❓ Ms. Saffioti questions the Minister for Transport about the prioritisation of grade separations at Wanneroo Road intersections. The Minister avoids a direct answer, highlighting other transport projects in the northern suburbs.
AnsweredQoN 369Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
TRANSPORT PROJECTS — GRADE SEPARATIONS —
NORTHERN SUBURBS
369. Ms R. SAFFIOTI to the Minister for
Transport:
I refer to traffic congestion in the
northern suburbs and the need to grade separate the intersections of Wanneroo Road
and Ocean Reef Road, and Joondalup Drive and Wanneroo Road. Does the minister
still maintain, as he did last year, that these grade separations are not
needed until post-2031?
NORTHERN SUBURBS
369. Ms R. SAFFIOTI to the Minister for
Transport:
I refer to traffic congestion in the
northern suburbs and the need to grade separate the intersections of Wanneroo Road
and Ocean Reef Road, and Joondalup Drive and Wanneroo Road. Does the minister
still maintain, as he did last year, that these grade separations are not
needed until post-2031?
AnswerView source ↗
I would like to thank the member for
West Swan for raising the issue of infrastructure works occurring across Western
Australian roads because we have long talked about the fact that Perth started
to grow rapidly in 2003 under the previous Labor government when nothing was
done to our roads. When the Liberal–National government came into being
—
Ms
R. Saffioti interjected.
The
SPEAKER : That was a very specific question about overpasses on these roads,
so please deal with it.
Mr
D.C. NALDER : Mr Speaker, I am giving a specific answer so if you will just
bear with me for two minutes —
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Just deal with the traffic congestion in the northern suburbs and
deal with this question.
Mr
D.C. NALDER : The government has undertaken a massive amount of work to
reduce congestion in the northern suburbs. People in the northern suburbs
believe that the Mitchell Freeway extension through to Hester Avenue is a fantastic
piece of infrastructure, which was seen as a priority over the junctions the
member for West Swan asked about.
Point of Order
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : I asked about
two specific intersections. The government has a policy on this. Is it still
the government's policy that these intersections do not require grade
separations until post-2031?
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr
D.C. NALDER : I am referring to the need for the government to prioritise
infrastructure works. We continually look at priority lists and update them
based on traffic movement. At this point in time, our focus has been on the
northern suburbs and extending the Mitchell Freeway through to Hester Avenue. A
lot of work is also going on with other junctions to duplicate Wanneroo Road.
That was seen as a priority and I believe that the communities in those
northern suburbs are very pleased with that work. In the northern suburbs we
have been dualling Gnangara Road and updating Reid Highway where we did the
full grade separation on the Malaga interchange. These are all very important
projects that we saw as having a higher priority than the junctions the member
for West Swan referred to. With regard to the junctions the member for West Swan
referred to, they are being monitored, as we say, and we are working on a long-term
plan and updating our long‑term transport plan. The specific details of that
will be revealed when we reveal those long-term plans.
West Swan for raising the issue of infrastructure works occurring across Western
Australian roads because we have long talked about the fact that Perth started
to grow rapidly in 2003 under the previous Labor government when nothing was
done to our roads. When the Liberal–National government came into being
—
Ms
R. Saffioti interjected.
The
SPEAKER : That was a very specific question about overpasses on these roads,
so please deal with it.
Mr
D.C. NALDER : Mr Speaker, I am giving a specific answer so if you will just
bear with me for two minutes —
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Just deal with the traffic congestion in the northern suburbs and
deal with this question.
Mr
D.C. NALDER : The government has undertaken a massive amount of work to
reduce congestion in the northern suburbs. People in the northern suburbs
believe that the Mitchell Freeway extension through to Hester Avenue is a fantastic
piece of infrastructure, which was seen as a priority over the junctions the
member for West Swan asked about.
Point of Order
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : I asked about
two specific intersections. The government has a policy on this. Is it still
the government's policy that these intersections do not require grade
separations until post-2031?
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr
D.C. NALDER : I am referring to the need for the government to prioritise
infrastructure works. We continually look at priority lists and update them
based on traffic movement. At this point in time, our focus has been on the
northern suburbs and extending the Mitchell Freeway through to Hester Avenue. A
lot of work is also going on with other junctions to duplicate Wanneroo Road.
That was seen as a priority and I believe that the communities in those
northern suburbs are very pleased with that work. In the northern suburbs we
have been dualling Gnangara Road and updating Reid Highway where we did the
full grade separation on the Malaga interchange. These are all very important
projects that we saw as having a higher priority than the junctions the member
for West Swan referred to. With regard to the junctions the member for West Swan
referred to, they are being monitored, as we say, and we are working on a long-term
plan and updating our long‑term transport plan. The specific details of that
will be revealed when we reveal those long-term plans.
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