North-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Richard WELCH (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:55): (1114) My constituency matter is for the Minister for the Suburban Rail Loop. It has been revealed that the estimated travel time in the Metro Tunnel has more than doubled between Parkville and the new Arden precinct, with significant impact on the radiology equipment above it. Further, the West Gate Tunnel ran into contaminated soil, a mess that added delay and billions in cost. Constituents in my electorates of Glen Waverley and Box Hill are concerned that the local infrastructure could be similarly compromised by the Suburban Rail Loop trains running beneath their homes, with an extension of the disruption and a delay of the delivery of these projects. Can the minister confirm that the surveys of the Box Hill to Heatherton SRL route have adequately assessed the impact on buildings, the number and types of contaminated sites it will run through, the impacts on development and particularly the impact on medical equipment in the precincts it flows through, and that the project will run on time and to cost?