❓ Mrs. Godfrey asks about Bikeweek 2015 activities and government initiatives. The Minister for Transport responds with details of grants, infrastructure spending, and future plans, highlighting the government's commitment to cycling and collaboration with the Netherlands.
AnsweredQoN 188Legislative Assembly
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BIKEWEEK 2015
188. Mrs G.J. GODFREY to the Minister for
Transport:
I thank the minister for the new
cyclepath in South Guildford. Can the minister please update the house on the
activities and the government initiatives for Bikeweek 2015?
188. Mrs G.J. GODFREY to the Minister for
Transport:
I thank the minister for the new
cyclepath in South Guildford. Can the minister please update the house on the
activities and the government initiatives for Bikeweek 2015?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Belmont for that question. It was a
pleasure to open and see the progress of the new bike path in her electorate
this last week.
Bikeweek 2015 runs from 14 March through to 22 March. It has
been a fantastic start to it. I had the fortunate experience this morning of
opening a forum with the Honorary Consul of the Netherlands with 140 people
engaged in how we can work on and improve infrastructure in this state for
cycling. Almost $30 000 has been awarded in grants for Bikeweek 2015, and those
grants of between $500 and $2 000 are to support measures such as bike-to-work
breakfasts, a coffee shop cycle crawl, a pedal-powered move, bike art tours and
large organised local rides. In addition, since coming to government we have
now spent in excess of $100 million on cycling infrastructure, so we are
starting to see huge improvements. On top of that we are about to finish, in
the electorates of the members for Belmont and Forrestfield, another 21 kilometres
of cyclepaths with the Gateway WA project, which is another spend of more than
$16 million. In addition, we have committed $40 million to provide better links
into the city across a number of cyclepaths that were not connected,
effectively, and we will be working through that over the next four years. In addition,
we will build another 50 kilometres of cyclepaths in the next four years as we
complete the NorthLink WA project and the Perth Freight Link project. This
government is therefore committed to cycling as a mode of transport. We
understand that there are basically three types of users out there in the
community on cycles: the social cyclist, the person commuting to work and the
exercise cyclist. We understand that there are vast differences across those
types. We have had the privilege and, I like to consider, the friendship and
support that has been provided by the Dutch to help us think through how we can
be a lot better in the provision of cycling. I had the privilege to see an
end-of-trip facility in Holland that, when completed, will house up to 35 000
bikes. These are the sorts of things that if we dare to dream and dare to work
hard, will deliver great outcomes for the cycling community, and we are very
appreciative of the support that we can get.
Several members interjected.
Mr D.C. NALDER : I
am hearing a lot of noise, and I want to acknowledge the opposition this week
for putting out its cycling network plan. I was really pleased to see that it
actually mirrored the government's network plan that was put out last
year.
Several members interjected.
Mr D.C. NALDER :
For the second time in about three weeks, we have seen the plans from the
Leader of the Opposition. The first one for hubs mirrored our activity centres
in our ''Directions 2031'' plan, and now the cycling network plan
mirrors the government's commitment. That is a fantastic effort and it
is a great week.
pleasure to open and see the progress of the new bike path in her electorate
this last week.
Bikeweek 2015 runs from 14 March through to 22 March. It has
been a fantastic start to it. I had the fortunate experience this morning of
opening a forum with the Honorary Consul of the Netherlands with 140 people
engaged in how we can work on and improve infrastructure in this state for
cycling. Almost $30 000 has been awarded in grants for Bikeweek 2015, and those
grants of between $500 and $2 000 are to support measures such as bike-to-work
breakfasts, a coffee shop cycle crawl, a pedal-powered move, bike art tours and
large organised local rides. In addition, since coming to government we have
now spent in excess of $100 million on cycling infrastructure, so we are
starting to see huge improvements. On top of that we are about to finish, in
the electorates of the members for Belmont and Forrestfield, another 21 kilometres
of cyclepaths with the Gateway WA project, which is another spend of more than
$16 million. In addition, we have committed $40 million to provide better links
into the city across a number of cyclepaths that were not connected,
effectively, and we will be working through that over the next four years. In addition,
we will build another 50 kilometres of cyclepaths in the next four years as we
complete the NorthLink WA project and the Perth Freight Link project. This
government is therefore committed to cycling as a mode of transport. We
understand that there are basically three types of users out there in the
community on cycles: the social cyclist, the person commuting to work and the
exercise cyclist. We understand that there are vast differences across those
types. We have had the privilege and, I like to consider, the friendship and
support that has been provided by the Dutch to help us think through how we can
be a lot better in the provision of cycling. I had the privilege to see an
end-of-trip facility in Holland that, when completed, will house up to 35 000
bikes. These are the sorts of things that if we dare to dream and dare to work
hard, will deliver great outcomes for the cycling community, and we are very
appreciative of the support that we can get.
Several members interjected.
Mr D.C. NALDER : I
am hearing a lot of noise, and I want to acknowledge the opposition this week
for putting out its cycling network plan. I was really pleased to see that it
actually mirrored the government's network plan that was put out last
year.
Several members interjected.
Mr D.C. NALDER :
For the second time in about three weeks, we have seen the plans from the
Leader of the Opposition. The first one for hubs mirrored our activity centres
in our ''Directions 2031'' plan, and now the cycling network plan
mirrors the government's commitment. That is a fantastic effort and it
is a great week.
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