for—
MR HARGREAVES: This character over here continually talks down local contractors. What part of putting money into the local economy don’t you understand, Mr Pratt? I also thank staff of my department—
Mrs Dunne: We wanted four lanes. Make it four lanes. Put some more money into the local economy.
MR HARGREAVES: I will get to you, Mrs Dunne, in the supp. I thank other ACT government agencies who have been involved in the planning, design and delivery of this project over—
Mrs Dunne: How do you know what the supp is?
MR SPEAKER: Order! Mrs Dunne, I warn you.
MR HARGREAVES: I told you. Johnno, one; Vicki, nil. I thank staff of my department and other ACT government agencies who have been involved in the planning, design and delivery of this project over a long period of time. The excellent job that they have done—particularly Tony Gill from Roads ACT—should be publicly acknowledged by members of the Assembly.
With the opening of the Gungahlin Drive extension, the western peripheral parkway is completed and, as members of the Assembly would appreciate, it is now time for us to focus on delivering the eastern peripheral parkway—the Federal Highway extension linking to the Monaro Highway.
MR SPEAKER: Supplementary question, Mr Gentleman?
MR GENTLEMAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Minister, can you detail for the information of members what were the engineering challenges encountered in the construction of the Gungahlin Drive extension?
Opposition members interjecting—
MR SPEAKER: Before you start, Mr Hargreaves: members of the opposition will cease interjecting. Two members of the opposition are on warnings for interjections.
MR HARGREAVES: Mr Speaker, thank you very much for that. The Stanhope government has already taken the lead and is funding its share of this $60 million roadwork package I just talked about a minute ago in terms of the Federal Highway extension. But it follows along all of the work, the really difficult technical work, around the Gungahlin Drive project.
Interestingly, this lot over here costed the thing at $32 million, and $32 million was going to get a double-lane highway, but it was going to stop at Belconnen Way. Can you imagine, Mr Speaker, what the traffic was going to be like on Belconnen Way
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