Legislative Council - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
2009-02-03 Daily Xml

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WILLUNGA RAIL CORRIDOR

271 The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD (7 May 2008) (Second Session). Can the Minister for Transport advise:

1. Have any feasibility studies been conducted into reusing the disused Willunga railway line corridor, or connecting the corridor to the Tonsley railway line, and

2. If so, will the minister release any such reports?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for State/Local Government Relations, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister for Government Enterprises, Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Energy): The Minister for Transport has advised:

1. High level concepts for reusing the Willunga line and potential connections to Tonsley and the Belair line have been considered a number of times over the past 20 years as part of transport system options investigations.

None of these progressed to any level of detail or was subjected to the formal analysis required for a feasibility study.

2. N/A.