❓ Ms. Mitchell asks about the state government's project with the City of Joondalup regarding cycling infrastructure. Mr. Nalder responds with details of the Robertson Road cycleway upgrade and overall investment in cycling infrastructure.
AnsweredQoN 185Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
CYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE
185. Ms A.R. MITCHELL to the Minister for
Transport:
I thank the minister for joining me
recently at the Greenwood train station to discuss new cycling infrastructure.
Will the minister please update the house on the recent announcement of the
state government's project with the City of Joondalup?
185. Ms A.R. MITCHELL to the Minister for
Transport:
I thank the minister for joining me
recently at the Greenwood train station to discuss new cycling infrastructure.
Will the minister please update the house on the recent announcement of the
state government's project with the City of Joondalup?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Kingsley for
the question. It was a pleasure to meet with her at Greenwood station. I would
like to share with the house —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr
D.C. NALDER : Greenwood station is the busiest station in the Perth
metropolitan area when it comes to cycling to the train station.
Ms
M.M. Quirk : There are no buses.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Girrawheen, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr
D.C. NALDER : I noted the interjection about no buses and I would like to
reinforce to the member who interjected that this state government has invested
in more new bus kilometres than has any previous state government—an
extra 13 million kilometres, thanks to this government, in public transport. It
is an extra nearly half a billion dollars when we add up what has been spent on
the bus renewal program in additional kilometres. The member for Girrawheen
might like to look at the facts when she starts to question public transport
commitments. This government has committed more to public transport than she
will do in her lifetime.
Dr
A.D. Buti interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Armadale, you are now on 3.9. Shout out again and you will go looking for
Easter eggs!
Mr
D.C. NALDER : Thank you, Mr Speaker.
In October 2015 the state government
allocated $604 000 to the City of Joondalup to upgrade the Robertson Road
cycleway in Kingsley to link local residents to Greenwood station.
Ms
M.M. Quirk interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Girrawheen, enough!
Mr
D.C. NALDER : Member for Girrawheen, would you like to take me on again in a
public transport debate?
Ms
M.M. Quirk interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Girrawheen, I have called you twice. I will call you again if you do not stop.
I want the minister to answer through the Chair. Thank you.
Mr
D.C. NALDER : Certainly, Mr Speaker.
The cycleway provides Kingsley residents with a key link
between the Lake Goollelal path networks and the Mitchell Freeway principal
shared path. These upgrades will aim to increase pedestrian and cycle access to
and from the station. The upgrade project will include separate walking and
cycle paths. We are separating them to make them safer because four primary
schools link into this cyclepath. LED lighting will be upgraded to improve
safety. There will also be drinking fountains, seating furniture and other
amenities, and landscape enhancements to improve passive surveillance and
personal safety. In addition to providing the connection, the cycleway will
benefit, as I said, the four schools as well as a retirement village and a shopping
centre, which are all nearby. About half the number of all trips in cars are
less than five kilometres. The more the government can do to encourage people
to take other modes of transport, the better it will be for overall congestion
in our city. Stage 1 has commenced already and we look forward to finishing
this project in the near future. All in all, I would like to remind members of
this house that since coming to government, the WA government has invested more
than $100 million in cyclepaths. I can tell them that there is no better friend
in Western Australia for the cycling community than the Liberal–National
government of Western Australia. We have not only committed over $100 million
to our 246 kilometres of off-road shared paths and 74 kilometres of on-road
bike lanes, but also we have set aside another $75.1 million over the next four
years to continue the great investment in cycling in Western Australia.
the question. It was a pleasure to meet with her at Greenwood station. I would
like to share with the house —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr
D.C. NALDER : Greenwood station is the busiest station in the Perth
metropolitan area when it comes to cycling to the train station.
Ms
M.M. Quirk : There are no buses.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Girrawheen, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr
D.C. NALDER : I noted the interjection about no buses and I would like to
reinforce to the member who interjected that this state government has invested
in more new bus kilometres than has any previous state government—an
extra 13 million kilometres, thanks to this government, in public transport. It
is an extra nearly half a billion dollars when we add up what has been spent on
the bus renewal program in additional kilometres. The member for Girrawheen
might like to look at the facts when she starts to question public transport
commitments. This government has committed more to public transport than she
will do in her lifetime.
Dr
A.D. Buti interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Armadale, you are now on 3.9. Shout out again and you will go looking for
Easter eggs!
Mr
D.C. NALDER : Thank you, Mr Speaker.
In October 2015 the state government
allocated $604 000 to the City of Joondalup to upgrade the Robertson Road
cycleway in Kingsley to link local residents to Greenwood station.
Ms
M.M. Quirk interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Girrawheen, enough!
Mr
D.C. NALDER : Member for Girrawheen, would you like to take me on again in a
public transport debate?
Ms
M.M. Quirk interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Girrawheen, I have called you twice. I will call you again if you do not stop.
I want the minister to answer through the Chair. Thank you.
Mr
D.C. NALDER : Certainly, Mr Speaker.
The cycleway provides Kingsley residents with a key link
between the Lake Goollelal path networks and the Mitchell Freeway principal
shared path. These upgrades will aim to increase pedestrian and cycle access to
and from the station. The upgrade project will include separate walking and
cycle paths. We are separating them to make them safer because four primary
schools link into this cyclepath. LED lighting will be upgraded to improve
safety. There will also be drinking fountains, seating furniture and other
amenities, and landscape enhancements to improve passive surveillance and
personal safety. In addition to providing the connection, the cycleway will
benefit, as I said, the four schools as well as a retirement village and a shopping
centre, which are all nearby. About half the number of all trips in cars are
less than five kilometres. The more the government can do to encourage people
to take other modes of transport, the better it will be for overall congestion
in our city. Stage 1 has commenced already and we look forward to finishing
this project in the near future. All in all, I would like to remind members of
this house that since coming to government, the WA government has invested more
than $100 million in cyclepaths. I can tell them that there is no better friend
in Western Australia for the cycling community than the Liberal–National
government of Western Australia. We have not only committed over $100 million
to our 246 kilometres of off-road shared paths and 74 kilometres of on-road
bike lanes, but also we have set aside another $75.1 million over the next four
years to continue the great investment in cycling in Western Australia.
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