❓ A parliamentary question regarding the benefits and challenges of the Metronet project, followed by a ministerial response highlighting project progress, job creation, and contrasting the current government's delivery with past opposition failures.
AnsweredQoN 821Legislative Assembly
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METRONET PROJECTS
821. Ms C.M. ROWE to the Minister for Transport:
I
refer to the state government's significant investment in Metronet and
the 15 projects that it is delivering right across the state.
(1) Can the minister outline to the house how Metronet
is helping to create more local jobs and more opportunity for
businesses, as well as helping connect more to our suburbs?
(2) Can the member advise the house what challenges
this government has had to overcome in delivering Metronet?
821. Ms C.M. ROWE to the Minister for Transport:
I
refer to the state government's significant investment in Metronet and
the 15 projects that it is delivering right across the state.
(1) Can the minister outline to the house how Metronet
is helping to create more local jobs and more opportunity for
businesses, as well as helping connect more to our suburbs?
(2) Can the member advise the house what challenges
this government has had to overcome in delivering Metronet?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(2) I
thank the member for Belmont for that question. Across the suburbs, Metronet is
steaming ahead. It is incredible to see the work that has been undertaken
across the suburbs. But it is timely, as we approach the end of the
parliamentary year, to give an update on some of those projects.
The Forrestfield–Airport
Link: the track laying is complete, the stations are ready to go and now we are
doing the final work on the overhead lines and, of course, the commissioning
and testing.
The Denny Avenue level crossing
removal, member for Armadale.
Mr P. Papalia : Waited 100
years!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : We have
waited 100 years! But, of course, the Denny Avenue level crossing was removed,
the Davis Road project has been punched through, and we are finalising the
works under Albany Highway for the water pipes.
The
Mandurah multistorey car park, member for Mandurah and member for Dawesville:
work is very much complete and we will officially be opening that very
soon.
Work on projects like the Ellenbrook
rail line, members will be happy to know, is progressing very well. The dive
structure under Tonkin Highway is underway. The work between the Tonkin medians
is underway and works have begun on some key stations, like the Malaga train
station.
The
Thornlie–Cockburn Link and the Ranford Road Bridge: traffic has been
switched and the Ranford Road B ridge, which
is a huge benefit from the Thornlie–Cockburn Link, is nearly complete.
We are undertaking service relocation and work has commenced on the
station builds. The Yanchep rail extension: the clearing is complete, the works
are underway at station sites, and work on some of those bridges has now
commenced and is well underway. The pillars have been installed at the
Bayswater station precinct. The Lakelands station clearing works are underway
and, of course, the footings of the Thomas Road Bridge have taken shape.
Stage 1 of the Bellevue railcar
manufacturing facility has been completed and stage 2 is underway, and we are
currently manufacturing our first set of Western Australian railcars there.
For
projects under procurement, we are in the final stages of procurement of the
Victoria Park and Cannington l evel crossing removals, the Byford rail
extension, the high-capacity signalling program and, of course, the new Midland
station. We made some other commitments, like the Greenwood multistorey car park.
Planning is well underway for that.
Across
the electorates we are delivering on our commitments for Metronet, unlike the
opposition, which broke its promises for the Ellenbrook rail line
multiple times over two elections. The member for Southern River will remember
the then government's promises about the Thornlie–Cockburn
Link. We all know about the Metro Area Express light rail. The former
government produced USB chargers shaped like MAX light rail but never delivered the rail line. The government produced the
show bags before actually producing the project. It had all the propaganda ,
but never delivered MAX light rail.
Thousands of jobs and new industries
are being created as a result of Metronet. Wherever people go, there will, of
course, be some disruption, in particular due to the closure of the Mandurah
railway line starting on 26 December. However,
this is all about delivering new stations, new rail lines and more housing that
is connected to opportunities and
lower cost transport, and new active precincts for people to live in in the
future. This is an amazing project. There is so much underway. Over the
next two or three months we will see more progress and milestones in the
delivery of this transformational project.
thank the member for Belmont for that question. Across the suburbs, Metronet is
steaming ahead. It is incredible to see the work that has been undertaken
across the suburbs. But it is timely, as we approach the end of the
parliamentary year, to give an update on some of those projects.
The Forrestfield–Airport
Link: the track laying is complete, the stations are ready to go and now we are
doing the final work on the overhead lines and, of course, the commissioning
and testing.
The Denny Avenue level crossing
removal, member for Armadale.
Mr P. Papalia : Waited 100
years!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : We have
waited 100 years! But, of course, the Denny Avenue level crossing was removed,
the Davis Road project has been punched through, and we are finalising the
works under Albany Highway for the water pipes.
The
Mandurah multistorey car park, member for Mandurah and member for Dawesville:
work is very much complete and we will officially be opening that very
soon.
Work on projects like the Ellenbrook
rail line, members will be happy to know, is progressing very well. The dive
structure under Tonkin Highway is underway. The work between the Tonkin medians
is underway and works have begun on some key stations, like the Malaga train
station.
The
Thornlie–Cockburn Link and the Ranford Road Bridge: traffic has been
switched and the Ranford Road B ridge, which
is a huge benefit from the Thornlie–Cockburn Link, is nearly complete.
We are undertaking service relocation and work has commenced on the
station builds. The Yanchep rail extension: the clearing is complete, the works
are underway at station sites, and work on some of those bridges has now
commenced and is well underway. The pillars have been installed at the
Bayswater station precinct. The Lakelands station clearing works are underway
and, of course, the footings of the Thomas Road Bridge have taken shape.
Stage 1 of the Bellevue railcar
manufacturing facility has been completed and stage 2 is underway, and we are
currently manufacturing our first set of Western Australian railcars there.
For
projects under procurement, we are in the final stages of procurement of the
Victoria Park and Cannington l evel crossing removals, the Byford rail
extension, the high-capacity signalling program and, of course, the new Midland
station. We made some other commitments, like the Greenwood multistorey car park.
Planning is well underway for that.
Across
the electorates we are delivering on our commitments for Metronet, unlike the
opposition, which broke its promises for the Ellenbrook rail line
multiple times over two elections. The member for Southern River will remember
the then government's promises about the Thornlie–Cockburn
Link. We all know about the Metro Area Express light rail. The former
government produced USB chargers shaped like MAX light rail but never delivered the rail line. The government produced the
show bags before actually producing the project. It had all the propaganda ,
but never delivered MAX light rail.
Thousands of jobs and new industries
are being created as a result of Metronet. Wherever people go, there will, of
course, be some disruption, in particular due to the closure of the Mandurah
railway line starting on 26 December. However,
this is all about delivering new stations, new rail lines and more housing that
is connected to opportunities and
lower cost transport, and new active precincts for people to live in in the
future. This is an amazing project. There is so much underway. Over the
next two or three months we will see more progress and milestones in the
delivery of this transformational project.
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