BLACK SPOT PROGRAM

102 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (31 July 2007). Why has State ‘Black Spot' funding decreased from the budgeted amount of $5.2 million in 2006-07 to $4.6 million in 2007-08 and why has there been an underspend of $627,000 between the budgeted and estimated result in 2006-07?

The Hon. P.F. CONLON (Elder—Minister for Transport, Minister for Infrastructure, Minister for Energy): I provide the following information:

The amounts reported in the budget papers represent the capital component of the State Black Spot expenditure only. It does not include expenditure that is operating in nature, such as grants paid to Local Government. Overall the State Black Spot program has increased from a budgeted $7 million in 2006-07 to $7.2 million in 2007-08. During 2006-07, an adjustment to the investing component of the State Black Spot program was made to reflect the grants under the program for council owned works. The grants are operating in nature, resulting in a variation to the amount reported under the Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure's Investing Payments Summary of $627,000.