MAIN ROADS NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2017

Transforming our Southern Suburbs Road Network

On 7 May 2017, the State and Commonwealth Governments announced a $2.3billion package of road and rail infrastructure works, which will reduce congestion and lead to smarter, safer and more efcient journeys around our suburbs.

As part of this package, seven major road Armadale between Anstey Road and Tapper projects will be constructed in 's Road Upgrade Avenue will be widened from one to two lanes in each southern suburbs over the coming years. direction, reducing congestion and improving journey These complementary projects will times on the last remaining section of single remove bottlenecks from our road carriageway on Armadale Road. network, improve access to and from Kwinana Freeway and improve freeway Armadale Road A bridge between Armadale Road and North Lake capacity from Russell Road to the to North Lake Road will bypass congestion at Cockburn Central . Road Bridge and Gateway Shopping Centre, and improve access Upon completion, they will support major to Kwinana Freeway northbound. public transport improvements such as Kwinana Freeway Kwinana Freeway northbound between Russell Road the METRONET Cockburn to Thornlie rail Northbound and will be widened from two to three extension and provide better options for Widening lanes, removing a major bottleneck around Cockburn commuters and for those who traverse Central. our suburbs on a daily basis. Smart Freeway technology will be used for the first Managing construction Smart Freeways - Kwinana Freeway time to create an additional lane from Canning The timing and delivery of each project will northbound Highway to the Narrows Bridge, and close and be carefully managed by Main Roads to reopen lanes in response to incidents, while safely minimise disruption. Advanced notification managing traffic flow at all times. The project will be of all works will be provided to local complemented with coordinated ramp signals from residents and road users whenever Farrington Road to Cranford Avenue to make possible. merging easier and reducing stop-start traffic Community engagement conditions. Main Roads is committed to working Murdoch Drive will be extended from Farrington Road closely with the community through the Murdoch Drive to development and delivery of each Connection to Kwinana Freeway and Roe Highway reduce project. Our community engagement congestion on South Street and improve access to teams on each respective project will and the Murdoch Activity engage directly with local residents, Centre. business owners, amenity groups and Karel Avenue The of Karel Avenue and Roe Highway will landowners to ensure any concerns are Upgrade be upgraded to improve access to identied and appropriately managed. and the surrounding industrial area. In addition, the local community will be able to access timely project information Manning Road A new on-ramp at Manning Road will improve in a range of ways – through newsletters, On-Ramp to Kwinana access to Kwinana Freeway southbound and dedicated web pages and information Freeway southbound reduce congestion and rat running in South Perth. sessions.

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST To register your interest or for more information on any of our new projects, please contact Main Roads: www.mainroads.wa.gov.au [email protected] 138 138 AT A GLANCE Upgrades to the southern suburbs road network (2017-2021)

NARROWS BRIDGE

N LEGEND CURRENT STATUS EXPECTED COMPLETION

SMART FREEWAYS Farrington Road to Narrows Bridge Reduce congestion and stop-start conditions through added capacity and coordinated ramp signals.

Procurement 2020 MANNING ROAD ON-RAMP Improve freeway access and reduce congestion in South Perth

Development 2020

LEACH HIGHWAY MURDOCH DRIVE CONNECTION Improve access to Fiona Stanley Hospital and Murdoch Activity Centre E Y U A W N H E G 2019 V I Development A H L E E O R R

A C K KAREL AVENUE UPGRADE Remove bottleneck at Roe Highway / Karel Avenue

Development 2019

KWINANA FREEWAY NORTHBOUND WIDENING Reduce congestion through an extra northbound lane ARMADALE ROAD UPGRADE, ANSTEY ROAD TO TAPPER ROAD Procurement 2019 Reduce congestion through an extra lane in each direction

Development 2019

ARMADALE ROAD TO NORTH LAKE ROAD BRIDGE Address congestion at Cockburn Gateway Shopping Centre, Cockburn Train Station andand Cockburn Cockburn Central Central Development, Development, easier and AR MA DA provide accesseasier accessto Kwinana to Kwinana Freeway Freeway LE RO AD Development 2021

RUSSELL ROAD

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST To register your interest or for more information on any of our new projects, please contact Main Roads: www.mainroads.wa.gov.au [email protected] 138 138