Wednesday, 19 March 2025

Boronia train station

Jackson TAYLOR (Bayswater) (19:07): (1074) The Allan Labor government is making the biggest investment in a generation into Boronia by any level of government and I am so, so excited. We are providing a major upgrade of the Boronia station precinct, so the adjournment matter I have is addressed to the Minister for Transport Infrastructure, and the action I seek is for the minister to provide an update to my community on when the final designs will be released for the upgrade to Boronia station’s precinct.

We had the first designs released not too long ago, which showed a new, landscaped plaza which would give direct access moving from Dorset Road through to the station and a brand new line of sight with pedestrian crossings being moved down the road to adjust with that change as well. We have got major upgrades, not just at the platform level but also at concourse level. There are so many parts of this that are going to make this precinct completely unrecognisable, with a new pocket park and open space. We are going to take out the protective services officers and administration from the concourse and we are going to widen that, making that more accessible and easier to get around. This is something that has been voted for well and truly in Boronia. It is very exciting. It has extremely positive feedback from the community in Boronia and across my electorate, and it is going to be an absolute game changer of a project. We know that construction will start this year; completion of this project will be in 2026. I thank the former ministers and everyone who has helped on this project, and of course the current minister, who I know is extremely passionate about this project. I look forward to her response.