Posts Tagged ‘Railway’
Time for action: MP Carles wants netball to move south for light rail plan
 Sat October 9 2010
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FREMANTLE independent green MP Adele Carles has developed a feasibility study for a light rail pilot project down Hampton Road and is calling on the Barnett government to roll it out in the 2011/12 budget. Light rail has been debated for more than 10 years but with an additional 30,000 people predicted to boost the population immediately south of the port city it’s time for action, she says.
Railing for change
Sat August 28 2010
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LOCALS must prepare to make personal sacrifices if they want light rail in Fremantle, councillor Josh Wilson told colleagues this week. Wilson warns that unless people are fully informed and prepared to bite the bullet in the interests of the broader community light rail will never happen.
Light rail land plan
Sat July 31 2010
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FREMANTLE city council is looking to quarantine land so a public transport route can be developed linking the port city to Cockburn Central near the freeway. An independent study into the coastal transport corridor will go to council next month.
Toilet Tourism
Sat May 29 2010
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AN old toilet block opposite the train station would be a “cute” place to house a new tourism information centre says senior Fremantle city councillor John Dowson. The long-vacant ablutions on Market Street are heritage-listed and with some work could be put to work on behalf of the port city, he says.
Freo CEO Is All For A New Bypass
Sat April 24 2010
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FREMANTLE council CEO Graeme Mackenzie is all for bringing the eastern bypass back to life. He reckons a dual light-rail and freight-rail bypass would solve the problem of increasing traffic on port city streets.
Councils Seek Rudd Rail
Sat April 17 2010
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LOCAL councils are bypassing the Barnett government and going straight to Kevin Rudd for cash for a light rail system.
Freight Off The Rails Under Libs
Sat April 10 2010
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TRUCK traffic is flooding local roads because the Barnett government has “dropped the ball” on rail freight says Labor transport spokesman Ken Travers. He said the Carpenter government had grown rail freight from three to 15 percent and had been on track to achieve 30 percent by 2013.
Long delay for bike theft footage
Sat Feb 27th 2010
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POLICE are being hampered in their bid to investigate a series of bike thefts around Fremantle by long delays getting video footage from the WA transport department. Ten bikes were stolen from Fremantle train station in January and police still have not received CCTV footage that could be vital to tracking down the offenders.
Railroaded – Crossing closures passed off as “upgrades”
Sat Jan 30th 2010
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The closure of four pedestrian railway crossings between Fremantle and South Fremantle is ringing warning bells for locals … they are angry that the Public Transport Authority’s ad in last Saturday’s Herald was headed “pedestrian crossing upgrades” yet four of the crossings are to be axed in June.
