❓ Question regarding the Armadale Road–North Lake Road bridge project and its impact on congestion and infrastructure in the southern suburbs, highlighting the current government's investment compared to the previous one. The Minister's answer details the project's benefits and lists other infrastructure projects underway.
AnsweredQoN 1127Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
ARMADALE ROAD–NORTH
LAKE ROAD BRIDGE
1127. Mr Y. MUBARAKAI to the Minister for Transport:
I
refer to the McGowan Labor government's record investment in
job-creating road projects such as the $237 million Armadale Road–North
Lake Road bridge, which the previous Liberal–National government failed
to deliver in eight and a half years.
(1) Can the
minister outline to the house how this project will improve congestion on roads
throughout the southern suburbs?
(2) Can the
minister advise the house how this project builds on this government's
record of delivering key transport infrastructure across the southern suburbs?
LAKE ROAD BRIDGE
1127. Mr Y. MUBARAKAI to the Minister for Transport:
I
refer to the McGowan Labor government's record investment in
job-creating road projects such as the $237 million Armadale Road–North
Lake Road bridge, which the previous Liberal–National government failed
to deliver in eight and a half years.
(1) Can the
minister outline to the house how this project will improve congestion on roads
throughout the southern suburbs?
(2) Can the
minister advise the house how this project builds on this government's
record of delivering key transport infrastructure across the southern suburbs?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the
member for Jandakot for that question. It is a fantastic question today.
(1)–(2) We
have been out in Jandakot, and Cockburn, quite a bit recently for this project,
have we not? Of course, there is the feasibility study for the wave park and
the biggest issue to confront Western Australia: what will replace those faces
on the Cockburn station tower? We have had a lot of excitement around Cockburn
and Jandakot.
Several members
interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Members!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : This project
is one of the best. As the member has outlined, the previous government ignored
it for eight and a half years—the new Armadale–North Lake
bridge. It will reduce congestion through Cockburn and reduce congestion on the
freeway. It will make sure that people in those eastern suburbs such as Piara
Waters and Harrisdale will have better access to Cockburn and across the east–west
corridor. It is a great job and a great project. It will see thousands of
vehicles taken off the existing interchange. It will also create thousands of
jobs, which is very, very important throughout that area.
Of course, as the member has
outlined, this project is one of many being delivered to the southern suburbs.
This government has undertaken an
unprecedented level of activity on road-building across the state. Wherever
people go , they can see the work
happening right now. Let us go through it. As the member has said, around the
southern suburbs we have the new Armadale Road–North Lake Road
bridge happening now; the Karel Avenue upgrade happening now; the Kwinana
Freeway northbound widening happening now; the Murdoch Drive connection
happening now; the Smart Freeway project happening now; the Kwinana Freeway
southbound on-road to Manning Road, otherwise known as the ''Johnny
McGrath connection'', happening now; the Mitchell Freeway southbound
widening from Cedric Street to Vincent Street happening now; and the Mitchell
Freeway northbound widening from Hutton Street to Cedric Street happening now. There are projects all over the
metropolitan area. I will move to the northern suburbs and in a minute to the eastern suburbs. Of course,
the member for Pilbara highlighted the Karratha–Tom Price road ,
which is happening now. There are projects around the state. Of course, we
cannot forget the Albany ring-road and all those other projects in the great
southern happening now.
We
have seen over 38 contracts worth over $5 billion entered into by this
government in this time compared with 14 in the government's
first three years. That is a record investment. I think we need to keep moving.
We will go into the eastern suburbs and look at the Reid Highway duplication
happening now. We have Wanneroo Road—those two overpasses, the ones the
opposition wanted to stop—happening now. I turn to regional WA, with
projects completed on the Great Northern Highway. There is record investment
across the state, and of course there is so much more to come, with the
announcement of the Yanchep rail line and very soon some further announcements
about the Thornlie–Cockburn and other major rail projects. This is a great
time for infrastructure in WA. We are delivering and addressing the issues that
the Liberal Party ignored for eight and a half years.
Mr R.R. Whitby : The do-nothing
Liberals!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : It was the
do-nothing Liberal government. They were the do-nothing Liberals!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : We could hear
the mocking when the member for Jandakot asked the question about Armadale Road
and North Lake Road. The Liberal government did not think it was a priority; it
did not like it.
Mr W.J. Johnston : They still
do not.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The Liberal
Party still does not understand the congestion around that freeway. Its members stand up and talk about the southern suburbs,
but they would not know them if they smashed these members of the Liberal
Party in the head. We can just tell how they hate the infrastructure that we
are delivering around the place; they hate it. The member for Darling Range
pretty much summarises how much she hates the infrastructure we are delivering,
because projects such as the Denny Avenue level crossing removal, which the
former government did not deliver for eight and a half years but which we are
delivering, irk her so much that she wrote to the Electoral Commission saying, ''Take
Kelmscott out of my electorate''! The Liberal Party knows that it cannot
match Labor when it is about delivering infrastructure in the suburbs.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
member for Jandakot for that question. It is a fantastic question today.
(1)–(2) We
have been out in Jandakot, and Cockburn, quite a bit recently for this project,
have we not? Of course, there is the feasibility study for the wave park and
the biggest issue to confront Western Australia: what will replace those faces
on the Cockburn station tower? We have had a lot of excitement around Cockburn
and Jandakot.
Several members
interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Members!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : This project
is one of the best. As the member has outlined, the previous government ignored
it for eight and a half years—the new Armadale–North Lake
bridge. It will reduce congestion through Cockburn and reduce congestion on the
freeway. It will make sure that people in those eastern suburbs such as Piara
Waters and Harrisdale will have better access to Cockburn and across the east–west
corridor. It is a great job and a great project. It will see thousands of
vehicles taken off the existing interchange. It will also create thousands of
jobs, which is very, very important throughout that area.
Of course, as the member has
outlined, this project is one of many being delivered to the southern suburbs.
This government has undertaken an
unprecedented level of activity on road-building across the state. Wherever
people go , they can see the work
happening right now. Let us go through it. As the member has said, around the
southern suburbs we have the new Armadale Road–North Lake Road
bridge happening now; the Karel Avenue upgrade happening now; the Kwinana
Freeway northbound widening happening now; the Murdoch Drive connection
happening now; the Smart Freeway project happening now; the Kwinana Freeway
southbound on-road to Manning Road, otherwise known as the ''Johnny
McGrath connection'', happening now; the Mitchell Freeway southbound
widening from Cedric Street to Vincent Street happening now; and the Mitchell
Freeway northbound widening from Hutton Street to Cedric Street happening now. There are projects all over the
metropolitan area. I will move to the northern suburbs and in a minute to the eastern suburbs. Of course,
the member for Pilbara highlighted the Karratha–Tom Price road ,
which is happening now. There are projects around the state. Of course, we
cannot forget the Albany ring-road and all those other projects in the great
southern happening now.
We
have seen over 38 contracts worth over $5 billion entered into by this
government in this time compared with 14 in the government's
first three years. That is a record investment. I think we need to keep moving.
We will go into the eastern suburbs and look at the Reid Highway duplication
happening now. We have Wanneroo Road—those two overpasses, the ones the
opposition wanted to stop—happening now. I turn to regional WA, with
projects completed on the Great Northern Highway. There is record investment
across the state, and of course there is so much more to come, with the
announcement of the Yanchep rail line and very soon some further announcements
about the Thornlie–Cockburn and other major rail projects. This is a great
time for infrastructure in WA. We are delivering and addressing the issues that
the Liberal Party ignored for eight and a half years.
Mr R.R. Whitby : The do-nothing
Liberals!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : It was the
do-nothing Liberal government. They were the do-nothing Liberals!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : We could hear
the mocking when the member for Jandakot asked the question about Armadale Road
and North Lake Road. The Liberal government did not think it was a priority; it
did not like it.
Mr W.J. Johnston : They still
do not.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The Liberal
Party still does not understand the congestion around that freeway. Its members stand up and talk about the southern suburbs,
but they would not know them if they smashed these members of the Liberal
Party in the head. We can just tell how they hate the infrastructure that we
are delivering around the place; they hate it. The member for Darling Range
pretty much summarises how much she hates the infrastructure we are delivering,
because projects such as the Denny Avenue level crossing removal, which the
former government did not deliver for eight and a half years but which we are
delivering, irk her so much that she wrote to the Electoral Commission saying, ''Take
Kelmscott out of my electorate''! The Liberal Party knows that it cannot
match Labor when it is about delivering infrastructure in the suburbs.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
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