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665 - Regional Transport and Roads - SEALING AND COST POONCARIE ROAD

Farraway, Sam to the Minister for Jobs and Tourism, Special Minister of State, Minister for Roads, Minister for the Arts, and Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy representing the Minister for Regional Transport and Roads
SEALING AND COST POONCARIE ROAD

(1) Can the Minister advise, have any Transport for NSW Senior staff inspected the sealing of Pooncarie Road since 26th March 2023?

(2) Can the Minster and Transport for NSW advise the cost per kilometre for the sealing of Pooncarie Road within the Wentworth shire Local government area with works undertaken by Wentworth Shire Council?

(3) Can the Minister and Transport for NSW advise the cost per kilometre for the sealing of Pooncarie Road within the Central Darling Shire Council local government area with works undertaken by Central Darling Shire council?
Answer -

I am advised

(1) Senior Engineers from Transport for NSW have met with the Central Darling Shire Council at the Pooncarie Road work site. The project is being delivered during an unusually high rainfall period and is regularly subject to flash flooding leading to more scouring of the batters. In light of the heavy rainfall, the Council is progressing favourably with the available material.

(2-3) Regional and Local roads are the responsibility of local councils. Local councils are the delegated legal roads authority for these roads. As such, the cost for sealing of Pooncarie Road within the Wentworth Local Government Area and the Central Darling Local Government Area are a matter for the Wentworth Shire Council and the Central Darling Shire Council respectively.

Question asked on 26 June 2023 (session 58-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 34
Answer received on 17 July 2023 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 49

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