O-Bahn Tunnel

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:51): As the minister has indicated, this is a project that will stack up and will provide benefit. Can the minister tell us what the cost-benefit ratio is? If the report has been done, are you prepared to table it?

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Minister Assisting the Minister for Planning, Minister Assisting the Minister for Housing and Urban Development) (14:51): As I said, it is a project that will provide very substantial benefits: a saving of four minutes for 22,000 people over the course of the year per day, and in weekday periods 31,000, and also a very significant reduction in congestion and traffic for the inner city ring route, which, of course, as our population grows, will be a transport thoroughfare of some increasing congestion. It is a very beneficial project; it does stack up and we look forward to delivering it.