Kwinana freight terminal report now available for public comment

The Department, in conjunction with LandCorp, the Department of Industry and Resources, Fremantle Ports and the Public Transport Authority, has been investigating the demand for intermodal freight terminals in the Perth region.

In 2007, the WA Planning Commission commissioned an investigation and report on the demand for such facilities and the resulting Kwinana Intermodal Terminal Site Evaluation Final Report is now available for public comment.

The report discusses location options, concept design and layout for a modern terminal in the style of a 'freight village' and identifies the 1,400 hectare Latitude 32 Industry Zone, between Russell and Rowley Roads, as the preferred site for the future new freight terminal.

It is anticipated that the terminal would primarily service the interstate freight task, with a smaller proportion of the throughput being intrastate. The quantity of international freight passing through the terminal will vary considerably depending on the location and form of the proposed Fremantle Outer Harbour.

The next step is to consider ways to formally integrate the intermodal terminal concept into LandCorp's structure planning for the area and comments on the report from the community and industry will assist and inform this process.

The closing date for submissions was Friday, 27th February 2009.  For more information on the report please contact us.