Cottesloe breaks chain in Perth Freight Link
“I urge you to be less political, and more thoughtful for the long-term future of Cottesloe,” motion proponent Cr Sally Pyvis said at Monday’s meeting, not attended by Mayor Jo Dawkins who is on leave.
Last month, a vote on another motion opposing the PFL was tied 4-4, before Mrs Dawkins used her casting vote for the status quo.
On Monday, PFL opponent Cr Jack Walsh criticised staff advice that said Curtin University and Fremantle Council reports on the PFL, both of which used Fremantle Port Authority figures of up to 13,200 trucks in North Fremantle by 2031, were “not based on particular references and require the reader to accept the findings as fact”.
“I see a graph, used by the reports and the officers, showing trucks doubling by 2027, and therefore trucks doubling on Curtin Avenue,” Cr Walsh said.
Main Roads WA estimates up to 42 per cent of port trucks use side roads.
However, deputy mayor Peter Jeanes, a daily commuter on the PFL’s proposed route to Roe Highway, said the “worst” outcome for Cottesloe would be if the PFL and a stalled Kwinana harbour for containers were not built.
Cr Jeanes said this could result in more trucks using Cottesloe to avoid a current North Fremantle to East Fremantle traffic bottleneck.
Cr Rob Rowell said opposing the PFL would not change trucks’ use of Curtin Avenue until there was a heavy haulage alternative to the route through the Town.
Opposing the PFL failed in a 3-5 vote, before all councillors backed asking the State Government to remove Cottesloe roads from routes used by trucks with restricted loads, to cap the number of Fremantle Port containers and build the Kwinana harbour and provide PFL costs and modelling.
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