❓ The Minister for Planning outlines progress on the Eastern Gateway development, including the Riverside project, Perth City Link, and Perth Waterfront, highlighting government investment and expected private sector contributions to inner-city living opportunities.
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PERTH CITY — EASTERN GATEWAY
This government is bringing to fruition significant projects that were stalled for years. Can the minister please inform the house about recent progress in the development of the eastern gateway to the city and how this government is creating more opportunities for inner-city living? Mr J.H.D. DAY
This government is bringing to fruition significant projects that were stalled for years. Can the minister please inform the house about recent progress in the development of the eastern gateway to the city and how this government is creating more opportunities for inner-city living? Mr J.H.D. DAY
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I thank the member for South Perth for the question. It is certainly the case that three major projects are either being planned or are about to get underway in the Perth central business district as a result of actions taken by this government. They include the Perth City Link project, which is now fully funded and for which major construction will commence early in 2011, and the sinking of the rail line and the bus station, which has been talked about for 100 years and is becoming a reality. The Perth waterfront project is also in detailed planning stages and will commence in 2012. In addition to the revitalisation of the Perth Cultural Centre, which is also a very important project in its own right, a third major urban renewal project is about to get underway at the eastern end of the Perth CBD; that is, the Riverside project, under the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, in the four-hectare riverfront site just to the north west of the Causeway, between the Causeway and the WACA ground and Trinity College. It will be a major development. It is the first inner-city riverside development opportunity to be offered to the market since the Claisebrook Village project in the early 1990s. Like that project, it will bring the river into an inlet. Substantial new facilities around the inlet will be created. There will be high-quality residential, retail, commercial and hotel developments as well as new and enhanced public spaces, jetties and also a waterway to connect new buildings with the river. We expect that there will be about 400 new residential units in the project, with about 11 500 square metres of retail and commercial space, the ability for about 700 people to live in the area, about 565 employees in the area and up to about 500 000 visitors to the area each year. Overall, the 40-hectare project, taking into account the adjacent privately owned ground, including the WACA ground, which the Western Australian Cricket Association is planning to develop, is expected to attract $2.6 billion in private investment across both state and privately owned land. Of this, the government’s investment of $113 million, which, incidentally, I expect will be recouped from land sales, will generate approximately $900 million of private sector investment on state-owned land. Expressions of interest are open until 22 September. There will then be a short-listing process of proponents and a successful proponent will be appointed in mid-2011. This project is probably less well known than the Perth waterfront project and the Perth City Link project but it will be a major new development providing a whole new gateway from the eastern approach to the Perth CBD. When this project is completed, I am sure that people will very much appreciate the enormous difference that will be made in that area.
Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: I thank the member for South Perth for the question. It is certainly the case that three major projects are either being planned or are about to get underway in the Perth central business district as a result of actions taken by this government. They include the Perth City Link project, which is now fully funded and for which major construction will commence early in 2011, and the sinking of the rail line and the bus station, which has been talked about for 100 years and is becoming a reality. The Perth waterfront project is also in detailed planning stages and will commence in 2012. In addition to the revitalisation of the Perth Cultural Centre, which is also a very important project in its own right, a third major urban renewal project is about to get underway at the eastern end of the Perth CBD; that is, the Riverside project, under the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, in the four-hectare riverfront site just to the north west of the Causeway, between the Causeway and the WACA ground and Trinity College. It will be a major development. It is the first inner-city riverside development opportunity to be offered to the market since the Claisebrook Village project in the early 1990s. Like that project, it will bring the river into an inlet. Substantial new facilities around the inlet will be created. There will be high-quality residential, retail, commercial and hotel developments as well as new and enhanced public spaces, jetties and also a waterway to connect new buildings with the river. We expect that there will be about 400 new residential units in the project, with about 11 500 square metres of retail and commercial space, the ability for about 700 people to live in the area, about 565 employees in the area and up to about 500 000 visitors to the area each year. Overall, the 40-hectare project, taking into account the adjacent privately owned ground, including the WACA ground, which the Western Australian Cricket Association is planning to develop, is expected to attract $2.6 billion in private investment across both state and privately owned land. Of this, the government’s investment of $113 million, which, incidentally, I expect will be recouped from land sales, will generate approximately $900 million of private sector investment on state-owned land. Expressions of interest are open until 22 September. There will then be a short-listing process of proponents and a successful proponent will be appointed in mid-2011. This project is probably less well known than the Perth waterfront project and the Perth City Link project but it will be a major new development providing a whole new gateway from the eastern approach to the Perth CBD. When this project is completed, I am sure that people will very much appreciate the enormous difference that will be made in that area.
I thank the member for South Perth for the question. It is certainly the case that three major projects are either being planned or are about to get underway in the Perth central business district as a result of actions taken by this government. They include the Perth City Link project, which is now fully funded and for which major construction will commence early in 2011, and the sinking of the rail line and the bus station, which has been talked about for 100 years and is becoming a reality. The Perth waterfront project is also in detailed planning stages and will commence in 2012. In addition to the revitalisation of the Perth Cultural Centre, which is also a very important project in its own right, a third major urban renewal project is about to get underway at the eastern end of the Perth CBD; that is, the Riverside project, under the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, in the four-hectare riverfront site just to the north west of the Causeway, between the Causeway and the WACA ground and Trinity College. It will be a major development. It is the first inner-city riverside development opportunity to be offered to the market since the Claisebrook Village project in the early 1990s. Like that project, it will bring the river into an inlet. Substantial new facilities around the inlet will be created. There will be high-quality residential, retail, commercial and hotel developments as well as new and enhanced public spaces, jetties and also a waterway to connect new buildings with the river. We expect that there will be about 400 new residential units in the project, with about 11 500 square metres of retail and commercial space, the ability for about 700 people to live in the area, about 565 employees in the area and up to about 500 000 visitors to the area each year. Overall, the 40-hectare project, taking into account the adjacent privately owned ground, including the WACA ground, which the Western Australian Cricket Association is planning to develop, is expected to attract $2.6 billion in private investment across both state and privately owned land. Of this, the government’s investment of $113 million, which, incidentally, I expect will be recouped from land sales, will generate approximately $900 million of private sector investment on state-owned land. Expressions of interest are open until 22 September. There will then be a short-listing process of proponents and a successful proponent will be appointed in mid-2011. This project is probably less well known than the Perth waterfront project and the Perth City Link project but it will be a major new development providing a whole new gateway from the eastern approach to the Perth CBD. When this project is completed, I am sure that people will very much appreciate the enormous difference that will be made in that area.
In addition to the revitalisation of the Perth Cultural Centre, which is also a very important project in its own right, a third major urban renewal project is about to get underway at the eastern end of the Perth CBD; that is, the Riverside project, under the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, in the four-hectare riverfront site just to the north west of the Causeway, between the Causeway and the WACA ground and Trinity College. It will be a major development. It is the first inner-city riverside development opportunity to be offered to the market since the Claisebrook Village project in the early 1990s. Like that project, it will bring the river into an inlet. Substantial new facilities around the inlet will be created. There will be high-quality residential, retail, commercial and hotel developments as well as new and enhanced public spaces, jetties and also a waterway to connect new buildings with the river. We expect that there will be about 400 new residential units in the project, with about 11 500 square metres of retail and commercial space, the ability for about 700 people to live in the area, about 565 employees in the area and up to about 500 000 visitors to the area each year. Overall, the 40-hectare project, taking into account the adjacent privately owned ground, including the WACA ground, which the Western Australian Cricket Association is planning to develop, is expected to attract $2.6 billion in private investment across both state and privately owned land. Of this, the government’s investment of $113 million, which, incidentally, I expect will be recouped from land sales, will generate approximately $900 million of private sector investment on state-owned land. Expressions of interest are open until 22 September. There will then be a short-listing process of proponents and a successful proponent will be appointed in mid-2011. This project is probably less well known than the Perth waterfront project and the Perth City Link project but it will be a major new development providing a whole new gateway from the eastern approach to the Perth CBD. When this project is completed, I am sure that people will very much appreciate the enormous difference that will be made in that area.
Overall, the 40-hectare project, taking into account the adjacent privately owned ground, including the WACA ground, which the Western Australian Cricket Association is planning to develop, is expected to attract $2.6 billion in private investment across both state and privately owned land. Of this, the government’s investment of $113 million, which, incidentally, I expect will be recouped from land sales, will generate approximately $900 million of private sector investment on state-owned land. Expressions of interest are open until 22 September. There will then be a short-listing process of proponents and a successful proponent will be appointed in mid-2011. This project is probably less well known than the Perth waterfront project and the Perth City Link project but it will be a major new development providing a whole new gateway from the eastern approach to the Perth CBD. When this project is completed, I am sure that people will very much appreciate the enormous difference that will be made in that area.
Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: I thank the member for South Perth for the question. It is certainly the case that three major projects are either being planned or are about to get underway in the Perth central business district as a result of actions taken by this government. They include the Perth City Link project, which is now fully funded and for which major construction will commence early in 2011, and the sinking of the rail line and the bus station, which has been talked about for 100 years and is becoming a reality. The Perth waterfront project is also in detailed planning stages and will commence in 2012. In addition to the revitalisation of the Perth Cultural Centre, which is also a very important project in its own right, a third major urban renewal project is about to get underway at the eastern end of the Perth CBD; that is, the Riverside project, under the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, in the four-hectare riverfront site just to the north west of the Causeway, between the Causeway and the WACA ground and Trinity College. It will be a major development. It is the first inner-city riverside development opportunity to be offered to the market since the Claisebrook Village project in the early 1990s. Like that project, it will bring the river into an inlet. Substantial new facilities around the inlet will be created. There will be high-quality residential, retail, commercial and hotel developments as well as new and enhanced public spaces, jetties and also a waterway to connect new buildings with the river. We expect that there will be about 400 new residential units in the project, with about 11 500 square metres of retail and commercial space, the ability for about 700 people to live in the area, about 565 employees in the area and up to about 500 000 visitors to the area each year. Overall, the 40-hectare project, taking into account the adjacent privately owned ground, including the WACA ground, which the Western Australian Cricket Association is planning to develop, is expected to attract $2.6 billion in private investment across both state and privately owned land. Of this, the government’s investment of $113 million, which, incidentally, I expect will be recouped from land sales, will generate approximately $900 million of private sector investment on state-owned land. Expressions of interest are open until 22 September. There will then be a short-listing process of proponents and a successful proponent will be appointed in mid-2011. This project is probably less well known than the Perth waterfront project and the Perth City Link project but it will be a major new development providing a whole new gateway from the eastern approach to the Perth CBD. When this project is completed, I am sure that people will very much appreciate the enormous difference that will be made in that area.
I thank the member for South Perth for the question. It is certainly the case that three major projects are either being planned or are about to get underway in the Perth central business district as a result of actions taken by this government. They include the Perth City Link project, which is now fully funded and for which major construction will commence early in 2011, and the sinking of the rail line and the bus station, which has been talked about for 100 years and is becoming a reality. The Perth waterfront project is also in detailed planning stages and will commence in 2012. In addition to the revitalisation of the Perth Cultural Centre, which is also a very important project in its own right, a third major urban renewal project is about to get underway at the eastern end of the Perth CBD; that is, the Riverside project, under the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, in the four-hectare riverfront site just to the north west of the Causeway, between the Causeway and the WACA ground and Trinity College. It will be a major development. It is the first inner-city riverside development opportunity to be offered to the market since the Claisebrook Village project in the early 1990s. Like that project, it will bring the river into an inlet. Substantial new facilities around the inlet will be created. There will be high-quality residential, retail, commercial and hotel developments as well as new and enhanced public spaces, jetties and also a waterway to connect new buildings with the river. We expect that there will be about 400 new residential units in the project, with about 11 500 square metres of retail and commercial space, the ability for about 700 people to live in the area, about 565 employees in the area and up to about 500 000 visitors to the area each year. Overall, the 40-hectare project, taking into account the adjacent privately owned ground, including the WACA ground, which the Western Australian Cricket Association is planning to develop, is expected to attract $2.6 billion in private investment across both state and privately owned land. Of this, the government’s investment of $113 million, which, incidentally, I expect will be recouped from land sales, will generate approximately $900 million of private sector investment on state-owned land. Expressions of interest are open until 22 September. There will then be a short-listing process of proponents and a successful proponent will be appointed in mid-2011. This project is probably less well known than the Perth waterfront project and the Perth City Link project but it will be a major new development providing a whole new gateway from the eastern approach to the Perth CBD. When this project is completed, I am sure that people will very much appreciate the enormous difference that will be made in that area.
In addition to the revitalisation of the Perth Cultural Centre, which is also a very important project in its own right, a third major urban renewal project is about to get underway at the eastern end of the Perth CBD; that is, the Riverside project, under the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, in the four-hectare riverfront site just to the north west of the Causeway, between the Causeway and the WACA ground and Trinity College. It will be a major development. It is the first inner-city riverside development opportunity to be offered to the market since the Claisebrook Village project in the early 1990s. Like that project, it will bring the river into an inlet. Substantial new facilities around the inlet will be created. There will be high-quality residential, retail, commercial and hotel developments as well as new and enhanced public spaces, jetties and also a waterway to connect new buildings with the river. We expect that there will be about 400 new residential units in the project, with about 11 500 square metres of retail and commercial space, the ability for about 700 people to live in the area, about 565 employees in the area and up to about 500 000 visitors to the area each year. Overall, the 40-hectare project, taking into account the adjacent privately owned ground, including the WACA ground, which the Western Australian Cricket Association is planning to develop, is expected to attract $2.6 billion in private investment across both state and privately owned land. Of this, the government’s investment of $113 million, which, incidentally, I expect will be recouped from land sales, will generate approximately $900 million of private sector investment on state-owned land. Expressions of interest are open until 22 September. There will then be a short-listing process of proponents and a successful proponent will be appointed in mid-2011. This project is probably less well known than the Perth waterfront project and the Perth City Link project but it will be a major new development providing a whole new gateway from the eastern approach to the Perth CBD. When this project is completed, I am sure that people will very much appreciate the enormous difference that will be made in that area.
Overall, the 40-hectare project, taking into account the adjacent privately owned ground, including the WACA ground, which the Western Australian Cricket Association is planning to develop, is expected to attract $2.6 billion in private investment across both state and privately owned land. Of this, the government’s investment of $113 million, which, incidentally, I expect will be recouped from land sales, will generate approximately $900 million of private sector investment on state-owned land. Expressions of interest are open until 22 September. There will then be a short-listing process of proponents and a successful proponent will be appointed in mid-2011. This project is probably less well known than the Perth waterfront project and the Perth City Link project but it will be a major new development providing a whole new gateway from the eastern approach to the Perth CBD. When this project is completed, I am sure that people will very much appreciate the enormous difference that will be made in that area.
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