The vision for Perth’s central suburbs revealed in a high-level government planning framework includes eight new river footbridges, a five-fold increase in cycle paths and a high-volume ferry service.

The Perth and Peel@3.5 million framework for the Central subregion reveals the councils of Perth, Victoria Park, Subiaco and Peppermint Grove will do the heaviest overall lifting to increase population density with targets to double, or even more than double, their existing numbers of homes within 30 years.

An artist's impression of the proposed Three Points Bridge in Perth. Credit:HASSELL

The other Central framework councils have been told to increase the number of homes in their areas by 25 per cent to 66 per cent – that is, Bassendean, Bayswater, Belmont, Cambridge, Canning, Claremont, Cottesloe, East Fremantle, Fremantle, Melville, Mosman Park, Nedlands, South Perth, Stirling, Subiaco and Vincent.

The state government framework sets out where councils should aim to plan for these future infill locations, as well as where the jobs and public utilities will go to service a population expected to almost double by 2050.