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Transport—infrastructure maintenance
(Question No 2295)

Miss C Burch asked the Minister for Transport, upon notice, on 22 February 2019:

(1) What is the annual cost of maintaining the current (a) bus interchanges and (b) bus depots, across Canberra.

(2) Can the Minister provide a breakdown of maintenance costs from 2010 2018 per (a) bus interchange and (b) depot, and include any (i) major upgrades or (ii) repair works completed.

Ms Fitzharris: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

In relation to questions 1 (a) & 2 (a) bus interchange has been interpreted to include both bus stations and interchanges.

(1) a) The cost of maintaining the current bus interchanges is:

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19 Jan YTD

$74,795

$155,328

$64,850

Note: the above maintenance costs exclude asset cleaning costs

b) The cost to maintain bus depots (including workshops) is:

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

Depots

$ 1,011,670

$ 499,354

$ 462,861

$ 587,712

$ 859,494

$ 741,584

Workshops

$ 528,272

$ 207,008

$ 252,120

$ 173,930

$ 285,918

$ 313,030

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19 Jan YTD

Depots

$ 606,761

$ 569,838

$ 317,736

Workshops

$ 335,992

$ 366,243

$ 186,456

Note: the above maintenance costs incorporate depots and workshops maintenance and cleaning costs

(2) a) Due to changes in the coding of maintenance expenditure data, annual costs for maintaining ACT Government owned bus stops and interchanges is unable to be disaggregated prior to the 2016-17 financial year.

Currently, maintenance cost data is not collected at the level of individual bus facilities. Below are the annual costs for maintaining ACT Government owned bus depots and interchanges:

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19 Jan YTD

$74,795

$155,328

$64,850

Note: the above maintenance costs exclude asset cleaning costs

b) The costs in relation to bus depot maintenance including repair works completed (ii) (excluding capital upgrades) were:


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