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2580 - Regional Transport and Roads - COFFS HARBOUR BYPASS VEGETATION

Farraway, Sam to the Special Minister of State, Minister for Roads, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy, and Minister for Jobs and Tourism representing the Minister for Regional Transport and Roads
COFFS HARBOUR BYPASS VEGETATION

(1) In an interview about the Pacific Bay Noise Wall on 28 April 2024, you stated on Triple M Radio that you "have been at other parts of the state where we have had vegetation like that removed, similar sized trees in fact, and I've been back 12 months later and they have been quite advanced what they've got in the replacement." Could you please provide the locations you have visited and the species of vegetation planted there?
Answer -
COFFS HARBOUR BYPASS VEGETATION

I am advised

Transport for NSW is committed to preserving environmental and ecological diversity as well as visual amenity within its road projects.

While information on vegetation planting is available on project websites, the Woolgoolga to Ballina Pacific Highway upgrade, as well as the Pacific Highway duplication at Lisa row, are accompanied by native plants including shrubs, trees, and other forms of vegetation including native grasses which have thrived.

Question asked on 17 July 2024 (session 58-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 296
Answer received on 7 August 2024 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 311

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.