Metro Area Express Light Rail

Project

WASC 2013

Dave Thomas, Project Director

16 May 2013

Overview

• Introductions• Background - draft Public Transport Plan for Perth • MAX project overview• Current progress• MAX planning context• Discussion

Draft Public Transport Plan for Perth in 2031

Trains• Fast spines

On-road transit• Light Rail Transit• Bus Rapid Transit• Bus priority

Bus network• Urban coverage

Central Northern Corridor selection

Why light rail?

Project outcomesAn integrated public transport system that:

•Helps to mitigate against increasing traffic congestion and pollution through the provision of an additional, attractive mode of public transport•Links key activity centres including the CBD, hospitals, universities and major facilities•Coordinates with land-use planning, enabling revitalisation and new developments along the alignment – catalyst for city change

Proposed project timeline

MAX project scope

The Project

Mirrabooka in the north through the Perth CBD

before splitting into two branches to:

•QEII Medical Centre, and•The Causeway

Possible future extensions

•QEII to UWA•The Causeway to Curtin

University•The Causeway to the new

Perth Stadium•QEII to Glendalough and

Stirling stations

MAX vs Melbourne Trams

Proposed MAX Network

Mirrabooka

Dianella

QEII Medical CentreVictoria ParkTransfer Station

North PerthECU

Funding committed to planning phase

Whole-of-government approach

Project team has cross-portfolio expertise:

• Department of Transport (lead agency)• Public Transport Authority• Main Roads WA• Department of Planning• Treasury• Department of Housing and• Department of Lands

Stakeholder & community engagement

• Stakeholder Engagement Strategy and Plan• Individual meetings and briefings• Workshops, information sessions• Market research • Website• Project information sheets• Public information hotline and email enquiries• Social media and other online engagement tools

Planning & urban design context

• Not just a transport project• Land use and transport integration is a key component

of all Department of Transport plans• Key objective is activation of corridors and centres• Alignment with Directions 2031+ and spatial planning

activities• Department of Planning’s Strategic Project Implementation

Team is directly involved in MAX• Working closely with councils on integration with town

centre planning

Legislation• Legislation for project construction and operation

needs to be in place in 2014• Proposed legislative regime for light rail and bus

rapid transit will draw on existing powers within current WA Acts to build and operate public transport infrastructure such as railways

• Recommended policy proposals will go to Cabinet for endorsement as early as possible in 2013

• Total of 31km as well as 100m down all side streets surveyed to date

• Base survey carried out using a combination of theodolite & terrestrial and mobile laser scanning

• Fixed GPS used for some control points

• Heights from mobile GPS units deemed too inaccurate to be used for design purposes

Surveying

Chesterfield Road looking from Yirrigan Drive

3D Model – Fitzgerald Street• Initial traverse triangulated

to create existing surface model

• Street furniture modelled in place (light poles, pit lids, valves, hydrants etc.)

Key

Telstra pits

Western Power pits

WaterCorp valve locations

Light poles

Power poles

AlignmentFitzgerald Street with alignment overlayed (purple)

3D Model - Wellington Street• Digital DBYD information

draped onto existing surface and diameter (size) applied

• Depths applied as per Utility Providers code of practise

• Clash check performed between existing utility models and proposed rail alignment

Wellington Street (underneath)

Current progress• ‘Real Potential’ business case due for completion

in June 2013.• Final business case, including procurement

options, due in March 2014.• Northern section initial concept designs are largely

complete.• East – west section initial LRT concept designs

due for completion in the coming weeks.• Focus on the concept design west of Perth is on

confirming the alignment through the QEII site.

Current progress

• CBD alignment options being investigated.•Systems design for LRT, including scheduling, about to commence.•Depot location.•Cycle routes and access. •MAX Planning Framework.•Working closely with local government to integrate centre planning work (Dianella, Mirrabooka, North Perth) and other local planning processes.

Anticipated market interactionMarket sounding – late 2013•Update market on project•Advise on procurement approach, risk position, etc.

Procurement process – mid 2014 – end of 2015•Currently considering a PPP model, incorporating:

− Design− Finance− Construction− Rolling stock− Operations− Maintenance

•This approach to be endorsed as part of Business Case

Examples of light rail

Freiburg, Germany Mulhouse, France

Examples of light rail

Strasbourg, France Amsterdam, Holland

Discussion

Contact

Dave Thomas 6551 6639 Dave.Thomas@transport.wa.gov.au

MAX information line 1800 820 844Email enquiries max@transport.wa.gov.auWebsite www.max.wa.gov.au