❓ The Minister outlines the opportunities the Perth-to-Mandurah railway brings to Perth's foreshore, focusing on the removal of the William Street traffic bridge and improved public transport. The answer highlights collaboration with the City of Perth and a shift away from car-centric planning.
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If I can make myself heard above the confederacy of charivari opposite, I will ask: will the minister advise the House what new opportunities the fast, direct Perth-to-Mandurah railway will bring to Perth’s beautiful river foreshore? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN
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I thank the member for Perth and for promoting rail, public transport and cycleways. He certainly makes a welcome contribution to this House. It helps balance the contributions of those on the other side. I was very pleased today to unveil with the Lord Mayor of the City of Perth, Peter Nattrass, a new proposal for getting even more benefit from our fast, direct rail link. Members will remember that there were two major reasons we wanted to redirect the rail down the centre of the freeway: first, it would provide a much better outcome for public transport. It was a system that would be competitive with the motor car. The second reason was the opportunities it gave us to enhance the planning for the City of Perth. In cooperation with the City of Perth, we commissioned a study that has come up with a proposal that will enable us to get rid of a legacy that was imposed on us in the 1960s; that is, the William Street traffic bridge. The William Street traffic bridge was one of a series of complex spaghetti networks that were proposed for the metropolitan planning scheme in the early 1960s when planning was dominated by traffic engineers. That was when the car was king. In our view and, I am happy to say, in the view of the City of Perth, the car is no longer king. For the years that I fought against the Perth City Council’s slogan, “Your car is as welcome as you are” - Mr M.F. Board interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They are so disappointed that the Kenwick deviation has gone right off the radar. Not even the steadfast member for Carine continues to spruik the Kenwick deviation. What we have now is the possibility - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas: You are kidding yourself. You still have not convinced us of your patronage figures. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We now have a very real and feasible prospect of removing the William Street traffic bridge and opening up the whole of the city foreshore. It is a tremendous opportunity. Today we released this proposal for public consultation. If we go forward with this plan, we will be able to move the William Street station slightly west of William Street rather than keep it under the road. That means that we would have a station of much higher quality, with natural light and ventilation and better pedestrian access. I know that members will be pleased to hear that we have been able to work in such a constructive partnership with the City of Perth to develop the prospect of an even greater outcome from the New MetroRail project.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for Perth and for promoting rail, public transport and cycleways. He certainly makes a welcome contribution to this House. It helps balance the contributions of those on the other side. I was very pleased today to unveil with the Lord Mayor of the City of Perth, Peter Nattrass, a new proposal for getting even more benefit from our fast, direct rail link. Members will remember that there were two major reasons we wanted to redirect the rail down the centre of the freeway: first, it would provide a much better outcome for public transport. It was a system that would be competitive with the motor car. The second reason was the opportunities it gave us to enhance the planning for the City of Perth. In cooperation with the City of Perth, we commissioned a study that has come up with a proposal that will enable us to get rid of a legacy that was imposed on us in the 1960s; that is, the William Street traffic bridge. The William Street traffic bridge was one of a series of complex spaghetti networks that were proposed for the metropolitan planning scheme in the early 1960s when planning was dominated by traffic engineers. That was when the car was king. In our view and, I am happy to say, in the view of the City of Perth, the car is no longer king. For the years that I fought against the Perth City Council’s slogan, “Your car is as welcome as you are” - Mr M.F. Board interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They are so disappointed that the Kenwick deviation has gone right off the radar. Not even the steadfast member for Carine continues to spruik the Kenwick deviation. What we have now is the possibility - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas: You are kidding yourself. You still have not convinced us of your patronage figures. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We now have a very real and feasible prospect of removing the William Street traffic bridge and opening up the whole of the city foreshore. It is a tremendous opportunity. Today we released this proposal for public consultation. If we go forward with this plan, we will be able to move the William Street station slightly west of William Street rather than keep it under the road. That means that we would have a station of much higher quality, with natural light and ventilation and better pedestrian access. I know that members will be pleased to hear that we have been able to work in such a constructive partnership with the City of Perth to develop the prospect of an even greater outcome from the New MetroRail project.
I thank the member for Perth and for promoting rail, public transport and cycleways. He certainly makes a welcome contribution to this House. It helps balance the contributions of those on the other side. I was very pleased today to unveil with the Lord Mayor of the City of Perth, Peter Nattrass, a new proposal for getting even more benefit from our fast, direct rail link. Members will remember that there were two major reasons we wanted to redirect the rail down the centre of the freeway: first, it would provide a much better outcome for public transport. It was a system that would be competitive with the motor car. The second reason was the opportunities it gave us to enhance the planning for the City of Perth. In cooperation with the City of Perth, we commissioned a study that has come up with a proposal that will enable us to get rid of a legacy that was imposed on us in the 1960s; that is, the William Street traffic bridge. The William Street traffic bridge was one of a series of complex spaghetti networks that were proposed for the metropolitan planning scheme in the early 1960s when planning was dominated by traffic engineers. That was when the car was king. In our view and, I am happy to say, in the view of the City of Perth, the car is no longer king. For the years that I fought against the Perth City Council’s slogan, “Your car is as welcome as you are” - Mr M.F. Board interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They are so disappointed that the Kenwick deviation has gone right off the radar. Not even the steadfast member for Carine continues to spruik the Kenwick deviation. What we have now is the possibility - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas: You are kidding yourself. You still have not convinced us of your patronage figures. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We now have a very real and feasible prospect of removing the William Street traffic bridge and opening up the whole of the city foreshore. It is a tremendous opportunity. Today we released this proposal for public consultation. If we go forward with this plan, we will be able to move the William Street station slightly west of William Street rather than keep it under the road. That means that we would have a station of much higher quality, with natural light and ventilation and better pedestrian access. I know that members will be pleased to hear that we have been able to work in such a constructive partnership with the City of Perth to develop the prospect of an even greater outcome from the New MetroRail project.
Mr M.F. Board interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They are so disappointed that the Kenwick deviation has gone right off the radar. Not even the steadfast member for Carine continues to spruik the Kenwick deviation. What we have now is the possibility - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas: You are kidding yourself. You still have not convinced us of your patronage figures. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We now have a very real and feasible prospect of removing the William Street traffic bridge and opening up the whole of the city foreshore. It is a tremendous opportunity. Today we released this proposal for public consultation. If we go forward with this plan, we will be able to move the William Street station slightly west of William Street rather than keep it under the road. That means that we would have a station of much higher quality, with natural light and ventilation and better pedestrian access. I know that members will be pleased to hear that we have been able to work in such a constructive partnership with the City of Perth to develop the prospect of an even greater outcome from the New MetroRail project.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They are so disappointed that the Kenwick deviation has gone right off the radar. Not even the steadfast member for Carine continues to spruik the Kenwick deviation. What we have now is the possibility - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas: You are kidding yourself. You still have not convinced us of your patronage figures. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We now have a very real and feasible prospect of removing the William Street traffic bridge and opening up the whole of the city foreshore. It is a tremendous opportunity. Today we released this proposal for public consultation. If we go forward with this plan, we will be able to move the William Street station slightly west of William Street rather than keep it under the road. That means that we would have a station of much higher quality, with natural light and ventilation and better pedestrian access. I know that members will be pleased to hear that we have been able to work in such a constructive partnership with the City of Perth to develop the prospect of an even greater outcome from the New MetroRail project.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas: You are kidding yourself. You still have not convinced us of your patronage figures. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We now have a very real and feasible prospect of removing the William Street traffic bridge and opening up the whole of the city foreshore. It is a tremendous opportunity. Today we released this proposal for public consultation. If we go forward with this plan, we will be able to move the William Street station slightly west of William Street rather than keep it under the road. That means that we would have a station of much higher quality, with natural light and ventilation and better pedestrian access. I know that members will be pleased to hear that we have been able to work in such a constructive partnership with the City of Perth to develop the prospect of an even greater outcome from the New MetroRail project.
The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We now have a very real and feasible prospect of removing the William Street traffic bridge and opening up the whole of the city foreshore. It is a tremendous opportunity. Today we released this proposal for public consultation. If we go forward with this plan, we will be able to move the William Street station slightly west of William Street rather than keep it under the road. That means that we would have a station of much higher quality, with natural light and ventilation and better pedestrian access. I know that members will be pleased to hear that we have been able to work in such a constructive partnership with the City of Perth to develop the prospect of an even greater outcome from the New MetroRail project.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We now have a very real and feasible prospect of removing the William Street traffic bridge and opening up the whole of the city foreshore. It is a tremendous opportunity. Today we released this proposal for public consultation. If we go forward with this plan, we will be able to move the William Street station slightly west of William Street rather than keep it under the road. That means that we would have a station of much higher quality, with natural light and ventilation and better pedestrian access. I know that members will be pleased to hear that we have been able to work in such a constructive partnership with the City of Perth to develop the prospect of an even greater outcome from the New MetroRail project.
I know that members will be pleased to hear that we have been able to work in such a constructive partnership with the City of Perth to develop the prospect of an even greater outcome from the New MetroRail project.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for Perth and for promoting rail, public transport and cycleways. He certainly makes a welcome contribution to this House. It helps balance the contributions of those on the other side. I was very pleased today to unveil with the Lord Mayor of the City of Perth, Peter Nattrass, a new proposal for getting even more benefit from our fast, direct rail link. Members will remember that there were two major reasons we wanted to redirect the rail down the centre of the freeway: first, it would provide a much better outcome for public transport. It was a system that would be competitive with the motor car. The second reason was the opportunities it gave us to enhance the planning for the City of Perth. In cooperation with the City of Perth, we commissioned a study that has come up with a proposal that will enable us to get rid of a legacy that was imposed on us in the 1960s; that is, the William Street traffic bridge. The William Street traffic bridge was one of a series of complex spaghetti networks that were proposed for the metropolitan planning scheme in the early 1960s when planning was dominated by traffic engineers. That was when the car was king. In our view and, I am happy to say, in the view of the City of Perth, the car is no longer king. For the years that I fought against the Perth City Council’s slogan, “Your car is as welcome as you are” - Mr M.F. Board interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They are so disappointed that the Kenwick deviation has gone right off the radar. Not even the steadfast member for Carine continues to spruik the Kenwick deviation. What we have now is the possibility - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas: You are kidding yourself. You still have not convinced us of your patronage figures. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We now have a very real and feasible prospect of removing the William Street traffic bridge and opening up the whole of the city foreshore. It is a tremendous opportunity. Today we released this proposal for public consultation. If we go forward with this plan, we will be able to move the William Street station slightly west of William Street rather than keep it under the road. That means that we would have a station of much higher quality, with natural light and ventilation and better pedestrian access. I know that members will be pleased to hear that we have been able to work in such a constructive partnership with the City of Perth to develop the prospect of an even greater outcome from the New MetroRail project.
I thank the member for Perth and for promoting rail, public transport and cycleways. He certainly makes a welcome contribution to this House. It helps balance the contributions of those on the other side. I was very pleased today to unveil with the Lord Mayor of the City of Perth, Peter Nattrass, a new proposal for getting even more benefit from our fast, direct rail link. Members will remember that there were two major reasons we wanted to redirect the rail down the centre of the freeway: first, it would provide a much better outcome for public transport. It was a system that would be competitive with the motor car. The second reason was the opportunities it gave us to enhance the planning for the City of Perth. In cooperation with the City of Perth, we commissioned a study that has come up with a proposal that will enable us to get rid of a legacy that was imposed on us in the 1960s; that is, the William Street traffic bridge. The William Street traffic bridge was one of a series of complex spaghetti networks that were proposed for the metropolitan planning scheme in the early 1960s when planning was dominated by traffic engineers. That was when the car was king. In our view and, I am happy to say, in the view of the City of Perth, the car is no longer king. For the years that I fought against the Perth City Council’s slogan, “Your car is as welcome as you are” - Mr M.F. Board interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They are so disappointed that the Kenwick deviation has gone right off the radar. Not even the steadfast member for Carine continues to spruik the Kenwick deviation. What we have now is the possibility - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas: You are kidding yourself. You still have not convinced us of your patronage figures. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We now have a very real and feasible prospect of removing the William Street traffic bridge and opening up the whole of the city foreshore. It is a tremendous opportunity. Today we released this proposal for public consultation. If we go forward with this plan, we will be able to move the William Street station slightly west of William Street rather than keep it under the road. That means that we would have a station of much higher quality, with natural light and ventilation and better pedestrian access. I know that members will be pleased to hear that we have been able to work in such a constructive partnership with the City of Perth to develop the prospect of an even greater outcome from the New MetroRail project.
Mr M.F. Board interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They are so disappointed that the Kenwick deviation has gone right off the radar. Not even the steadfast member for Carine continues to spruik the Kenwick deviation. What we have now is the possibility - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas: You are kidding yourself. You still have not convinced us of your patronage figures. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We now have a very real and feasible prospect of removing the William Street traffic bridge and opening up the whole of the city foreshore. It is a tremendous opportunity. Today we released this proposal for public consultation. If we go forward with this plan, we will be able to move the William Street station slightly west of William Street rather than keep it under the road. That means that we would have a station of much higher quality, with natural light and ventilation and better pedestrian access. I know that members will be pleased to hear that we have been able to work in such a constructive partnership with the City of Perth to develop the prospect of an even greater outcome from the New MetroRail project.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: They are so disappointed that the Kenwick deviation has gone right off the radar. Not even the steadfast member for Carine continues to spruik the Kenwick deviation. What we have now is the possibility - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas: You are kidding yourself. You still have not convinced us of your patronage figures. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We now have a very real and feasible prospect of removing the William Street traffic bridge and opening up the whole of the city foreshore. It is a tremendous opportunity. Today we released this proposal for public consultation. If we go forward with this plan, we will be able to move the William Street station slightly west of William Street rather than keep it under the road. That means that we would have a station of much higher quality, with natural light and ventilation and better pedestrian access. I know that members will be pleased to hear that we have been able to work in such a constructive partnership with the City of Perth to develop the prospect of an even greater outcome from the New MetroRail project.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas: You are kidding yourself. You still have not convinced us of your patronage figures. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We now have a very real and feasible prospect of removing the William Street traffic bridge and opening up the whole of the city foreshore. It is a tremendous opportunity. Today we released this proposal for public consultation. If we go forward with this plan, we will be able to move the William Street station slightly west of William Street rather than keep it under the road. That means that we would have a station of much higher quality, with natural light and ventilation and better pedestrian access. I know that members will be pleased to hear that we have been able to work in such a constructive partnership with the City of Perth to develop the prospect of an even greater outcome from the New MetroRail project.
The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We now have a very real and feasible prospect of removing the William Street traffic bridge and opening up the whole of the city foreshore. It is a tremendous opportunity. Today we released this proposal for public consultation. If we go forward with this plan, we will be able to move the William Street station slightly west of William Street rather than keep it under the road. That means that we would have a station of much higher quality, with natural light and ventilation and better pedestrian access. I know that members will be pleased to hear that we have been able to work in such a constructive partnership with the City of Perth to develop the prospect of an even greater outcome from the New MetroRail project.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We now have a very real and feasible prospect of removing the William Street traffic bridge and opening up the whole of the city foreshore. It is a tremendous opportunity. Today we released this proposal for public consultation. If we go forward with this plan, we will be able to move the William Street station slightly west of William Street rather than keep it under the road. That means that we would have a station of much higher quality, with natural light and ventilation and better pedestrian access. I know that members will be pleased to hear that we have been able to work in such a constructive partnership with the City of Perth to develop the prospect of an even greater outcome from the New MetroRail project.
I know that members will be pleased to hear that we have been able to work in such a constructive partnership with the City of Perth to develop the prospect of an even greater outcome from the New MetroRail project.
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