Public Sector Asset Investment Program 2008–09
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Public Sector Asset Investment Program 2008–09 Presented by John Lenders, M.P. Treasurer of the State of Victoria for the information of Honourable Members Budget Information Paper No. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction......................................................................................................................1 Coverage................................................................................................................................... 1 Assets........................................................................................................................................ 1 Document structure ................................................................................................................... 2 Chapter 1: Public sector asset investment program 2008-09.....................................3 Asset management and delivery ............................................................................................... 4 General government sector asset investment ........................................................................... 9 Public non-financial corporations asset investment................................................................. 12 Project descriptions from Table 1.4 ......................................................................................... 16 Chapter 2: General government asset investment program 2008-09 ......................23 Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.................................................. 23 Department of Human Services .............................................................................................. 40 Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development ............................................. 48 Department of Justice ............................................................................................................. 52 Department of Planning and Community Development........................................................... 57 Department of Premier and Cabinet........................................................................................ 59 Department of Primary Industries............................................................................................ 61 Department of Sustainability and Environment........................................................................ 62 Department of Transport .........................................................................................................66 Department of Treasury and Finance...................................................................................... 73 Parliament ............................................................................................................................... 74 Country Fire Authority ............................................................................................................. 75 Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board .................................................................. 77 Chapter 3: Major public non-financial corporations asset investment program 2008-09 .........................................................................................79 Barwon Region Water Corporation.......................................................................................... 79 Central Gippsland Regional Water Corporation ...................................................................... 88 Central Highlands Region Water Corporation ......................................................................... 99 Coliban Region Water Corporation.........................................................................................102 East Gippsland Region Water Corporation.............................................................................107 First Mildura Irrigation Trust....................................................................................................110 Gippsland and Southern Rural Water Corporation .................................................................111 Goulburn-Murray Rural Water Corporation.............................................................................113 Goulburn Valley Region Water Corporation ...........................................................................117 Grampians Wimmera-Mallee Rural Water Corporation ..........................................................123 Lower Murray Urban and Rural Water Corporation ................................................................127 North East Region Water Corporation....................................................................................129 Office of Housing....................................................................................................................132 South Gippsland Region Water Corporation ..........................................................................134 Wannon Regional Water Corporation.....................................................................................136 Western Region Water Corporation .......................................................................................140 Westernport Region Water Corporation .................................................................................144 i Table of Contents (continued) Appendix A: Contact addresses and telephone numbers ...................................... 147 General government sector....................................................................................................147 Public non-financial corporations ...........................................................................................149 Appendix B: Location index....................................................................................... 151 Style conventions........................................................................................................ 157 ii INTRODUCTION COVERAGE The 2008-09 Public Sector Asset Investment Program Budget Information Paper No. 1 (BIP1) is compiled in association with the annual Budget Papers to inform Parliament and the community about Victoria’s capital asset program. The general government sector asset investment projects published in this paper support the outputs detailed in Service Delivery, Budget Paper No. 3, 2008-09. BIP1 presents: • detailed listings of major asset investment in 2008-09 for the general government sector and for major public non-financial corporations (PNFCs); • summary information for a number of significant corporations that provide goods and services in a commercial market place; and • major public sector asset investment projects being delivered under Partnerships Victoria during 2008-09. BIP1 captures projects with a total estimated investment (TEI) equal to or in excess of $240 000 and reflects machinery-of-government changes announced as part of the 2008-09 Budget. Projects not included are those with a planned capital expenditure in 2008-09 of less than $72 000 and projects that do not deliver benefits beyond 12 months. ASSETS Victoria’s economic outlook means that Victoria can sustain and improve the historic levels of infrastructure investment. As Victoria’s population continues to grow, investment in infrastructure remains one of the State’s key priorities. Asset investment projects result in the production, enhancement and acquisition of non-current physical assets, typically infrastructure assets. Infrastructure assets provide services used to support or produce outputs in the form of final services or products. The State’s asset portfolio includes road and railway networks, information technology systems, schools and hospitals, as well as water storage and distribution infrastructure, correctional centres, courts, cultural assets such as historic museum collections, and environmental assets such as public reserves, parks and public open spaces. Public Sector Asset Investment Program 2008-09 Introduction 1 DOCUMENT STRUCTURE The projects contained in the publication are listed together with their location under entity headings. Details of TEI are provided, including investment activity reflected in the 2008-09 Budget, together with projected asset investment expenditures on individual projects for 2008-09 and beyond. For each entity, the asset investments are listed as either: • ‘Existing’– projects that have received government approval and were being delivered as at 30 June 2008; or • ‘New’– projects approved and announced to commence by government as part of the 2008-09 Budget Update or the 2008-09 Budget. BIP1 is prepared by the Department of Treasury and Finance with input from the entities concerned. It should be noted that project details as listed reflect the intentions and priorities at the time of compilation. However, since asset investments are rarely static, it can be expected that some re-scheduling and re-programming will occur during the course of the year. 2 Introduction Public Sector Asset Investment Program 2008-09 CHAPTER 1: PUBLIC SECTOR ASSET INVESTMENT PROGRAM 2008-09 The Government is committed to investing in vital infrastructure projects to meet the needs of the growing Victorian population over the coming decades. Projects such as schools, roads, hospitals, public transport and securing future water supplies continue to form a key part of the Government’s infrastructure program. The investment in new technology is also critical to Victoria’s future prosperity. Investment in information and communication technologies remains an important focus of the Government’s