Southern Metropolitan Region
Katherine COPSEY (Southern Metropolitan) (12:40): (553) My question today is for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. In Fishermans Bend within a decade tens of thousands of people will need daily public transport options, with a total of 160,000 people by 2050, half of whom will be residents. Despite approvals for housing in Fishermans Bend already having been granted, the transport infrastructure plans are still nascent and missing in action. Fishermans Bend needs train and tram connections, and the tram needs to be delivered early in order to avoid car dependency and the congestion, pollution and gridlock that that brings. The tram service needs not just to go to the areas where people will work in the employment precinct but also to connect up all the precincts where current and future communities will live, like Sandridge and Wirraway. Could the minister please clarify for my constituents when the public transport connections for Fishermans Bend will be confirmed and funded?