Fremantle Traffic Bridge—Closure
712. Hon Steve Martin to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Transport:
I refer to the minister's answer in relation to the Fremantle Traffic Bridge provided on 10 September.
(1) In what years were the figures of 23,000 average weekday vehicle crossings for Fremantle Traffic Bridge and 38,000 for Stirling Bridge captured?
(2) What is Main Roads Western Australia's assessment of the functional weekday crossing capacity of the Stirling traffic bridge?
(3) Has Main Roads set a target or goal for reducing the current combined 61,000 vehicle crossings by diverting to train services, and, if so, what is it?
(4) Has Main Roads investigated local willingness to divert to train services and if so, what are the results so far?
Hon Samantha Rowe replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I provide the following answer on behalf of the Minister for Transport.
(1)–(4) The project team is working with transport portfolio partners to finalise a range of measures to reduce demand on the road network, particularly during morning and afternoon peak hours. A community survey undertaken by the Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure earlier this year indicated that approximately one-third of respondents would be interested in changing their mode of transport to train or bus during the bridge closure period.
