Our community is getting behind our campaign.
There is a groundswell of community support to get traffic moving along Armadale Road and at Cockburn Central and its growing stronger every day.
Here are some examples of what community members and leaders are saying about our campaign to get funds to solve traffic congestion.
Ross Robertson
Chief Executive Officer, Perron Group.
“Perron Group is the owner of Cockburn Gateway Shopping City and the Holland Park residential estate on Armadale Road.
The existing road network in the area does not support additional development at Cockburn Central. The proposed North Lake Road freeway overpass and the widening of Armadale Road will allow for regional traffic to bypass Cockburn Central and give us the opportunity to develop the Cockburn Gateway. The Armadale Road duplication will improve access to Holland Park and assist with our marketing of the estate.
The next stage of development at Cockburn Gateway will provide much needed amenity for the community including cinemas, a town square and a department store which will complement the Cockburn Central Transit Oriented Development and the new Aquatic Centre at Cockburn Central West.
Cockburn Gateway development is forecast to bring over 1,300 jobs to Cockburn Central and represents an investment of approximately $300M by Perron Group that will not occur unless the above road improvements are made.”
Nigel Satterley
Satterley Property Group
WA’s largest private land developer, Nigel Satterley, supports the cities of Cockburn and Armadale’s move to lobby for major road infrastructure to help ease the relentless congestion and improve business productivity…
Satterley Property Group CEO and Chair of the Residential Council of Australia Nigel Satterley said the State and Federal governments needed to put these two projects on their priority list, given the continued growth in the southern corridor. The transport and development industries are what is keeping this state alive now the resources boom has come to a halt, and without this infrastructure WA’s economy will linger. The governments must step up and continue to increase infrastructure spend in order to facilitate growth and give the economy the boost it needs going forward. Satterley Property Group has significant investment in this area of the southern growth corridor including Heron Park, Honeywood, Cassia estates.
John Fraser
Managing Director, Jandakot Airport Holdings (Pty) Ltd.
“Jandakot Airport is a significant infrastructure asset for Western Australia. The airport generates substantial economic benefits to both the State and local community.
The unsatisfactory state of the road network around the airport is a real threat to the success of those organisations located at the airport. Jandakot Airport Holdings therefore fully supports the Community Connect South initiative as it will provide an important component of essential road infrastructure in the region.”
Elton Swarts
Executive Chairman, Business News WA.
“I endorse the efforts to have Armadale Road upgraded to a continuous dual carriageway from the Kwinana Freeway to the intersection of Albany Highway, South West Highway and Armadale Road. The upgrading of Armadale Road is considered both a necessary safety measure and also an economic enabler.”
Paul Harrison
President, Business Armadale (Armadale Region Business Association)
Director, Beaver Tree Services / Beaver Traffic Management / Cart21 cafe
Community Connect South Is crucial for the continued development and growth of the Forrestdale Business Park, Armadale South Industrial area and the Armadale business community in general. It will allow greater access for businesses both coming into and out of the Armadale region.
Businesses located in the Forrestdale Business Park, such as my own, already account for 10% of the Armadale road usage and as the Business Park becomes fully tenanted, this will continue to rise as Armadale road is the principal route west across to the freeway and on to Kwinana and Fremantle. For my own business it means greater productivity through more efficient movement of our twelve crews across the metropolitan area. Improved productivity means a saving in costs and potential to create further jobs.
Ruth Spielman
Executive Officer, National Growth Areas Alliance
“The NGAA supports these Community Connect South projects because it will lead to increased productivity, economic benefits and a better quality of life for local residents. Across the country, NGAA areas, which include Armadale and Cockburn, continue to grow at double the national rate. This is compelling evidence that a dedicated national infrastructure fund is needed to provide growing communities with certainty on the timely delivery of the infrastructure and services they deserve – and that inner city residents take for granted.”
