The Redcliffe Train Station will have a 500 bay ‘Park and Ride’ facility. The proposed location is within Perth Airport’s land to the east of Second Street. A 25 bay ‘Kiss and Ride’ facility is also proposed to be located next to the station entrance, to be accessed from Central Avenue.
Buses will access Redcliffe Train Station from Second Street and Central Avenue (south). The Redcliffe Train Station will form a bus/train interchange with six bus bays located at the station entry.
Brearley Avenue was once the main point of access to the Perth Domestic Terminal. When Tonkin Highway was upgraded in 2015, a direct exit point onto Dunreath Drive meant Brearley Avenue could be closed. This decision coincided with the State Government’s initiative to extend the passenger rail network to connect Redcliffe, Perth Airport and Forrestfield.
The closure of Brearley Avenue has presented an opportunity to reconnect residential streets and provide walkways for a stronger, more connected community. Brearley Avenue was partly closed in 2017 and completely closed on 7 October 2018.
The draft Activity Centre Plan outlines priorities for the delivery of infrastructure in the precinct.
Highest priority
- Landscape public open space around Redcliffe Train Station;
- Construct a roundabout at the intersection of Second Street and Boulder Avenue at the entrance of the Park and Ride facility supporting Redcliffe Train Station;
- Deliver road connections surrounding Redcliffe Train Station, including a connection between Central Avenue and Bulong Avenue and Bulong Avenue and Second Street.
High priority
- Realign and transform the Southern Main Drain into an urban stream;
- Realign services and utilities in the former Brearley Avenue road reserve;
- Deliver and landscape the central area of public open space within the former Brearley Avenue road reserve;
- Deliver a road connection between Kanowna Avenue and Boulder Street.
Medium priority
- Upgrade local roads and undertake streetscape improvements;
- Deliver underground power;
- Upgrade existing water, sewer and gas infrastructure.
Low priority
- Investigate and deliver additional areas of public open space
Traffic modelling indicates that traffic will increase on most roads over time, especially with the introduction of the Redcliffe Train Station and development in the Perth Airport estate.
Redevelopment within DA6 will also lead to increases in traffic on local roads within the precinct, however it is expected these increases will be gradual as development occurs over time.
Without traffic controls, there could be potential for drivers to use the DA6 precinct to access Perth Airport. To address this, the draft Activity Centre Plan proposes:
- Road and streetscape upgrades designed to slow traffic through the area;
- Traffic signals at the Central Avenue and Second Street intersection;
- Maintaining the existing cul-de-sacs at Bulong Avenue and Central Avenue to prevent access to/from Great Eastern Highway.
This arrangement will be reassessed when Great Eastern Highway is upgraded and Qantas relocates all operations from Terminal 3 and 4 at Perth Airport (which is planned for 2025).
Upgrades to Tonkin Highway and Great Eastern Highway as part of the approved Tonkin Highway Gap Project are also expected to help improve access to Perth Airport from Tonkin Highway and take pressure off the local road network.
Great Eastern Highway is a regional road which sits under the care and control of Main Roads WA. The timeframes for upgrading Great Eastern Highway are not known, as the State Government has not yet committed to undertaking these works.
It is estimated that Qantas will relocate all operations from Terminals 3 and 4 into one terminal at Terminals 1 and 2 by 2025.