House of Assembly Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Snowtown to Bute Road Snowtown to Bute Road Mr ELLIS House of Assembly Narungga Snowtown to Bute Road Mr ELLIS (Narungga) (14:50): I have a question for the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure. Will the government commit to upgrading the Snowtown to Bute road? With your leave, and that of the house, I will explain a bit further. Leave granted. Mr ELLIS House of Assembly Narungga Mr ELLIS: The Snowtown to Bute road is a major thoroughfare to the Wallaroo grain terminal, and with the opening of the T-Ports facility we expect more grain to make its way down that road, which has now recently been gazetted for 30-metre road trains to use. It is in desperate need of a road upgrade to ensure that it can be done so safety. The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS House of Assembly West Torrens Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Minister for Energy and Mining The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Minister for Energy and Mining) (14:50): Again, there is the tireless advocacy of the member for Narungga for his local electorate. He is one of the most prolific letter-writers to me about his local community, and I undertake, along with the Minister for Regional Roads, to get back to him as quickly as possible. Mr Whetstone interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Chaffey is on three warnings. The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS House of Assembly West Torrens Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Minister for Energy and Mining The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Sorry, are you feeling left out? Mr Whetstone interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Chaffey will come to order; he is on three warnings. The minister has the call. The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS House of Assembly West Torrens Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Minister for Energy and Mining The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: I will undertake to take the member for Narungga's question back to the department and over the next week or so get an answer for him either in the parliament or between sessions because I know it is important to his local community. As he was saying to me yesterday, he saw a farmer inspecting his crop and he might have actually been walking on it, it was so thick and full. We want to make sure that we make it as easy as possible to get this bumper crop out of the ground for our farming communities. They do so much for our economy. I thank the member for his advocacy—I just wish more members opposite might do the same.