Planning for the South West Corridor by Eric Lumsden

Transport Panel/
South West Group
24 April 2008

Planning for the
South West Corridor

Perth-Peel Vision
By 2030, Perth people will have
created a world-class
sustainable city, vibrant, more Eric Lumsden PSM
compact and accessible, with a
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WA − A State of Growth
Population
• 2 million; 95% in SW corner of State; 3/4 in Perth metro
• Unprecedented economic and population growth
• Recent influx of around 30,000 people
Challenges
• Housing affordability and land availability
• Shortage of people in key service areas
• Increasing construction costs in heated market
• Greater demands on transport system
• Greater demands on government services

Southern Metropolitan and Peel Region
Growth Management Strategy
and Policy Framework

• Significant pressure on land, infrastructure and water
resources.
• Guidance on rezoning, land release and development.
• Comprehensive planning to manage growth and ensure
sustainable land use.
• WAPC - governance and implementation.

Southern Metropolitan and Peel Region
Growth Management Strategy
and Policy Framework
Based on eight Network City guiding principles:
1. Managing growth by sharing responsibility between
industry, communities and government
2. Planning with communities
3. Nurturing the environment
4. Making fuller use of urban land
5. Encouraging public over private transport
6. Strengthening sense of local place
7. Developing strategies which deliver local jobs
8. Providing affordable housing.

Network City
• Strategy to guide Perth and Peel to a sustainable future.
• Earlier plans were about coping with rapid expansion of
Perth.
• Network City is about planning better and smarter to
meet the challenges of climate change, water, oil and
resource depletion, at the same time catering for the
demands of rapid population growth driven by a strong
economy and increased affluence.
• Integrates transport and land use in network of centres
connected by corridors that allows efficient movement of
freight and people and supports economic development.

Integrated Transport Planning
• Example of continued local government partnerships.
• WAPC to review success of ITPs. (eg. Rockingham)
• WAPC to prepare ITP manual and relevant training
for local governments. (not yet funded)
• Reintroduction of grants program to assist and
support preparation of ITPs. (not yet funded)

Rockingham Integrated Transport Plan
Vision
A balanced transport system that promotes the use of
alternative transport modes, minimising pollution and
protecting Rockingham’s unique environment.
• Provides direction for developing all modes of personal
transport in the City of Rockingham for next ten years.
• Helps manage sustainable urban growth and
community’s high quality of life.

• Community-based approach to planning.

Rockingham Integrated Transport Plan
• Prioritised 27 strategies into four groups:
1. process and policy
2. infrastructure and planning
3. travel demand management
4. empowerment and lobbying
• Reviewed and updated bi-annually.
• Won Local Government Innovation category in 2007
Sustainable Transport Awards.

Canning Bridge Rail Station Precinct
• Planning analysis for activity centre using transit-
oriented development (TOD) principles.
• Land use mix, pedestrian access to station, parking
and vehicular circulation, housing diversity, built form,
precinct character and visual landscape.
• Stakeholder and community consultation.
• Jointly funded by WAPC, City of Melville and City of
South Perth - $150,000.
• Finalised by end 2008.

Keralup
• Potential major residential development.
• Environmental and transport issues to be addressed.
• No firm proposals for 2-3 years.
• Department of Housing and Works - urbanisation
studies.
• Traffic impacts (eg. north-south movements may cause
congestion).
• Traffic management options include south westerly
extension of Tonkin Highway from Mundijong.

Cockburn Coast
• Unique opportunity to revitalise forgotten industrial
coastal strip.
• 1993 Coogee Master Plan.
• 2004 vision to transform Cockburn coast from an
industrial area to world-class residential and
recreational precinct.
• Focus on Robb Jetty, Sth Fremantle power station
and Cockburn Rd east industrial land areas.

Cockburn Coast
• Innovative district structure plan - fresh approach to
development and community building using principles
of sustainability.
• Eight precincts:
1. South Fremantle power station
2. Robb Jetty
3. Cockburn Road east
4. Beeliar Regional Park
5. South Fremantle tip site
6. Rockingham Road
7. Emplacement Crescent
8. Foreshore.

Cockburn Coast
• Ongoing consultation with landowners, the
community, State Government, Landcorp and the
cities of Cockburn and Fremantle.
• Important challenge to allow existing and committed
industrial land uses to continue to operate unchanged
and within existing environmental regime. (eg.
containment of waste and odours).
• Promotional billboard about to be unveiled with launch
of district structure plan.

Cockburn Central
• One of fastest growing populations in WA.
• Important new regional centre for SW suburbs - ultimate
surrounding population of 200,000.
• Setting new sustainability standards for urban centres. (eg.
pedestrian friendly, less reliance on cars, easy access to
services and retail outlets).
• Pivotal transit-oriented development on new Southern railway
(16 minutes to Perth CBD)
• Land to be sold as super lots for mixed use and 'main street'
developments.
• Town centre - 12ha excluding station car parks and bus way.

Cockburn Central
• Owned by WAPC and LandCorp
• Town centre – two stage development:
Stage 1
11 lots constructed to complement Railway (new Cockburn Central
Station works program), main street and town square.
- Developer Australand constructing first 52 residential
apartments and three-four storey mixed use buildings
- City of Cockburn has town square site for mix of community
services accommodation and medium to high density
housing of 12 to 15 storeys

Cockburn Central
Stage 2
4 lots in north west corner - depend on extension of Nth Lake Rd
across Freeway
- Incorporate mixed use.(eg. residential, office, retail,
commercial, cafes, restaurants and government services).
- Will meet modern business requirements. (eg. Home
offices and smaller businesses (communications, IT).
- Employment opportunities.
- >50% of area for open space - enhanced wetlands and
recreation west of town site
- LandCorp working with steering committee of reps from
WAPC, DPI, PTA and City of Cockburn.

Southern Suburbs Rail
• Popular with commuters.
• Average 135 train journeys south from Perth
• 40-45,000 weekday passenger journeys
• Boardings at several stations well above predictions
• Capacity issues at peak periods
• Parking demand
• Noise - South Perth residents
• Social issues
(eg. graffiti, vandalism)
• Bike lockers being installed

Transit-oriented Development (TOD)
• Healthier, more connected communities and new level of
sustainability.
• Pedestrian friendly neighbourhoods - range of housing
options within walking distance of public transport.
• Mix of residential, retail, business and leisure options to
attract people of all ages.
• Efficient public transport - non-drivers not excluded from
community activity.
• Each TOD town is unique, reflecting the special features
of the location and local community.

Light rail
• Feasibility study into light rail service between East Perth
and Subiaco.
• Service is feasible - transport and planning benefits.
• Would mean changes to streetscape and inner city roads.
• Report with City of Perth and City of Subiaco for comment.
• DPI investigating alternative option of bus rapid transit
system.
• Focus will remain on rapid bus corridors and bus priority in
forseeable future.

SW Metro Sector (Fremantle to Rockingham)
Road Network Study
Draft discussion paper with Minister for review.
Key congestion issues:
• Vehicular traffic access to Fremantle via Hampton Rd
(development activity in Kwinana).
• Access to planned Murdoch Activity Centre via South St.
• Kwinana Fwy at Canning and Mount Henry Bridges and
between Roe Hwy and Armadale Rd.
• Planned at-grade intersections may require grade
separation in long-term (eg. Leach Hwy / North Lake Rd).

Road Network Study
Key road network issues
Kwinana Freeway (Mt Henry Bridge & South only)
• Mount Henry Bridge reaching 6-lane capacity by 2031.
• Without Roe Highway west of Kwinana Freeway, the Freeway may exceed its
capacity between Roe Highway and Berrigan Drive.
Stock Road / Fremantle Rockingham Highway
• Stock Road planned as major and continuous link from Canning Highway to
Mandurah Road. Continuity should be maintained.
Hampton Road / Cockburn Road
• Critical section is Hampton Road between Rockingham Road and Douro
Road - carries North South movement of Cockburn and Rockingham Roads.
Stirling Bridge
• Consider widening to 6 lanes by 2031.

Road Network Study
Canning Bridge
• Consider widening beyond 6 lanes by 2031.
Leach Highway and High Street
• This route generally requires a 6 lane divided carriageway, potentially with
some grade separated intersections.
• A study for future upgrading of High Street is currently underway based on a
four-lane divided cross-section for High Street.
South Street
• Existing road standard appears satisfactory into the future.
• Issues with Murdoch Activity Centre - vehicular access via South Street
likely to cause severe congestion.
Rowley Road and Anketell Road
• These roads are planned for either or both to be primary accesses to
Kwinana Quay. They will serve as road and rail access corridors for freight
traffic to Kwinana Quay.

Road Network Study
• Do we continue to pursue the traffic standards that Perth
residents have become accustomed to, or do we accept
that, as the city grows, traffic congestion and peak
spreading become facts of life?
• Do we believe that we will continue to have abundant,
affordable, and acceptably clean transport energy?

AUSLink 2
• State Government actively encouraging freight
movement by rail rather than road.
• Reduce road traffic congestion and environmental
impacts of freight haulage.
• Growth in bulk commodities has increased demand
for new on-rail terminals and network capacity.
• Challenge for land planning system:
- securing freight terminal developments with freight
generating land uses and extending transport network.
- define and protect viable transport corridor that provides
access from a commodity’s point of origin to port.

AUSLink 2
AUSLink Land National Transport Network
• Major roads and freight railways connecting capital cities
and major regional centres across Australia.
• Four of 24 corridors in WA:
1. Perth-Adelaide
2. Perth-Darwin
3. Perth-Bunbury
4. Perth Urban.
• Perth Urban corridor in SW corridor:
Leach Hwy/High St/Stirling Hwy and freight railway routes to
Fremantle Inner Harbour, and Roe Hwy/Kwinana Fwy and freight
rail routes to Outer Harbour.
• Road and rail links to Outer Harbour not part of corridor.

AUSLink 2

Source: AUSLink Perth Urban Corridor Strategy

AUSLink 2
• Leach Hwy route from Albany Hwy to Kwinana Fwy
defined before ban on large trucks - inclusion may need
review.
• Corridor strategy studies undertaken for network
improvement and investment in State's strategic routes.
• Endorsement delayed but current Government likely
continue to support AusLink and draft strategies.
• Identified priorities for transport improvements along
WA's four corridors.
• Detailed proposals to address priorities underway.

AUSLink 2
Priorities for Perth Urban corridor (in no particular order):
1. Improve road access to Fremantle Inner Harbour - emphasis on
intersections.
2. Improve rail freight competitiveness and mode share. (eg. Improved
rail freight infrastructure and logistics chain management.
3. Improve truck operation productivity (eg. reduced empty running,
empty shipping container facilities at Kewdale/Forrestfield and
improved vehicle booking and container management systems).
4. Manage demand for passenger travel through expansion of
programs such as TravelSmart.
5. Expedite construction of new general cargo port at Fremantle Outer
Harbour.
6. Continue to implement State Government's 6 Point Plan for freight
management.

AUSLink 2
State strategic corridors
Identified limited network of ‘State Strategic Transport
Routes’with similar impact as AusLink routes on national
and regional growth, development and connectivity
objectives.
1. Perth-Albany (Albany Hwy)
2. Bunbury-Manjimup-Mt Barker-Albany (South Western & Muir Hwys)
3. North West Coastal Route (Brand & North West Coastal Hwys)
4. Midwest Goldfields corridor (Geraldton-Mt Magnet-Kalgoorlie-
Esperance-Ravensthorpe)

Metro Freight Network Strategy
• Efficient freight movement essential to economy.
• > 60 million tonnes of freight move through metro area
each year.
• Safety, environmental concerns.
• Review identified six key areas for detailed study:
1. Master Plan for the freight network
2. Sustainability in relation to freight
3. Strategies to increase the use of rail
4. Role of regional ports in reducing metropolitan road freight activity.
5. Capacity and limits of Fremantle Inner Harbour
6. New funding opportunities, including hypothecation of funds

Metro Freight Network Strategy
• Subsequent strategy provides framework to achieve
sustainable freight solution via a 6 Point Plan:
1. Extend Roe Highway to Kwinana Freeway
2. Put more freight on rail
3. Build inland container terminals
4. Make better use of roads
5. Plan now for the Outer Harbour at Fremantle
6. Improve existing roads

• Implemention by DPI, Main Roads, Fremantle Ports
and PTA.

Industrial development in SW Corridor
Industrial Land Strategy
• Combat diminishing supply of industrial land.
• Ensure supply of industrial land for future needs of next
30 years.
• Preliminary investigations for strategy are underway and
demand modeling is being developed.

Planning sectors
Internal review of current industrial land development
activity and availability identified six planning sectors
and availability, supply and demand trends for each:
1. North-West Planning Sector
2. Eastern Planning Sector
3. Inner Middle Planning Sector
4. South East Planning Sector
5. South West Planning Sector
6. Peel Planning Sector.

Key industrial areas – SW Corridor
• City of Cockburn: 14,800ha
• Town of Kwinana: 11,800ha
• City of Rockingham: 26,100ha
• Gross total 52,700ha
• 3400ha dedicated industrial zoned land (6.0%) - 33% of
the metropolitan total.

Key industrial zones – SW Corridor
• Kwinana (Heavy) Industrial Estate
• Australian Marine Complex
• Hope-Valley Wattlelup General Industrial Estate
(Latitude 32)
• Bibra Lake
• East Rockingham Industrial Park
• Solomon Road Business Park
• Hamilton Hill
• Jandakot Airport
• Port Kennedy
• Yangebup Business Park

Consumption rate trend
• Vacant industrial land in SW planning sector
consumed at average rate of 20ha per annum.
• Record volume (37ha) of vacant land sold in 2005/06
financial year linked to industrial land releases in
Cockburn Commercial Park, Yangebup Business
Park and Solomon Road Business Park.
• Growing consumption rate of vacant industrial land in
SW sector expected to continue with releases in
Hope Valley Wattleup redevelopment area, Bibra
Lake and Solomon Road business parks.

Future drivers for SW planning sector
• Continued resource boom and associated economic
growth
• Diversity in industrial land uses and lot sizes
• Catering land to suit more specific industrial related
land uses

Forecast supply of industrial land to Perth market
Short term
Approximately 102ha (Jan 2007 to Dec 2008)
Medium term
Approximately 67ha (Jan 2009 to Dec 2011)
Long term
Approximately 45ha (although identified as constrained in
East Rockingham Industrial Park and Port Kennedy).

Latitude 32
Two town sites redeveloped into industrial / commercial area
• Flinders:
- 72ha recently rezoned to industrial and commercial
- Stage One expected to release 35ha by the end of 2008.
- Remainder released in 2009.
• Wattleup:
- Early stages of structure planning.
• 1400ha - LandCorp owns 140ha; Cockburn Cement has holdings in
area’s north; a number of fragmented holdings.
• First industrial release designed for transport-related industry -
larger lots sizes of up to 4ha.
• Landcorp working to amend the Town of Kwinana Local Town
Planning Scheme, acquiring privately owned land, progressing
large-scale site works and servicing area with sewer.

Murdoch Activity Centre
• Bound by Farrington Rd, South St, Kwinana Fwy and
Murdoch Dr and Murdoch University campus.
• Structure Plan endorsed and provides framework for:
- defining land required for Fiona Stanley Hospital
and other key health services and facilities
- integrating planning for new hospital with existing
and future uses including major residential and
commercial development in a ‘main street’ setting
- maximising public transport and the walkability
with TOD approach.

Tasks 2008/09:
• Transport plan and parking strategy, including Murdoch University.
• Main street and built form design from station to University.
• Metropolitan Region Scheme amendment for changes to South St and
Murdoch Dr.
• Concept and design for north-bound freeway off-ramp.
• Planning for wider Activity Centre focusing on University.
• Assist Department of Agriculture with planning for new headquarters at
Murdoch University.
Tasks beyond 2009
• Planning for new southern link road - construction of a new access link
to and from the Kwinana Freeway south of the Murdoch Activity
Centre.

Access and Parking Strategy
• Guide development of activity centre and support
access and parking policy.
• Sustainable transport options to develop precinct to full
potential.
• SKM appointed undertake study and stakeholder and
community consultation.
• Finalised October 2008.

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