PERTH city council will press on with plans to create a sculpture park at Heirisson Island, despite the WA government refusing to spend $10 million on a pedestrian bridge to improve access.
The council’s urban development committee last week considered three options, considered so sensitive they were hidden from public view and discussed behind closed doors.
One option was to “abandon the project and surrender the $5 million potential funding” and concede that without a bridge the project was “unjustifiable”.
But lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi and councillors James Limnios and Judy McEvoy were adamant on pressing ahead. They voted to send CEO Gary Stevenson off to meet with the WA government, hoping he can secure $5 million as a first step and then keep negotiating for a footbridge.
by DAVID BELL
Perth Voice Interactive 
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