STIRLING HIGHWAY, EAST FREMANTLE —
NOISE AND POLLUTION LEVELS
148. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the minister representing the
Minister for Transport:
(1) Is the
government aware of calls from Duke Street residents in East Fremantle for the
installation of a four-metre high sound wall on Stirling Highway between
Marmion Street and Canning Highway?
(2) Has any
air pollution or sound monitoring been conducted in this area to ascertain
whether air quality and noise levels are acceptable?
(3) Does the
government plan to conduct any air pollution and sound monitoring in this area
to ascertain whether air pollution and noise levels are acceptable?
(4) Has the
government conducted any modelling to assess the impact that the predicted
doubling of truck movements on this section of road by 2017 will have on noise
and air pollution levels in the surrounding neighbourhoods?
(5) What
action will the government take to reduce the noise and air pollution impacts
of traffic on the people living in this neighbourhood?
Hon
SIMON O'BRIEN replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this
question. Main Roads WA advises —
(1) Yes.
(2) There has been no recent noise measurement taken at this
location.
(3) Noise testing is planned as part
of the High Street–Stirling Highway upgrade project.
(4) No.
(5) The
provision of noise walls will be considered as part of the High Street–Stirling
Highway upgrade project. If noise testing undertaken as part of this project
shows noise walls are justified, it is the minister's intention that
these walls will be constructed as part of the upgrade project.