Department of Transport Annual Report 2010 - 2011

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Regional Airports Development Scheme The objective of the Regional Airports Development Scheme (RADS) is to ensure regional aviation infrastructure and airport services are developed and maintained to facilitate air access and enhance economic growth in Western Australia. RADS has played a significant role in the development of airport infrastructure in regional Western Australia since 1997, allocating approximately $40 million into more than 280 projects. The 2010-11 RADS funding round allocated $7.08 million, including $5.51 million from the Royalties for Regions program, to 41 eligible projects at regional airports across Western Australia. Airport owners and operators of publicly accessible airstrips in regional Western Australia are eligible to apply for RADS financial assistance grants to develop runways, terminals, facilities, grounds, master plans and maintenance programs. Significant projects that advanced in the 2010-11 funding round were Port Hedland airport, which received funding of $1.56 million for terminal, taxiway and runway lighting works, and Kununurra airport, which received $2.2 million for terminal works. Intrastate air services review In Western Australia there are regular public transport air services to 25 regional communities. Competition was previously permitted for air services to nine communities where passenger numbers were high. Services to the remaining 16 communities remained regulated by the State Government. Following completion of a review of intrastate air services in Western Australia in early 2011, changes were made to the previous structure including deregulating services to Geraldton, introducing partial competition into Learmonth (Exmouth) and including Derby in the subsidised Kimberley air services network. Busselton will now be included in some services between Perth and Albany, and Ravensthorpe will be included in some services between Perth and Esperance. Seven routes, some triangulated, were successfully tendered to implement the new structure. 26 National ports strategy With the growing role of ports in the State’s economy and the need for long-term port planning and investment, the Government has recognised the need to take a more strategic view of the State’s ports and their investment needs over the next decade and beyond. The Minister for Transport has requested DoT to take a more active role working with and assisting ports in coordinating and scrutinising ports planning and investment needs and provide the Minister for Transport in the key port areas of: • capital investment and financial management; • environmental monitoring and compliance; • port governance and strategic coordination and reporting; and • long-term port planning and the development of Western Australia’s port system. The Minister has also suggested that Ports WA, the association of Western Australian port authorities’ chairmen and chief executive officers, be given enhanced opportunities to assist in developing port and related transport policy. Ports WA will have a more active role, working with DoT and other transport portfolio partners, the departments of State Development and DTF, and operators in the port and related transport industries, in developing policies relevant to the efficient operation, planning and development of Western Australian ports and the port system. Ports review In August 2010, the then Minister for Transport, Hon Simon O’Brien MLC, established an inter-agency steering committee to undertake a review of all ports in Western Australia. The review’s purpose was to develop appropriate recommendations to ensure that ports are able to and are suitably supported in delivering the Government’s policy objectives and effective and efficient outcomes for Western Australia. An issues paper was developed and circulated to a wide range of stakeholders and public comments were invited. Following consultation, a draft recommendations paper will be distributed to participating stakeholders as well as being made available for public comment. A final report is expected to be completed in August 2011.
Development of new port capacity The unprecedented global demand for resources, in particular iron ore and liquefied natural gas (LNG), has placed increasing pressure on existing port capacity. This has resulted in the need to develop additional port infrastructure and facilities at both existing and green field port sites throughout Western Australia. DoT has been involved with various Government agencies, in particular, the Department of State Development as lead agency, in progressing the development of a number of port facilities and associated strategic industrial areas or resource processing precincts. These include Oakajee (primarily iron ore) in the Mid West region, Ashburton North (LNG) and Mount Anketell (primarily iron ore) in the Pilbara region, and James Price Point (LNG) in the Kimberley region. Wherever appropriate, the operational management of these new developments will be placed with the nearest port authority to benefit from the expertise and resources of existing port governance arrangements. While the time lines for the completion of these various projects span several years, the involvement of the DoT in these exciting developments will continue until the associated projects are completed and operating. School students participating in TravelSmart to School program TravelSmart Western Australia is a world leader in working with households to reduce car use as a strategic response to climate change, energy security and public health issues. The TravelSmart Household program has been offered to 520,000 Perth residents to date, achieving estimated annual reductions of 37 million car trips, 370 million car kilometres and 109,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases. In 2010-11, TravelSmart also worked with local governments, schools and workplaces. One regional and 14 metropolitan local governments participated in the TravelSmart Officer Network. The TravelSmart to School pilot program worked with local governments to support 10 schools to increase the number of students who walk, cycle or take public transport to school. TravelSmart’s workplace program supported employers to reduce car use including completion of travel plans for Arup and Parsons Brinckerhoff. Living Smart The Living Smart program, a world first initiative, builds on DoT’s TravelSmart expertise to help households reduce their energy use, water use, waste production and car trips. It provides Government and households with an efficient and effective response to the challenges of climate change, energy security and public health. In 2009-10 and 2010-11 DoT offered the Living Smart program to 10,000 target households in Perth’s eastern metropolitan area, as part of the Commonwealth Government’s Perth Solar City project. Early indicators show that the initiative is on track to achieve carbon dioxide reductions of one tonne per household across the project population. Project evaluation showed that 76 per cent of participants had reduced energy use, 68 per cent had reduced water use, 54 per cent had reduced waste and 31 per cent had reduced car use. 27
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