Senate debates

Thursday, 26 March 2015

Questions without Notice

WestConnex

2:47 pm

Photo of Michaelia CashMichaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

The whole lot, exactly, although it is a little unfortunate. That is exactly right!

I again, for the benefit of those from New South Wales, outline the benefits of WestConnex. It will provide 33 kilometres of continuous traffic-light-free motorway to link western and south-western Sydney with the CBD, Kingsford Smith airport and the port precinct. That is a good thing. WestConnex will remove well-known bottlenecks in the M4 and M5 corridor and improve traffic flows, colleagues, by bypassing up to 52 sets of traffic lights. The benefits of the WestConnex project do not stop there. It will take 3,000 trucks per day off Parramatta Road. Again, I ask: what do the Greens have against infrastructure projects that create jobs, boost productivity—(Time expired)

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