PERTH AIRPORT MASTER PLAN 2020 PERTH AIRPORT MASTER Master Plan 2020 APRIL 2020 112 Section 6: Ground Transport Plan Ground transport planning is critical to the continued growth of Perth Airport and ensuring there is easy access for people coming to and going from the airport. PERTH AIRPORT MASTER PLAN 2020 113 SECTION 6: GROUND TRANSPORT PLAN 6.1 Introduction Perth Airport works with State and Local Governments including Main Roads and the PTA to ensure that the changing demands Ground transport planning is critical to the efficient operation of of Perth Airport operations are reflected in strategic network Perth Airport. The journey to and from the airport often creates modelling and planning. Perth Airport also ensures that the first and last impression for people visiting Western Australia developments within the airport estate consider the surrounding and Perth Airport is working closely with State and Local State and local infrastructure capacity. This engagement will Governments to ensure road infrastructure provides easy access continue to ensure both the internal and external ground for all customers. transport networks cater sufficiently to meet demand. The development and implementation of the Ground Transport Plan is based on a core principle of seeking to provide multiple options and streamline the efficiency and customer experience 6.2 State Planning for people coming to and going from the airport. This is achieved The State Government is both the regulator and operator of through integrated planning and adopting a collaborative public transport services, including bus and rail for the Perth approach with the State and Local Governments to ensure that metropolitan area, including that servicing Perth Airport. the road, rail, shared path, and public transport networks are Furthermore, the State Government is the regulator for taxi, developed and operated to provide a suitable level of service. rideshare and other commercial vehicle operations which service Perth Airport, in addition to its role setting the policy framework The Ground Transport Plan is focused on the developments to determine mode share targets for the Perth metropolitan which will occur in the next five year period as well as considering transport network. the future requirements over the twenty-year planning horizon of this Master Plan 2020. Perth Airport is committed to working with State and Local Governments in achieving targets for sustainable transport The key factors informing the Ground Transport Plan and access options and mode share. Perth Airport will undertake this to Perth Airport are: collaboration through co-ordination of projects located at the • the modes of transport used and how they will change over time, airport estate boundary, where appropriate. • meeting the demands of forecast passenger numbers, • the consolidation of all commercial air services into Airport State and Local Governments are responsible for the road Central by 2025, network that surrounds and provides access to Perth Airport. • integration of the Forrestfield-Airport Link rail project into the The Ground Transport Plan considers and incorporates the key transport network, State Government land use and transport strategies which • the anticipated level of commercial development and directly impact Perth Airport. associated employment on the airport estate, Figure 6-1 shows the location of Perth Airport in the context of • the growth in traffic on the roads surrounding Perth Airport metropolitan transport. generated by activities unrelated to Perth Airport, • continuing to reduce the convergence of passenger and 6.2.1 Perth and Peel @ 3.5 Million – The freight vehicle traffic, Transport Network • integration of the airport’s ground transport network into the wider local and state-wide networks, and Perth and Peel @ 3.5 Million - The Transport Network (2018) • providing a safe, secure and sustainable ground transport was prepared by the State Department of Transport with the network. intent of guiding the long-term planning of transport infrastructure for the Perth metropolitan region. The Transport The key stakeholders involved in the development of the Ground Network provides a framework to develop an efficient transport Transport Plan include: network catering for Perth ’s population as it approaches 3.5 • the State Government Department of Transport, which sets million people and beyond. policy and strategic direction for transport throughout Western Australia, This Master Plan 2020 is consistent with the intent of the • the State Government Department of Planning, Lands and Transport Network framework, in providing capacity to support Heritage, which develops planning policies related to land use the ongoing growth of Perth’s population and subsequent and the transport network, required transport infrastructure. • the Public Transport Authority (PTA), which manages and operates public transport within Perth and the regions, 6.2.2 State Planning Policy 5.4 Road and Rail • METRONET, which is made up of key government agencies Transport Noise and Freight Considerations in including Department of Transport, PTA, Department of Land Use Planning Planning, Lands and Heritage, Department of Communities, The State Planning Policy 5.4 Road and Rail Transport Noise and LandCorp and Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority, Freight Considerations in Land Use Planning (2019) (SPP 5.4) • Main Roads Western Australia (Main Roads), which is identifies primary freight roads and rail routes within the Perth responsible for planning, construction and management of the metropolitan area, with the objective of promoting a system in major State roads to the airport, which sustainable land use and transport are mutually • Local Governments, which are responsible for the planning, compatible. The policy delineates both Tonkin Highway and construction and management of local and regional roads Great Eastern Highway as Primary Freight Routes and identifies adjacent to and connecting to Perth Airport, CBH Forrestfield, adjacent to Perth Airport, as an intermodal • Perth Airport, which is responsible for the planning and (rail to road) facility. construction of roads within the airport estate, and • the Commonwealth Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, who is responsible for the approval of the Ground Transport Plan, as part of this Master Plan 2020, as well as the approval of any subsequent major development plans required prior to the construction of road network projects. 114 SECTION 6: GROUND TRANSPORT PLAN Local government area boundaries Primary Roads Freight Rail RAAF Base Pearce Freight Terminals Passenger Railway and Stations Existing Future Major Industry – Welshpool – Hazelmere 25km – Forrestfield – Canning Vale – Maddington – Spearwood – Latitude 32 Specialised Activity Centre – University of WA/QEII – Curtin University – Bentley Technology – Murdoch University Activity Centre Fu tu – Perth CBD re k E in a L st – Fremantle W y a a n w – Morley h n e ig Gn r H – Midland anga o l ra o a D n r L io – Cannington i t n a k N – Garden City in w ar D h rt e 15km P Hepburn Ave 10km Reid Hwy Morley Dr Midland 5km Morley Gr stern Hwy eat Ea Bayswater Hazelmere M i tc h y e Rd w ll ord F ildf H Gu rn w te y as t E a T re o G n k in H w Forrestfield y y Perth w Terminal H Perth e Airport o CBD R O r ro Forrestfield n g R d y w H y h c Kewdale w y a F e Kewdale w L a H Port Shuttle n A a g n n i l i b n a w n a n K y Welshpool University C H w of WA y Kewdale Interstate Swan River Freight Terminal Curtin We lsh University p ool Rd East T o n k i Cannington n H y w y w y nning Hw H Ca h ac Booragoon Le Maddington y Leach Hwy w H e Ro A Fremantle lb a n outh St y C S Canning H South S a t w n Vale y n i n g y R Murdoch w F d University a n y a Hw n i Roe S w t K o c k R d Jandakot R Airport a n d fo y r w d H Spearwood R in d k n o T r Beeliar D B r ookton Hwy Armadale lban A y H w y Latitude 32 Figure 6-1 Perth Airport in the context of metropolitan transport Source: Perth Airport PERTH AIRPORT MASTER PLAN 2020 115 SECTION 6: GROUND TRANSPORT PLAN 6.2.3 Western Australian Regional Freight 6.3.1 Gateway WA Network Plan Access to Perth Airport was significantly improved with the April The Western Australian Regional Freight Network Plan 2016 completion of the $1 billion Gateway WA project, at the Jackson St (WARFNP) identifies that the growing inner-metropolitan, time Western Australia’s largest-ever road project. West Rd West Kewdale, Forrestfield, Perth Airport and Kwinana areas support The Commonwealth Government provided $676 million and the Bassendean South Guildford Colstoun Rd Reid St Western Australia’s freight activities, and that these areas will Stirling Cr State contributed $310 million to fund the development, with Haig St continue to represent convergence points for both metropolitan Railway Pde Hazelmere B Waterhall Rd Perth Airport supporting the project through the contribution of arke and regional freight and logistics activities. This Plan identified r Rd 30 hectares of land, a financial contribution, and the construction Great Eastern Hwy Bypass the need for the State Government to deliver the Gateway WA Kalamunda Rd of roadworks valued at $35 million within the estate. Gateway WA Hardy Rd project to ensure growth in regional traffic does not constrain the improved the safety and efficiency of one of the State’s most Katanning St freight performance of the Kewdale and Forrestfield intermodal important freight transport corridors, and included: