Hundreds protest freight link

source: the west australian

Hundreds protest freight link

Perth Freight Link protesters on and near Stirling Bridge, East Fremantle.
Picture: Simon Santi/The West Australian

Hundreds of people donned paper dust masks before marching across Stirling Bridge in East Fremantle this morning to protest against the Perth Freight Link.

The protesters highlighted diesel fuel exhaust as a pollution hazard as they filled the pedestrian walkway on the bridge.

During a rally at Kitson Reserve, Federal Labor MP Alannah MacTiernan said the project would not bring home the "economic bacon" for the State.

She told the crowd the only solution was an outer harbour in Kwinana.

Ms MacTiernan said Labour's pledge going into the next Federal election would be to allocate $2 million to the State Government to restart the planning on the outer harbour.

"That is in fact the only solution, it is what indeed these billions of dollars should be spent on delivering," she said.

"We want infrastructure that is really going to benefit this State."

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