Perth Voice Interactive

Full-scale model trains have gone up in the Hay Street mall to protest Barnett government plans to run light rail through the pedestrian strip.

Perth city council installed the models to show how cramped the mall would become with a MAX line running through it. Anti-MAX propaganda handed to passers-by said a train through the mall would mean “all street planting, street art, sculpture, street performances and stall opportunities in Hay Street mall would be lost”.

Al fresco dining would also be on the chopping block and pedestrians would be put at risk, the PCC claims. As a final insult, the MAX is not even planned to stop in the malls so traders would see little benefit. The PCC instead wants to see a route down William Street then along St Georges Terrace.

by DAVID BELL