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  <date date="2009-04-28" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)</sessionName>
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  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Roads, Country</name>
      <text id="200904285ebb5e2180c1406990000424">
        <heading>ROADS, COUNTRY</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="1807" kind="question">
        <name>Dr McFETRIDGE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morphett</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2008-10-21" qonNum="189">
            <name>ROADS, COUNTRY</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="200904285ebb5e2180c1406990000425">189 <by role="member" id="1807">Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett)</by> (21 October 2008).  How much funding has been spent on the construction and maintenance of country roads since 2001-02 and what are details of each project undertaken?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="526" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. P.F. CONLON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Elder</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Transport</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Infrastructure</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Energy</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2008-10-21" qonNum="189">
            <name>ROADS, COUNTRY</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="200904285ebb5e2180c1406990000426">
          <by role="member" id="526">The Hon. P.F. CONLON (Elder—Minister for Transport, Minister for Infrastructure, Minister for Energy):</by>  I provide the following information:</text>
        <text id="200904285ebb5e2180c1406990000427">State Government spending on the construction and maintenance of country roads since 2001-02 is as follows: </text>
        <text id="200904285ebb5e2180c1406990000428">
          <table>
            <rowtitle>
              <cell colspan="2">2001-02 ($88.516m)</cell>
            </rowtitle>
            <row>
              <cell>Adelaide Hills Bypass—$0.162m</cell>
              <cell>Flinders Ranges Tourist Roads—$2.329m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Gomersal Road—$5.624m</cell>
              <cell>Hindmarsh Island Bridge—$0.011m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Lincoln Highway—$2.041m</cell>
              <cell>Minor Works—$13.008m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Noarlunga to Cape Jervis—$1.841m</cell>
              <cell>Noarlunga to Victor Harbor Road—$0.768m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Overtaking Lanes Program—$6.454m</cell>
              <cell>Peterborough Freight Route—$1.319m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Responsive Road Safety Program—$0.391m</cell>
              <cell>School Zones (Crossing) Improvement Program—$1.089m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Shoulder Sealing Program—$2.506m</cell>
              <cell>Unsealed Arterial Road Projects—$12.477m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Wallaroo to Port Wakefield—Kulpara to Port Wakefield—$1.531m</cell>
              <cell>Maintenance—$36.965m</cell>
            </row>
          </table>
        </text>
        <text id="200904285ebb5e2180c1406990000429" />
        <text id="200904285ebb5e2180c1406990000430">
          <table>
            <rowtitle>
              <cell colspan="2">2002-03 ($70.564m)</cell>
            </rowtitle>
            <row>
              <cell>Gomersal Road—$0.110m</cell>
              <cell>Lincoln Highway—$1.015m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Minor Works—$8.250m</cell>
              <cell>Noarlunga to Cape Jervis—$0.027m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Noarlunga to Victor Harbor Road—$0.163m</cell>
              <cell>Overtaking Lanes Program—$6.107m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Peterborough Freight Route—$0.017m</cell>
              <cell>Responsive Road Safety Program—$2.672m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Shoulder Sealing Program—$4.060m</cell>
              <cell>State Black Spot Program—$5.322m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Unsealed Arterial Road Projects—$2.889m</cell>
              <cell>Wallaroo to Port Wakefield—Kulpara to Port Wakefield—$0.836m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Maintenance—$39.096m</cell>
              <cell />
            </row>
          </table>
        </text>
        <text id="200904285ebb5e2180c1406990000431" />
        <text id="200904285ebb5e2180c1406990000432">
          <table>
            <rowtitle>
              <cell colspan="2">2003-04 ($88.114m)</cell>
            </rowtitle>
            <row>
              <cell>Lincoln Highway—$1.936m</cell>
              <cell>Minor Works—$8.585m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Noarlunga to Victor Harbor Road—$0.016m</cell>
              <cell>Overtaking Lanes Program—$6.376m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Responsive Road Safety Program—$3.109m</cell>
              <cell>Safety Driven Investments—$2.384m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Shoulder Sealing Program—$8.986m</cell>
              <cell>State Black Spot Program—$3.619m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Unsealed Arterial Road Projects—$3.169m</cell>
              <cell>Wallaroo to Port Wakefield—Kulpara to Port Wakefield—$0.219m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Maintenance—$49.715m</cell>
              <cell />
            </row>
          </table>
        </text>
        <text id="200904285ebb5e2180c1406990000433" />
        <text id="200904285ebb5e2180c1406990000434">
          <table>
            <rowtitle>
              <cell colspan="2">2004-05 ($75.758m)</cell>
            </rowtitle>
            <row>
              <cell>Lincoln Highway—$0.665m</cell>
              <cell>Mass Action – $0.672m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Overtaking Lanes Program—$6.428m</cell>
              <cell>Responsive Road Safety Program—$2.519m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Rural and Remote Minor Works—$5.937m</cell>
              <cell>Shoulder Sealing Program—$8.814m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>State Black Spot Program—$2.964m</cell>
              <cell>Transport System Responsiveness—$1.991m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Unsealed Arterial Road Projects—$1.007m</cell>
              <cell>Maintenance—$44.761m</cell>
            </row>
          </table>
        </text>
        <text id="200904285ebb5e2180c1406990000435" />
        <text id="200904285ebb5e2180c1406990000436">
          <table>
            <rowtitle>
              <cell colspan="2">2005-06 ($80.321m) </cell>
            </rowtitle>
            <row>
              <cell>Eyre Peninsula Grain Transport Plan—$3.123m</cell>
              <cell>Level Crossing Safety Upgrade – $0.171m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Long Life Roads—$5.040m</cell>
              <cell>Mass Action – $2.026m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Mount Gambier Duplication—$1.978m</cell>
              <cell>Overtaking Lanes Program – $3.645m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Responsive Road Safety Program—$1.099m</cell>
              <cell>Rural and Remote Minor Works – $7.015m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Shoulder Sealing Program—$1.215m</cell>
              <cell>State Black Spot Program—$1.894m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Transport System Responsiveness—$0.850m</cell>
              <cell>Wallaroo to Port Wakefield—Kulpara to Port Wakefield—$2.328m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Maintenance—$49.937m</cell>
              <cell />
            </row>
          </table>
        </text>
        <text id="200904285ebb5e2180c1406990000437" />
        <text id="200904285ebb5e2180c1406990000438">
          <table>
            <rowtitle>
              <cell colspan="2">2006-07 ($90.851m)</cell>
            </rowtitle>
            <row>
              <cell>Eyre Peninsula Grain Transport Plan—$0.718m</cell>
              <cell>Flood Damage Works—$6.352m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Le Fevre Peninsula—$1.034m</cell>
              <cell>Level Crossing Safety Upgrade—$1.017m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Long Life Roads—$5.993m</cell>
              <cell>Overtaking Lanes Program—$3.942m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Responsive Road Safety Program—$1.015m</cell>
              <cell>Rural and Remote Minor Works—$7.005m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Rural Road Improvement—$0.508m</cell>
              <cell>Shoulder Sealing Program—$6.570m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>State Black Spot Program—$4.338m</cell>
              <cell>Transport System Responsiveness—$2.118m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Wallaroo to Port Wakefield—Kulpara to Port Wakefield—$0.467m</cell>
              <cell>Maintenance—$49.774m </cell>
            </row>
          </table>
        </text>
        <text id="200904285ebb5e2180c1406990000439" />
        <text id="200904285ebb5e2180c1406990000440">
          <table>
            <rowtitle>
              <cell colspan="2">2007-08 ($125.278m)</cell>
            </rowtitle>
            <row>
              <cell>Flood Damage to roads—$16.133m</cell>
              <cell>Level Crossing Safety Upgrade—$1.867m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Long Life Roads—$4.572m</cell>
              <cell>Mass Action—$1.138m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Overtaking Lanes Program—$5.276m</cell>
              <cell>Rapid Bay Jetty—$1.108m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Responsive Road Safety Program—$4.078m</cell>
              <cell>Roadside Rest Area Strategy—$1.353m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Rural and Remote Works—$8.552m</cell>
              <cell>Rural Freight Improvements—$3.499m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Rural Road Improvements—$2.894m</cell>
              <cell>Rural Road Safety Program—$2.464m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Shoulder Sealing Program—$7.880m</cell>
              <cell>State Black Spot Program—$3.880m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Transport System Responsiveness—$5.203m</cell>
              <cell>Upgrade inspection facilities and checking stations—$1.631m</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Maintenance—$53.75m</cell>
              <cell />
            </row>
          </table>
        </text>
        <text id="200904285ebb5e2180c1406990000441" />
      </talker>
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