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Thursday, 12 July 2007 12 Jul 2007 Estimates Committee C—Transport and Main Roads 1 THURSDAY, 12 JULY 2007 Legislative Assembly ESTIMATES COMMITTEE C—TRANSPORT AND MAIN ROADS Estimates Committee C Members Mr JD O’Brien (Chair) Mr MW Choi Mr PR Gray Mr RG Hopper Mr VG Johnson Ms KJ Jones Miss FS Simpson In Attendance Hon. PT Lucas, Minister for Transport and Main Roads Queensland Rail Mr S Cantwell, Chief Executive Officer (Acting) Mr B Bock, Executive Manager, Strategy and Corporate Affairs Queensland Transport Mr B Wilson, Director-General Mr J Noye, Deputy Director-General (Acting) Mr C Jensen, Deputy Director-General Mr T Philp, Manager, Management Accounting Mr C Nash, Director, Rail Services Department of Main Roads Mr A Tesch, Director-General Mr L Ford, Deputy Director-General Mr F Vardanega, General Manager, Capability, Strategy and Finance Mr D Bletchly, Executive Director, Corporate Office Ms M Smith, Director, Executive and Cabinet Services Committee met at 8.30 am CHAIR: Good morning. I declare this hearing of Estimates Committee C now open. On behalf of the committee I welcome the minister, departmental officers and members of the public to the hearing. I am Jason O’Brien, the member for Cook, and the chair of this committee. I would like to introduce the other committee members: Mr Vaughan Johnson to my left, the member for Gregory, who is the deputy chair; Michael Choi, the member for Capalaba; Phil Gray, the member for Gaven; Kate Jones, the member for Ashgrove; Ray Hopper, the member for Darling Downs; and Fiona Simpson, the member for Maroochydore. The committee will examine the proposed expenditure contained in the Appropriation Bill 2007 for the portfolio areas of the Minister for Transport and Main Roads; the Minister for State Development, Employment and Industrial Relations; and the Minister for Natural Resources and Water and Minister 2 Estimates Committee C—Transport and Main Roads 12 Jul 2007 Assisting the Premier in North Queensland. The committee will examine the portfolio areas in that order. The committee will suspend proceedings for morning tea from 10 to 10.15, lunch from 1.30 to 2.30 and afternoon tea from 4 to 4.15. There will also be a 15-minute break at 11.45 and 5.45. I remind all of those participating in the hearing today that these proceedings are similar to parliament to the extent that the public cannot participate in proceedings. In this regard, I remind members of the public that under standing order 206 the public may be admitted to or excluded from the hearing at the discretion of the committee. The committee has resolved that media may take television footage without sound and photographs during the opening statements by the chair and each minister and for a short period at the commencement of each changeover in departments. The committee has also resolved that the proceedings of the hearing will be broadcast by the Parliamentary Service via the service’s web site and to receivers throughout the parliamentary precinct. I remind members of the committee and the minister that the time limit for questions is one minute and answers are to be no longer than three minutes. A single chime will give a 15-second warning and a double chime will sound at the end of each of these time limits. An extension of time may be given with the consent of the questioner. A double chime will sound two minutes after an extension of time has been given. The standing orders require that at least half the time available for questions at today’s hearing be allocated to non-government members. Any time expended when the committee deliberates in private is to be equally apportioned between government and non-government members. Government members and non-government members will take turns asking questions in blocks lasting approximately 20 minutes, commencing with non-government members. The committee has given leave for non- committee members to ask the minister questions. In that regard, Tim Nicholls, the member for Clayfield, will be participating in the hearing on this basis. I ask advisers to the minister to identify themselves when they first come forward to answer a question if the minister refers a question to them so that Hansard can record their name. Before we begin, I ask that any mobile phones and pagers be switched off or switched to silent mode. I now declare the proposed expenditure for the Minister for Transport and Main Roads open for examination. The time allocated is three hours. The question before the committee is— That the propped expenditure be agreed to. Minister, under standing order 177 you are able to make an opening statement that does not exceed five minutes. Do you wish to make a statement to the committee? Mr LUCAS: Good morning, Mr Chair, and fellow committee members. I again welcome the opportunity to report on the record investment the Beattie government is making into road and transport infrastructure and services in Queensland. In a large decentralised state like Queensland, it is vital that we fund the infrastructure to keep our population connected and our economy growing. That is why the state government will, on average, spend more than $100 million every single week to a total of $5.53 billion this financial year building and maintaining the highways, busways, ports and rail links that keep Queensland moving. That is a massive 39 per cent increase in funding over last year. A total of $2.48 billion has been set aside for Queensland Transport’s rail and ports capital and a record $3.05 billion for Main Roads, RoadTek and Queensland Motorways. Major transport projects funded in 2007-08 include $129 million to complete the $333 million Inner Northern Busway extension with a tunnel under the CBD linking the Queen Street bus station via Roma Street to the existing busway, $85.8 million to continue building the Boggo Road Busway from the Eleanor Schonell Bridge to Ipswich Road and $50 million towards the planning and construction of the Eastern Busway from the Princess Alexandra Hospital to Buranda, which was announced earlier this week by the Premier. Today, I am also announcing that the state government will boost bus funding by $27 million in 2007-08 to provide 148 new buses, which will deliver around 5,000 extra services a week in south-east Queensland. It is this commitment to continued investment that has already seen public transport patronage increase by more than 40 million trips per annum since 2004 up to 163 million public transport trips yearly—a boost of more than 30 per cent since 2004. Our investment goes further than just in public transport. This budget contains a major boost to coal haulage and extra funding for ports across the state, particularly to the major export ports of Brisbane, Gladstone, Abbot Point and Townsville. Specifically, we are injecting $163.4 million into new and upgraded locomotives and wagons to haul coal to ports in central Queensland, $103 million to take the port of Gladstone to its full capacity of 68 million tonnes per year of coal exports, $187.6 million for rail track duplications and passing loops to allow for increased coal haulage and $28 million to continue the $116 million expansion at the Abbot Point Coal Terminal. 12 Jul 2007 Estimates Committee C—Transport and Main Roads 3 Our massive $1.28 billion rail and investment will boost rail infrastructure and expand rolling stock across Queensland. In the regions, urban bus fares will be equalised and services boosted. Security cameras will be installed in more taxis and wheelchair accessible taxis will be rolled out to more communities. Commercial shipping and our estimated 215,000 recreational boats and their users will benefit from almost $30 million for better facilities, including maritime safety and essential services. Our road network will receive a 54 per cent boost to funding in 2007-08. This financial year, the state government will spend a record $3.05 billion on roads infrastructure. Major initiatives this financial year include, in south-east Queensland, $691.2 million towards the Gateway upgrade project, worth $1.8 billion; $179.7 million to complete the $543 million Tugun bypass; $133.7 million of a total of $290 million to duplicate the Sunshine Motorway; and $163.5 million of federal funding to fund the upgrade of the Ipswich Motorway. In regional Queensland, there is $18 million to complete the four-laning of the New England Highway north of Toowoomba at a total of $27.3 million; $12.3 million to continue the upgrade of the Roma-Taroom road to support oil and gas development of a total of $29.7 million; $36.1 million under the Accelerated Road Rehabilitation Program to continue widening the Dawson Highway; $15.4 million to Hospital Bridge in Mackay, of a total of $33.6 million; and $58.3 million on stages 2 and 3 of the Townsville ring-road of a total $119.3 million, with $79.5 million of that being federal money. With the number of vehicles on Queensland roads almost doubling in the past 14 years, I am also announcing today new congestion busting measures on top of our infrastructure spending. By the end of the year, Main Roads will put an extra two traffic response units on Brisbane streets to complement the four already operating. Two new units will debut on the Sunshine Coast and another two will be added to the Gold Coast to increase its fleet to three. These congesting busting bumper cars help clear accidents and breakdowns faster, reducing the potential for secondary congestion related accidents by up to 40 per cent.
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