❓ Question regarding public transport planning for the new Perth Stadium at Burswood, focusing on moving large crowds efficiently. The Minister outlines a three-pronged strategy involving rail upgrades, a dedicated busport, and utilising existing parking in East Perth.
AnsweredQoN 20Legislative Assembly
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PERTH
MAJOR SPORTS STADIUM — BURSWOOD PENINSULA SITE — PUBLIC
TRANSPORT
20. Mrs L.M. HARVEY to the Minister for Transport:
I have just heard detailed in the
house some of the work being undertaken by the government to build the new
stadium at Burswood. Can the minister please outline the challenges facing us
as we look towards planning for the public transport needs of the 60 000 or so
visitors to the stadium and how we can move them in and out of Burswood in
comfort and convenience?
MAJOR SPORTS STADIUM — BURSWOOD PENINSULA SITE — PUBLIC
TRANSPORT
20. Mrs L.M. HARVEY to the Minister for Transport:
I have just heard detailed in the
house some of the work being undertaken by the government to build the new
stadium at Burswood. Can the minister please outline the challenges facing us
as we look towards planning for the public transport needs of the 60 000 or so
visitors to the stadium and how we can move them in and out of Burswood in
comfort and convenience?
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I most certainly can, member for
Scarborough, and thank you for that question.
Mr
M.P. Murray interjected.
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : Obviously, buses will be involved, member for Collie–Preston,
funnily enough.
The new stadium with its initial capacity of about 60 000
people will present significant transport challenges. The agencies I am
responsible for—the Public Transport Authority, Main Roads Western
Australia and the Department of Transport—I am pleased to say have been
involved with the project since day one because clearly moving 60 000 people in
and out of the stadium is paramount to the visitor or the fan experience that
the Minister for Sport and Recreation reflected on.
There are really three components to the strategy. One is in
relation to rail, and we will be developing an upgraded railway station at
Belmont. That railway station, on current plans, will have two island platforms
in the middle with two, I think they are called, marginal platforms on the
outside of the station. That combined with the capacity to bank trains up on
the Armadale line should mean that within one hour after the siren sounds on
another West Coast Eagles victory about 35 500 people will be moved by train
from the Burswood station. That is a very, very good outcome. I should also
point out that from Burswood there will be direct services through to
Joondalup, direct services to Armadale and direct services to Fremantle.
Passengers to Midland and Mandurah will have to transfer at the city station,
but with the work we are doing with the new undergrounding at the city station,
there will be an underground walkway from the city station through to the
Mandurah platform, so it will be a great experience for people visiting.
Mr
A.P. O'Gorman : Are you saying from Belmont to Joondalup without a
train change?
Mr T.R. BUSWELL :
Correct; that is what I am saying, whereas at the moment from Subiaco, people
either travel into the city and hop onto the Joondalup train or they walk
across to the Leederville station to take the train north after another West
Coast Eagles victory!
The second component will be the construction of a dedicated
busport. Buses will play an important part in moving passengers away from the
stadium. We estimate we will have to make up to 240 event buses available; 240 event
buses in an hour will move nearly 15 000 people from that stadium. About 100 to
120 of those bus movements will be into the city; about 120 to 140 will be to
other areas around the metropolitan area. Combined train and bus, that is 50 000
people in and out being moved from the stadium.
The third prong to the strategy is of course parking. There
is an estimated 4 000 parking bays in East Perth within a two-kilometre radius
of the station. The pedestrian crossing will activate those 4 000 bays so it
means that not only will people actually be able to park reasonably close to
the football, which at the moment is somewhat of a challenge, but also it will
activate that East Perth precinct after the game in a way that will transform,
I think, that East Perth precinct, where the member for Midland lives, after
football matches. It is a three-pronged strategy.
Mr J.N. Hyde interjected.
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : Member for Perth, they are already car parks. If the member
had had his ears turned on, he would have understood that we are activating existing car parking
bays. That is the story at Burswood and I think that it is a great story. It
says to 60 000 people that if they plan well, they will be out of the stadium
within an hour and well on their way home, if not already home.
Let us compare it to the outcome at Subiaco Oval. It is very
important for everybody to understand the opposition's approach to this
stadium—that is, no stadium in Perth this decade, which means people
will be stuck at Subiaco where it is very difficult to get to the game and very
difficult to get away. Anybody who attends football matches at Subi when the
Eagles are playing and the stadium is full, as I do, would understand that
getting there on the train and particularly getting away on the train is
difficult. Trying to get on the bus is almost a death-defying experience. As
for driving, people may as well park at home and walk. If the member wants to
put 20 000 extra people in Subi —
Mr
C.J. Barnett : The member for Cockburn could!
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : Yes, the member for Cockburn is within two kilometres of
Subiaco Oval. He commutes between Swanbourne and the Boatshed and the other
part of his triangle of influence—Subiaco Oval. He has a triangle of
influence down there as he buys his Beluga caviar on the way home to read his
Marx manuscript!
As I was about to say, there are two
clear strategies—to build a stadium at Burswood by 2018 and, funnily
enough, to be able to get there and get away, or to not have a stadium until
the next decade at Subiaco Oval where people will have to wait and to which
people will never be able to get.
Scarborough, and thank you for that question.
Mr
M.P. Murray interjected.
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : Obviously, buses will be involved, member for Collie–Preston,
funnily enough.
The new stadium with its initial capacity of about 60 000
people will present significant transport challenges. The agencies I am
responsible for—the Public Transport Authority, Main Roads Western
Australia and the Department of Transport—I am pleased to say have been
involved with the project since day one because clearly moving 60 000 people in
and out of the stadium is paramount to the visitor or the fan experience that
the Minister for Sport and Recreation reflected on.
There are really three components to the strategy. One is in
relation to rail, and we will be developing an upgraded railway station at
Belmont. That railway station, on current plans, will have two island platforms
in the middle with two, I think they are called, marginal platforms on the
outside of the station. That combined with the capacity to bank trains up on
the Armadale line should mean that within one hour after the siren sounds on
another West Coast Eagles victory about 35 500 people will be moved by train
from the Burswood station. That is a very, very good outcome. I should also
point out that from Burswood there will be direct services through to
Joondalup, direct services to Armadale and direct services to Fremantle.
Passengers to Midland and Mandurah will have to transfer at the city station,
but with the work we are doing with the new undergrounding at the city station,
there will be an underground walkway from the city station through to the
Mandurah platform, so it will be a great experience for people visiting.
Mr
A.P. O'Gorman : Are you saying from Belmont to Joondalup without a
train change?
Mr T.R. BUSWELL :
Correct; that is what I am saying, whereas at the moment from Subiaco, people
either travel into the city and hop onto the Joondalup train or they walk
across to the Leederville station to take the train north after another West
Coast Eagles victory!
The second component will be the construction of a dedicated
busport. Buses will play an important part in moving passengers away from the
stadium. We estimate we will have to make up to 240 event buses available; 240 event
buses in an hour will move nearly 15 000 people from that stadium. About 100 to
120 of those bus movements will be into the city; about 120 to 140 will be to
other areas around the metropolitan area. Combined train and bus, that is 50 000
people in and out being moved from the stadium.
The third prong to the strategy is of course parking. There
is an estimated 4 000 parking bays in East Perth within a two-kilometre radius
of the station. The pedestrian crossing will activate those 4 000 bays so it
means that not only will people actually be able to park reasonably close to
the football, which at the moment is somewhat of a challenge, but also it will
activate that East Perth precinct after the game in a way that will transform,
I think, that East Perth precinct, where the member for Midland lives, after
football matches. It is a three-pronged strategy.
Mr J.N. Hyde interjected.
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : Member for Perth, they are already car parks. If the member
had had his ears turned on, he would have understood that we are activating existing car parking
bays. That is the story at Burswood and I think that it is a great story. It
says to 60 000 people that if they plan well, they will be out of the stadium
within an hour and well on their way home, if not already home.
Let us compare it to the outcome at Subiaco Oval. It is very
important for everybody to understand the opposition's approach to this
stadium—that is, no stadium in Perth this decade, which means people
will be stuck at Subiaco where it is very difficult to get to the game and very
difficult to get away. Anybody who attends football matches at Subi when the
Eagles are playing and the stadium is full, as I do, would understand that
getting there on the train and particularly getting away on the train is
difficult. Trying to get on the bus is almost a death-defying experience. As
for driving, people may as well park at home and walk. If the member wants to
put 20 000 extra people in Subi —
Mr
C.J. Barnett : The member for Cockburn could!
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : Yes, the member for Cockburn is within two kilometres of
Subiaco Oval. He commutes between Swanbourne and the Boatshed and the other
part of his triangle of influence—Subiaco Oval. He has a triangle of
influence down there as he buys his Beluga caviar on the way home to read his
Marx manuscript!
As I was about to say, there are two
clear strategies—to build a stadium at Burswood by 2018 and, funnily
enough, to be able to get there and get away, or to not have a stadium until
the next decade at Subiaco Oval where people will have to wait and to which
people will never be able to get.
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