Premier, just in relation to the Southern Outlet, this is a significant piece of infrastructure, it is going to take years to extend that to Kingston but if it does, and there has been considerable concern by the community in relation to the validity of the project and whether it's the best project for the solution that we need on transport. So, was the idea of increasing bus patronage and reliability before building an expensive road upgrade considered?
I'd like to get back on to the Southern Outlet, so to speak. In 6.4 in the Budget paper number one, we have the Greater Hobart Traffic Solution. That amounts to $217.8 million altogether, as an overall project. Could you explain how much has been spent so far on the Southern Outlet transit lane, including on reports and compulsory land acquisition?
Premier, the infrastructure spend, the budget has been underspent nine out of the ten past years and significantly, we were talking about $502 million in 2021 and $368 million in 2023 .. Yes, that's the underspend. I want to know, you say that you are going to deliver these projects and yet they are not delivered. Can you just talk us through that, please?
Premier, just to go back to the Tasman Bridge, and I understand the sensitivities around this, but on table 6.4 in the Greater Hobart Traffic Solution, page 141 of budget paper 1, the Tasman Bridge funding and the Southern Outlet are put together. There's only $2 million budgeted from the federal government for this financial year and $6.7 million from the state. Could you tell the committee how much will be spent on the Tasman Bridge at this point, given your explanation previously?
It seems like there is not a great deal of detail about the Macquarie Wharf upgrades, but given the proposed major works in the vicinity and competing projects, how will you prioritise this upgrade given the Antarctic gateway status is very important to Hobart and the state, and it's worth $183 million across the whole spectrum of the economy?
Getting back to the BRT and coming in to the stadium. When is that, Premier?
If we go back to this list of infrastructure projects, there's a significant amount which haven't been funded. The northern access road hasn't been properly funded, the funding is not identified for the Hunter Street car park and even the event travel behaviour campaign, really vital to get this project over the line in anybody's books because you can't have a dysfunctional transport system, that's unfunded as well. Who is actually going to pay for these unfunded projects?
I want to go back to the stadium proposal, and appendix N in the report. I don't know if you read that one. The executive summary has a significant number of projects and the costs associated with each of those, things like the northern access road, which is touted as $33.9 million, the event bus plaza, $16.2 million. It talks about a Collins Street redesign and a possible active transport bridge. There are considerable costs associated with those. In all, there's a cost between $174.3 million and $186.78 million. Some of these have not been funded. How do you intend to prioritise these projects?
But, given the projects that we have - the existing projects such as the Southern Outlet, the Bus Rapid Transit, Tasman Bridge, the corridor projects, which are being funded in conjunction with the Australian government, and, also, given that we've got a significant housing shortage and ageing infrastructure in our schools and hospitals, and a housing crisis, do we have the capacity to deliver any of these other projects on time and on budget?
Where do we begin? There is a number of ways to phrase infrastructure failings and I will go into a bit of detail. First, we have to start with TT‑Line's failure in delivering the Spirits to Tasmania and the berth at Devonport to be fit and proper for when the ship comes in.