Ms BURNET – Premier, we have a couple of questions about the condition of Dove Lake Road and the enormous concrete viewing shelter that has been constructed. Dove Lake Road has been pretty much closed off to traffic other than shuttle buses and after‑hours visitors, but despite this, the road is in the worst condition in living memory. The bridge over Pencil Pine Creek is also apparently in urgent need of repair. Is this damage the result of hundreds of truck movements during the construction of the viewing shelter at Dove Lake?
Mr ROCKLIFF – I am not sure the reason for the condition of the road as you have presented it. I will seek some advice from the team here. Do you have an issue with the viewing shelter?
Ms BURNET – As I have said, it is quite a cavernous concrete viewing shelter, so –
Mr ROCKLIFF – Pretty impressive, don’t you think?
Ms BURNET – My other question is around the fact that it says, ‘Please walk lightly on palawa land’, as we have done from creation, and yet there’s many truck movements that haven’t really moved lightly across the country for this construction. How many thousands of kilograms of concrete were needed to build it?
Mr ROCKLIFF – I’ll take that back to the design and the scope of the project in terms of kilograms of concrete. I recall the opening day there where tread lightly on palawa land was mentioned in terms of people experiencing The Cradle Mountain precinct. I will have to take on notice the kilograms of concrete question given the level of detail.
