Ian Goodenough (Moore, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise to inform the parliament of the urgent need for additional funding to upgrade busy local roads in Perth's northern suburbs, improving road safety. Flynn Drive, east of Wanneroo Road, servicing the Neerabup industrial park, which is steadily developing into a major employment hub providing up to 20,000 local jobs for residents in the Joondalup region, requires a major upgrade costing approximately $20 million. There is synergy in the growth of Joondalup as a thriving central business district with the development of the Neerabup industrial park as the nearest commercial and industrial hub, with both precincts located within a 10-kilometre radius. Busy local intersections are also in need of traffic management treatments, including the Walter Padbury Boulevard junction with Hepburn Avenue, requiring up to $3 million in roadworks. Further north, traffic works at the busy Forrest Road and Marmion Avenue intersection at Padbury have been costed at $770,000, with similar works at the nearby Coral Street and Marmion Avenue junction in Craigie costing $490,000. The Gwendoline Drive junction with Ocean Reef Road at Beldon, adjacent to the Belridge Shopping Centre, also requires road upgrades, including a continuous cycle lane, expected to cost $695,000. (Time expired)