Mount Barker, Littlehampton and Nairne Strategic Infrastructure Plan

The Hon. I.F. EVANS (Davenport) (14:59): My supplementary question to the minister is: when the government rezoned Mount Barker for significant growth (as the minister referred to in his first answer), why didn't the government undertake a traffic impact study and a study of the safety issues to do with the South Eastern Freeway, Cross Road, Glen Osmond Road and Portrush Road? I put in an FOI application and received no documents. I am just wondering why the government would rezone Mount Barker and not do a traffic impact study on those four main roads into the city.

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) (15:00): My understanding at the time is that the infrastructure improvements which were identified to be delivered in concert with the expansion of Mount Barker principally related to a second freeway interchange at Bald Hills Road—a project, I am happy to report to Parliament, we have reached agreement on with the commonwealth government and also the Mount Barker council for funding.

Construction will commence in the next few months. It has been a project that has been heartily welcomed by the council. It has been heartily welcomed by the local federal member. It has been heartily welcomed by the local state member as well. These sorts of improvements to infrastructure in the Mount Barker area are just the ones that the Deputy Premier was alluding to in his previous response.