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Gazette East Canning 22102020 Thursday, October 22, 2020 perthnow.com.au/community-news Council’s dressing down CANNING Mayor Patrick Hall may not ORRONG have understood the hype, but councillors have abandoned a pro- posal to dramatically increase a clothing al- lowance for elected members and ditched the perk completely following a backlash. Under the plan pres- ented by City staff at Tuesday’s council IDEA meeting, the clothing allowance for the mayor would have more than tripled in the first year of their term from $600 to $2000 and CONTINUED PAGE 4 INSIDE SUNKEN EXPRESSWAY PLAN TO SLASH TRAVEL TIMES Sarah Brookes capacity, with up to 65,000 expressway from Great vehicles a day using the Eastern Highway that con- TELETHON A SUNKEN expressway is road. tinues Orrong Road as an Main Roads’ preferred It is predicted that elevated structure over FAMILY option to drastically cut demand will increase to as Leach Highway, merging travel times along a noto- much as 100,000 vehicles south of the Division and rious 5km stretch of per day by 2031. Bell streets intersection. FESTIVAL Orrong Road. Historical planning to Traffic modelling shows Orrong Road between upgrade Orrong Road to the preferred concept FUN GUIDE Leach Highway and Great six lanes at ground level would result in a journey of Eastern Highway has been has been deemed unviable about five minutes, a time identified as a weak link in as it would be unable to impact on land and result Main Roads is seeking saving of 35 minutes com- Page 12 the State’s road network meet future demand, in little to no improvement council support for its pre- and is operating beyond would have a significant in travel times. ferred concept of an CONTINUED PAGE 3 CAN 2 NEWS October 22, 2020 NEWS ........................................................................ 1-10 TELETHON FAMILY FESTIVAL.................................. 12 STAGE .......................................................................... 14 Putting fizz into fundraiser HOME & GARDEN....................................................... 15 TRADES DIRECTORY ............................................ 15-17 Charlotte Elton cold drinks outside their Leeming home. EMPLOYMENT ........................................................... 18 FEELING thirsty? “Now it’s got bigger than CLASSIFIEDS .............................................................. 18 Best friends Jackson Ben- Ben-Hur,” Ms Bentley said. tley, 9, and Jai Gleeson, 8, “The boys won’t just be SPORT .................................................................... 18-19 have got you covered; for the doing lemonade. They’ll second successive year they have a sausage sizzle and are running a lemonade we’ve got a high school girl stand to help raise money for who will be braiding peo- Telethon. ple’s hair. INSIDE “They came up with the “Everyone in the Leeming idea a few years ago when community has really got they started juicing the lem- behind it. It’s fantastic.” ons from the great big lemon The boys will also sell cup- tree we have out the front of cakes for $2 each. Editorial Director: Amanda Keenan our house,” Jackson’s mum The stand will be running News Production: David Friedlos Amanda said. from 1pm until the AFL- Design: Carly Pilton “They started selling it to Jackson Bentley and Jai Gleeson at their lemonade stall. grand final starts. Features Editor: Arylene Westlake-Jennings cars on our street and it took Footy fans Jai and Jack- Digital Editor: Alison Middleton off from there.” business to the Police Lega- sights on Telethon and son will make sure to clock The boys donated the cy fund. raised $780 for the fundrais- off in time to watch the clash General inquiries: 9237 1000 money from their fledgling Last year, they set their ing extravaganza by selling at the Gabba. 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CAN October 22, 2020 October 22, 2020 NEWS 3 Locals express support FROM PAGE 1 affected by the proposed conducted as part of the and City of Canning were expressway. planning study identified in expected to vote earlier this pared to a six-lane road at Main Roads media manag- general that noise impacts week on whether they sup- ground level. er Dean Roberts said com- will be mitigated as the ported the project. Main Roads said this munity consultation for the through-traffic along No funding is currently option would also protect concept was highly positive, Orrong Road will be below available for the road con- residential housing on the with the large majority of ground level. struction. north-western corner of survey respondents indicat- “However it also indicated The WA Planning Com- Orrong Road and Leach ing their support for the pro- that there are some sections mission has supported Main Highway and maintain the posed concept. where noise impacts may be Roads’ plans to proceed to Miles Road connection. “Land will be required for greater than current levels. develop the concept further. A number of industrial- this project and this has “Mitigation measures will Once complete, Main commercial properties with- been identified in the recent- be investigated as part of Roads will apply to the in the City of Canning, south ly gazetted Planning Control subsequent planning stag- WAPC to reserve the of Leach Highway, and Town Area,” he said. es.” required land in the Metro- of Victoria Park will be “The noise monitoring The Town of Victoria Park politan Region Scheme. Bridge traffic relief THE State and Federal governments have pledged $150 million to address grow- ing traffic chaos at one of WA’s “riskiest” stretches of road: the Canning Bridge bus interchange. The site will undergo sig- nificant upgrades — the details of which have yet to be finalised — under a new- ly-announced project, with both governments to split the bill. But commuters shouldn’t Head expect relief any time soon, with works scheduled to begin in early 2022 and expected to take about two above years to complete. Transport Minister Rita Saffioti said the upgrade was needed due to a significant water increase in public transport patronage since the con- struction of the Mandurah train line. Rivergods owner Tom Suffling has received a $15,000 tourism grant from the State Government for his Willetton business. Picture: Andrew Ritchie “It will improve safety for all road users by removing LOCAL tourism company designed to help companies overseas travellers stopped along the Canning or Swan business is dealing with station access and bus trans- Rivergods is hoping a spe- hit by the coronavirus pan- coming here.” rivers, or book a full day uncertainty, not knowing fer movements from the cial grant aimed at tourism demic, was appreciated and With the weather warm- tour to Seal and Penguin what is going to happen existing bridge, which will businesses will help keep it would go towards depot ing up, Mr Suffling encour- Island.” over the next six month or in turn free up lanes on the afloat. rental costs, maintenance aged locals to get outside South Metropolitan MLC year,” she said. “The latest bridge and improve travel The Willetton kayaking and insurance. and enjoy their own back- Kate Doust said these funding round will help times for general traffic in business was one of 266 WA “When the pandemic hit, yard. grants formed part of the businesses cover their over- both directions,” she said. tourism operators to share we experienced catastroph- “All our tours are State Government’s $150m heads, buy materials and “The project will also in funding through the sec- ic fallouts from cancella- designed for people who WA Recovery Plan for the shift focus to the domestic allow Transperth to provide ond round of the State tions and sales went down have never paddled before tourism industry. market. more efficient bus services Government’s $14.4 million to 10 per cent,’’ he said. and our aim is to introduce She said the latest round “Summer is almost here to the northern suburbs of Tourism Recovery Pro- “While we were never them to the great outdoors of funding would help local and many tourism oper- the City of Melville to the gram, receiving $15,000. required to formally close and spark their apprecia- operators push through ators rely on families to get west, the South Perth penin- Rivergods owner Tom our business, we saw a dra- tion for nature,’’ he said. challenging times. off the couch and create sula and the major Curtin/ Suffling said the grant, matic drop in revenue when “Enjoy a half-day paddle “The big challenge for happy memories.” Bentley Specialised Activity Centre.” CAN 4 NEWS October 22, 2020 Clothing pay not a good fit FROM PAGE 1 Cr Graham Barry said regardless of the public more than doubled from $300 scrutiny, the clothing allow- to $750 for each year after ance was inappropriate and that. not something he could sup- The allowance for the dep- port. Cr Sara Saberi echoed uty mayor would have the sentiment, calling the increased to $1500 in the first policy outdated. year and $650 for each subse- “The policy dates back to a quent year, while the claim- time when councillors able amount for all other weren’t paid to attend meet- councils would have doubled ings and council-related from $600 to $1200 in the first council business,’’ she said. year and $300 to $600 each “Some other councils have year after. removed it altogether, so it This is despite the perk made me think ‘why do we being scrapped by many Canning Mayor Patrick Hall.
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