sentences:  Previously, Alannah MacTiernan, the Planning and Infrastructure Minister, had announced that funds of $2.1 million (2007) had been set aside in the 2007-08 state budget for the Public Transport Authority to undertake preparation of the master plan for that segment of works.Some of the groundwork for the works had been laid during construction of the Clarkson to Currambine extension, with the rail surface necessary to allow access to the Nowergup railway depot already constructed as a two track reserve.That was in addition to the planning for that section recognising the need to further extend the railway to areas further north, beyond the depot.