Ms CARTER - 2002-08-20
Last year, one of the key things which came out of the Chief Minister’s Economic Development Summit was the fast-tracking of the wharf redevelopment. I notice also earlier this year there was another promotion that that was going to be fast-tracked. Can you tell the House why it has disappeared from the budget?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, it has not disappeared from the budget. Simply, we have not progressed enough to actually put it in the budget. We received 32 different submissions; some of them were very detailed. Some were from developers and interest groups. We actually study submissions, and we discuss the issues with every person who put in a submission. The reason we have not progressed with that one, is we are yet to resolve some of the service issues: issues with the Defence Forces that currently have use of the wharf, and of storage facility for fuel. Also, as stated before in parliament, we want to develop a concept plan for the wharf. Until we reach that stage, the wharf is not going to appear in any budget, because we are not just doing things the way the previous government used to do it: ‘Let us do it and we will think about the details later’.
No, we are starting from A to Z. We will not develop unserviced areas, we do not open this area until we find out what is going to happen there. We are going to have an orderly development, and until this happens it is not going to appear in any budget.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, it has not disappeared from the budget. Simply, we have not progressed enough to actually put it in the budget. We received 32 different submissions; some of them were very detailed. Some were from developers and interest groups. We actually study submissions, and we discuss the issues with every person who put in a submission. The reason we have not progressed with that one, is we are yet to resolve some of the service issues: issues with the Defence Forces that currently have use of the wharf, and of storage facility for fuel. Also, as stated before in parliament, we want to develop a concept plan for the wharf. Until we reach that stage, the wharf is not going to appear in any budget, because we are not just doing things the way the previous government used to do it: ‘Let us do it and we will think about the details later’.
No, we are starting from A to Z. We will not develop unserviced areas, we do not open this area until we find out what is going to happen there. We are going to have an orderly development, and until this happens it is not going to appear in any budget.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016