Page 1131 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 20 March 2013
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MR RATTENBURY: Yes, I do recall that letter, Mr Wall, and I did have a look at it at the time. I think that is an interesting site where, because of the intersection between private land and territory land, there is a complexity to the project where the simple fix requires the involvement of the tennis club, if I am thinking of the correct site.
Mr Wall: Wrong site, minister.
MR RATTENBURY: Wrong site? That was the other one you wrote to me about.
Mr Wall: It was.
MR RATTENBURY: In that case, I will have to refresh my memory, Mr Wall. But as you very correctly quoted from my letter, we do receive a large number of requests and it is a matter of simply trying to fit them all in the available budget. Some projects take longer to get on than others. There is a prioritisation process, and some projects make it each year and others do not.
MADAM ACTING SPEAKER: Supplementary question, Mr Wall.
MR WALL: What guarantee can you provide to the residents of Fadden that this work will not be postponed yet again?
MR RATTENBURY: We are currently considering a large number of possible projects in light of budget considerations.
MADAM ACTING SPEAKER: A supplementary, Dr Bourke.
DR BOURKE: Minister, how many requests are received on an annual basis?
MR RATTENBURY: Thank you for the supplementary question, Dr Bourke. Certainly Canberra Connect receives 700,000 phone calls a year. Some of those requests are for day-to-day maintenance. Some of them are for much more extensive works, like Mr Wall was describing. We would not have a record of the exact number of those types of requests without, I think, an unreasonable amount of research to actually identify it.
MADAM ACTING SPEAKER: Mr Smyth, a supplementary.
MR SMYTH: Minister, how many other projects like this one have been postponed year after year, and what is the total cost of these projects?
MR RATTENBURY: Mr Smyth, that is not information I believe we have. As I said, a very large number of requests come in.
Mr Smyth: Will you take it on notice?
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