❓ The Minister for Transport provides an update on the Metronet Bayswater train station project, highlighting job creation, improved public transport, and the removal of the accident-prone Bayswater bridge.
AnsweredQoN 108Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
BAYSWATER TRAIN STATION
108. Mr S.A. MILLMAN to the Minister for Transport:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's record investment in job-creating transport
infrastructure.
(1) Can the
minister update the house on the work underway to deliver the new Metronet
Bayswater train station and outline how this project is supporting local jobs?
(2) Can the
minister outline to the house what this project will mean for not only public
transport users, but also truck drivers travelling through the area?
108. Mr S.A. MILLMAN to the Minister for Transport:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's record investment in job-creating transport
infrastructure.
(1) Can the
minister update the house on the work underway to deliver the new Metronet
Bayswater train station and outline how this project is supporting local jobs?
(2) Can the
minister outline to the house what this project will mean for not only public
transport users, but also truck drivers travelling through the area?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for that
question.
(1)–(2) On the weekend, I was able to visit another
significant site where we are delivering our record infrastructure program. The Bayswater station project is well underway, members. This will be
the new key junction for the Midland line,
the airport line and also the Ellenbrook rail line. It will have a new
four-platform layout . The station will be able to accommodate six-car
sets. There will be new retail opportunities, two new entrances, an elevated principal shared path, two escalators and new
amenities at the station. The significant work is there to see. Fluted
pillars are now in place. Two beams have been installed —
Mr R.H. Cook :
Fluted?
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Fluted
pillars. Two beams have been installed and another 24 beams will be installed
over the next few months, and that is just for the southern section. For the
northern section, another 26 beams and pillars will be put in place. There are
over 350 jobs delivering our new Bayswater train station.
Of course, one of the things that
will be disappearing as part of this project will be the Bayswater bridge. The
very famous Bayswater bridge has its own
website, is regularly featured in The Bell Tower Times and also, as I understand it, has a band named after it. Many trucks
have, unfortunately, crashed into that bridge over many years, and one of the reasons has been the clearance, which is only 3.8 metres. The clearance for
our new Bayswater bridge will be 4.8 metres—well above that. So we hope
no more trucks will crash into that bridge.
It was a bit of an unusual decision,
but we invited people's views on how we should celebrate the departure
of the Bayswater bridge. People were pretty excited about contributing their
ideas. As of today, over 250 submissions have been received on our website. I am
of the opinion that there could be an iconic Western Australian coffee table
book, a short video montage, a festival —
Mr D.A. Templeman : There
should be an opera!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : — an
opera or some mime! Of course, there is also the option of breaking it up and
selling it off for charity. That is another possibility. We will entertain all
ideas, because this is the departure of a significant Western Australian icon.
A member interjected.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Let us hope
the member does not! It could upset our program of works.
We
know that it has had its own cult following. It will be a sad but also a very
happy day for all the truckies who, unfortunately, have hit that bridge
over many years. It will be a safer area, with, of course, a brand new
Bayswater station.
question.
(1)–(2) On the weekend, I was able to visit another
significant site where we are delivering our record infrastructure program. The Bayswater station project is well underway, members. This will be
the new key junction for the Midland line,
the airport line and also the Ellenbrook rail line. It will have a new
four-platform layout . The station will be able to accommodate six-car
sets. There will be new retail opportunities, two new entrances, an elevated principal shared path, two escalators and new
amenities at the station. The significant work is there to see. Fluted
pillars are now in place. Two beams have been installed —
Mr R.H. Cook :
Fluted?
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Fluted
pillars. Two beams have been installed and another 24 beams will be installed
over the next few months, and that is just for the southern section. For the
northern section, another 26 beams and pillars will be put in place. There are
over 350 jobs delivering our new Bayswater train station.
Of course, one of the things that
will be disappearing as part of this project will be the Bayswater bridge. The
very famous Bayswater bridge has its own
website, is regularly featured in The Bell Tower Times and also, as I understand it, has a band named after it. Many trucks
have, unfortunately, crashed into that bridge over many years, and one of the reasons has been the clearance, which is only 3.8 metres. The clearance for
our new Bayswater bridge will be 4.8 metres—well above that. So we hope
no more trucks will crash into that bridge.
It was a bit of an unusual decision,
but we invited people's views on how we should celebrate the departure
of the Bayswater bridge. People were pretty excited about contributing their
ideas. As of today, over 250 submissions have been received on our website. I am
of the opinion that there could be an iconic Western Australian coffee table
book, a short video montage, a festival —
Mr D.A. Templeman : There
should be an opera!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : — an
opera or some mime! Of course, there is also the option of breaking it up and
selling it off for charity. That is another possibility. We will entertain all
ideas, because this is the departure of a significant Western Australian icon.
A member interjected.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Let us hope
the member does not! It could upset our program of works.
We
know that it has had its own cult following. It will be a sad but also a very
happy day for all the truckies who, unfortunately, have hit that bridge
over many years. It will be a safer area, with, of course, a brand new
Bayswater station.
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