❓ Mr Cowper asks about the state government's investment in the Old Mandurah Bridge and its benefits for the Peel region. The Minister for Regional Development details the project's funding, design, and timeline, highlighting its significance for the community.
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OLD
MANDURAH BRIDGE
497. Mr M.J. COWPER to the Minister
for Regional Development:
Before I ask the question, I would like to acknowledge in the
gallery the staff and students of Balcatta Senior High School from the member
for Balcatta's electorate, and possibly more importantly the students
and teacher Mr Melkert from the beautiful Dwellingup Primary School in regional
Western Australia.
Can the minister please update the house on the state
government's investment in the Old Mandurah Bridge and how it will
benefit the people in the Peel region?
MANDURAH BRIDGE
497. Mr M.J. COWPER to the Minister
for Regional Development:
Before I ask the question, I would like to acknowledge in the
gallery the staff and students of Balcatta Senior High School from the member
for Balcatta's electorate, and possibly more importantly the students
and teacher Mr Melkert from the beautiful Dwellingup Primary School in regional
Western Australia.
Can the minister please update the house on the state
government's investment in the Old Mandurah Bridge and how it will
benefit the people in the Peel region?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for the
question. I am absolutely delighted to update the house on the announcement
that the Deputy Premier and I made recently. I am sure a big proportion of
members are very familiar with the old traffic bridge in Mandurah.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Are
you finished, Minister for Health? Are you and the member for Mandurah having a
boundary dispute?
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I
am sure that boundary dispute is coming up pretty soon, Mr Speaker.
The Old Mandurah Bridge has been an icon in the middle of
Mandurah and many community members have driven over it, walked over it, fished
off it or used it as a platform to take a photo. It is central to Mandurah, but
it is falling to bits. The traffic bridge is over 60 years old. It has weight
limits and some significant restrictions, including the gap between the bridge
and the water that means that boats of a certain size have to bypass it to get
to the estuary, and that needs to change. A community group was put together to
work out the best outcome, and it recommended a four-lane, two-way bridge with
a wide shared path for cyclists and pedestrians, a fishing platform and some
viewing areas. The full cost of the project the community wants is $58.1 million.
The state government, through our good Minister for Transport, already had
allocated $40 million under the Department of Transport and there is $3 million
from the City of Mandurah. To get to the target of $58.1 million, we required
support from royalties for regions of $8.8 million. It is really pleasing that
we have taken what would have been a good bridge to being a significantly
iconic bridge, as Mandurah deserves. I am sure the member for Mandurah will be
very, very happy with the outcome.
The Deputy Premier and I recently announced the project in
Mandurah. There was a good turnout by the local community and the local
council. It will be a fantastic new bridge that quite rightly will be a
centrepiece for Mandurah. The design and construction of the bridge will begin
in the near future.
We are down to the last three companies that have been
short-listed. The contract will be awarded around September, with construction
starting before the end of the year. What the royalties for regions program out
of the Growing our South initiative has been able to bring to it is a bridge
that is a little bit longer that will allow some open space on the western
shore for some further development. It will also have some recreational
facilities—that is, a shared path and some fishing platforms—and
it will have higher clearance, allowing bigger boats to go under it. I am
really pleased that royalties for regions is delivering a significant outcome
to regional Western Australia. This bridge is central to Mandurah, and it is a
fantastic decision by the Liberal–National government.
question. I am absolutely delighted to update the house on the announcement
that the Deputy Premier and I made recently. I am sure a big proportion of
members are very familiar with the old traffic bridge in Mandurah.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Are
you finished, Minister for Health? Are you and the member for Mandurah having a
boundary dispute?
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I
am sure that boundary dispute is coming up pretty soon, Mr Speaker.
The Old Mandurah Bridge has been an icon in the middle of
Mandurah and many community members have driven over it, walked over it, fished
off it or used it as a platform to take a photo. It is central to Mandurah, but
it is falling to bits. The traffic bridge is over 60 years old. It has weight
limits and some significant restrictions, including the gap between the bridge
and the water that means that boats of a certain size have to bypass it to get
to the estuary, and that needs to change. A community group was put together to
work out the best outcome, and it recommended a four-lane, two-way bridge with
a wide shared path for cyclists and pedestrians, a fishing platform and some
viewing areas. The full cost of the project the community wants is $58.1 million.
The state government, through our good Minister for Transport, already had
allocated $40 million under the Department of Transport and there is $3 million
from the City of Mandurah. To get to the target of $58.1 million, we required
support from royalties for regions of $8.8 million. It is really pleasing that
we have taken what would have been a good bridge to being a significantly
iconic bridge, as Mandurah deserves. I am sure the member for Mandurah will be
very, very happy with the outcome.
The Deputy Premier and I recently announced the project in
Mandurah. There was a good turnout by the local community and the local
council. It will be a fantastic new bridge that quite rightly will be a
centrepiece for Mandurah. The design and construction of the bridge will begin
in the near future.
We are down to the last three companies that have been
short-listed. The contract will be awarded around September, with construction
starting before the end of the year. What the royalties for regions program out
of the Growing our South initiative has been able to bring to it is a bridge
that is a little bit longer that will allow some open space on the western
shore for some further development. It will also have some recreational
facilities—that is, a shared path and some fishing platforms—and
it will have higher clearance, allowing bigger boats to go under it. I am
really pleased that royalties for regions is delivering a significant outcome
to regional Western Australia. This bridge is central to Mandurah, and it is a
fantastic decision by the Liberal–National government.
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