Locals have voted overwhelmingly in favour of renaming the first new station on the METRONET Forrestfield-Airport Link, Redcliffe.
The WA Government asked the Public Transport Authority to initiate the survey in October in response to community debate over the station’s name.
The survey enabled community members the chance to pick the current name, Belmont, or to name the first station on the line after its geographical location, Redcliffe.
After one month, 852 residents completed the online survey with 691 (81 per cent) choosing Redcliffe Station.
Construction of Redcliffe Station is well underway, and will eventually form the centre of METRONET’s first transport oriented development – a precinct of apartments, shops and entertainment where walking, cycling and public transport are made easy.
Redcliffe is one of up to 18 stations that will be built as part of METRONET, which will add about 72 kilometres of new passenger rail to the Perth public transport network.
The rail line will add an expected 20,000 daily trips to the rail network by 2021. It is part of the Government’s METRONET plan to connect suburbs, reduce road congestion and meet Perth’s future planning needs.
The first tunnel, dug by TBM Grace, is now more than one kilometre long. More information is available at http://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au