PRIORITY PRIORITY

Five Priorities for Action

1. A Generational Step-Up in Metropolitan Port Capacity

2. Moving More of ’s Freight Task by Rail

3. Expanding the Metropolitan Intermodal Terminal System

4. A High-Standard, High-Productivity Road Freight Network to Strengthen the Economy

5. Locking in Measures to Protect Transport Infrastructure Critical to Economic Prosperity

Image courtesy of Main Roads 58 59 stringent safetyandcomplianceconditions. Much oftheprincipalroad freight networkwillbeprogressively upgradedtoallowaccessbyhighproductivity freight vehicles,subjectto • • • developed itisenvisagedthatthenetworkwillcomprise: integration withWestern Australia’s regional road network,toensure therobustness oftheoverallfreight transportsystem.Whenfully The PlanfocusestheState’s road freight planning,policyandinfrastructure investmentsonthisprincipalnetwork,andprioritisesits ‘heavy lifting’forPerth’s freight taskwellintothefuture. epicentres, includingitsports,airports,intermodalrailfreight terminalsandmajorindustriallands.Thisnetworkwilldomuchofthe decades andbeyond.Theprincipalroad freight networkismadeupofexistingandfuture roads thatconnectthecity’s industrial The PerthFreight Transport NetworkPlanarticulatesPerth’s principalroad freight networkdevelopmentprioritiesoverthenexttwo Highlights • • industrial hubstotheportofFremantle InnerHarbour, incorporating: standard connectionfrom theKewdale,Welshpool andForrestfield Roe 8 Extension and Tunnel: and industrialhubsofKewdaleForrestfield. landmark road infrastructure around thePerthAirportandfreight Completion ofthe$1billionGatewayWA project hascreated Gateway WA PerthAirport andFr andconsistsofthefollowingprojects:Governments for Perth.Theproject isjointlyfundedbyStateandCommonwealth component inthelongtermplanningforintegratedfreight transport route betweenFremantle portandMucheaanessential The PerthFreight LinkProject isan85kilometr Immediate Infrastructure Investment Priorities–Perth Freight LinkProject Key SupportingActions road freight network development priorities New andupgraded linksto drive jobs,economic growth andbuildprosperity – the Economy Road Freight Network to Strengthen A High-Standard, High-Productivity

within theWesternTrade Coastarea, includingthefutureSound containerportfacilitiesintheOuterHarbouratCockburn create acomprehensive road freight gridtoservicemassiveindustriallandandportdevelopmentalongthecity’s south-westcoastline construction ofthenewFremantle Tunnel andanewnorth-southlink–theFremantle RockinghamControlled AccessHighway. Thiswill Rowley Road;theupgradeofMundijongAnketellamajorgradeseparationprogram forStockRoad;the A numberofnewandupgradedlinksacross Perth’s south-westandinnersouth-eastareas, includingtheextensionandupgradeof to create aheavyvehicleouterbypassofthemetropolitan area The recently completedGatewayWA project, thePerthFreight Linkproject extensionofTonkin andtheupgradesouthern as well as substantially upgraded east-west routes – as wellsubstantiallyupgradedeast-westroutes Two newmajornorth-southcorridorsinPerth’s north-westandnorth-eastareas –NorthLinkWA andtheWhiteman- Highway, extension with a grade separated at Winterfold Road. extension withagradeseparated interchange atWinterfold Major improvements toStockRoadnorthofRoeHighway Highway, from KwinanaFreeway toStockRoad A 5.2kilometre four-lane dualcarriageway extensionofRoe PRIORITY

eight AccessProject (completed): This project will provide a high e strategicfreight

Flynn Drive,NeavesRoadandStock(SouthBullsbrook)

• • • Western Australia,consistsof: freight efficiency betweenthemetropolitan area andNorth West of NorthLink WA (planningunderway): Thisproject, whichwillenhance

- - - interchanges at: Tonkin Highwaygradeseparationprogram including new Highway atMuchea Malaga, andthejunctionofGreat HighwayandBrand Northern between thejunctionofReidHighwayandTonkin Highwayat Perth DarwinNationalHighwaytocreate ahighproductivity link The constructionofanew37kilometre realignment ofthe ineachdirection RoadandHighStreet allowingfortwolanesand Winterfold A new3.3kilometre twin12metre bore tunnelbetween

Collier Road

Infrastructure Investment Priorities by 2.7m Western Trade Coast Road Development: Development of a high - Kelvin Road productivity freight road grid spanning the city’s south-west and - Gosnells Road inner south-east to accommodate further growth within Perth’s most - Mills Road important heavy industrial and manufacturing area, the Western - Champion Drive Trade Coast, incorporating: - • program to upgrade the primary - connection between the existing container port at Fremantle, the • extension with new four-lane future container port facilities in the Outer Harbour and between and Mundijong Road to South Western Extension to freeway standard. New grade separations at: Highway - Phoenix Road Fremantle Port Connect: Completion of the ‘last mile’ of the Perth - Spearwood Avenue Freight Link, extending from to the port of - Beeliar Drive Fremantle Inner Harbour. - Russell Road Full Freeway Standard for Roe and Reid Highways: Tonkin Highway Improvements: Widening of Tonkin Highway to six • Widen Roe Highway to six lanes between and lanes between and to provide Tonkin Highway, together with grade separations, elevating this freight a high standard link between NorthLink WA and Gateway WA. route to full freeway standard along its entire length Development of Tonkin Highway to freeway standard to ultimately • Widen Reid Highway to four lanes between and the form the core component of a heavy vehicle outer bypass of Perth with grade separations elevating this freight connected at its northern end to the new Perth Darwin National route to full freeway standard Highway and its southern end, with both Mundijong Road and , incorporating:

• Tonkin Highway grade separation program including new interchanges at:

- Hale Road -

Infrastructure Investment Priorities by 3.5m

Western Trade Coast Road Development: Development of a high • Widening of the existing section of Rowley Road, to a four-lane productivity freight road grid spanning the city’s south-west and dual carriageway, east of Kwinana Freeway to Tonkin Highway inner south-east to accommodate further growth within Perth’s most • Upgrading of Anketell and Mundijong Roads to four-lane dual important heavy industrial and manufacturing area, the Western carriageways Trade Coast, incorporating: Whiteman-Yanchep Highway: A new transport corridor for the • Construction of the new Fremantle Rockingham Controlled city’s north-east and north-west areas incorporating a four-lane Access Highway, a north-south coastal corridor linking to Stock divided north-south road between the NorthLink WA project (south Road and Mundijong Road extension, to provide an alternative of ) and Yanchep to accommodate future traffic freight route and reduce demand on Kwinana Freeway generated from urban development and to connect emerging industrial • Establishment of Rowley Road Transport Corridor as the principal investigation and expansion areas access route for the Outer Harbour, including an 8 kilometre four-lane dual carriageway between the Kwinana Freeway, Latitude 32 Industry Zone and the coast (with provision for an adjacent freight rail alignment at the western end, linking Latitude 32 Industry Zone with the new port facilities)

60 Defining a Principal Road Freight Network for Perth

While freight moves throughout Perth’s road network, a substantial The principal road freight network is that part of the larger proportion of current and future metropolitan freight movements are transport network over which the movement of heavy freight will be concentrated on a relatively small number of major road corridors, supported and increasingly consolidated. This includes a general creating, in effect, a principal road freight network for Perth.2 reduction in the number of key freight routes compared to those designated in previous urban planning strategies and land use Through the Perth Freight Transport Network Plan, the Western planning policies, and a general expansion in freight activity on ’s transport agencies have identified the these key routes including an expansion in the size, length and principal road freight network for Perth. This network is made up weight of heavy vehicles operating on these routes. of the existing and future roads that connect Perth’s industrial epicentres, including its ports, airports, intermodal freight rail The development of the principal road freight network will focus on terminals and major industrial lands. increased heavy vehicle productivity, coordinated land use planning controls and, most visibly, investment to upgrade the capacity of This network will carry the majority of Perth’s freight task in the the network to accommodate increased heavy freight movements. short and long term.

Refer to Map 4 for additional information.

Network Definition Process

Road Ownership and Responsibility Network Inclusion Criteria

Road planning authorities over the years have adopted road Criteria for inclusion of routes in the principal road freight hierarchies to guide orderly road development planning and define network include: responsibilities for road asset ownership, management and funding. • Significant existing and forecast volumes of freight relative Perth has evolved around a growing demand for road transport. to other transport routes Most of this demand has proceeded as intended by the city’s • Designation as an existing or future heavy vehicle route various urban planning schemes, spatial frameworks and road operating under the Restricted Access Vehicle regime hierarchies, but some freight demands and requirements will fall • Strategic functionality within the overall network – for outside these frameworks in the future. example, contribution to connectivity between ports, The principal road freight network has been defined on guiding intermodal terminals and other major freight origins and principles that are independent of prevailing road hierarchies and destinations classifications. It therefore represents a jurisdiction-neutral view of • Overall suitability of the road infrastructure to support key freight roads for the long term. both existing and forecast freight volumes Roads will be divided into a two-tiered classification system • Existing or potential future routes recognised under the comprising strategic freight roads and major freight roads with National Land Transport Network strategic freight roads satisfying a higher number of criteria relative to major freight roads. The majority of these roads are generally declared State highways and main roads which cater for high-productivity freight vehicles, although several roads included are currently the responsibility of local government.

The need for change to road hierarchies associated with the principal road freight network will evolve over time, in line with freight demand. It will be considered as part of the ongoing implementation of the Perth Freight Transport Network Plan and be subject to the Main Roads WA road classification assessment process.

2 It should be noted that while the majority of road freight movements in the future will be on the principal road freight network, and is therefore the focus of this Plan, freight vehicles will continue to travel throughout Perth’s entire road network. The demand on these roads, although lower in comparison to demand on the principal road freight network, can be significant and will continue to grow in the future as Perth’s population and economic activity increases.

61 Image courtesy of Main Roads Western Australia 62 Connecting Perth – Network Development Strategy

Perth’s North-West and North-East Sub-Regions The principal road freight network development priorities for between and and extended Perth’s north-west and north-east areas include the construction further north from to Alkimos Drive. This investment of two new major north-south corridors and substantial upgrades focus will reduce traffic on parallel routes including the northern to east-west routes - Flynn Drive, Neaves Road and Stock Road sections of and Road. (South Bullsbrook). By 3.5m the construction of the new Whiteman-Yanchep Highway is The NorthLink WA project, which is already undergoing project proposed to provide an additional commuter and freight route, and planning and development, will transform access between the connect emerging economic and employment estates at Neerabup metropolitan area and the North West of the State. It comprises Industrial Area and future estates at Nowergup and Pinjar. a new highway link between the junction of Reid Highway and Flynn Drive will be extended east to Neaves Road and west to Tonkin Highway and the junction of Great Northern Highway and Mitchell Freeway to improve connectivity between these roads and to divert north-south heavy vehicle traffic from the nearby industrial lands. The construction of this missing link will Swan Valley wine growing and tourism area. The NorthLink WA complete an important east-west freight corridor that will help to project will be the main metropolitan component of a wider series reduce the number of heavy vehicles travelling on the area’s local of improvements to Perth Darwin National Highway. The second roads. By 3.5m a major upgrade of Stock Road (South Bullsbrook) key component of the project is a series of grade separations on will connect two freight roads – Perth Darwin National Highway and Tonkin Highway, which, together with the proposed upgrade of Great Northern Highway – as well as improve access to existing Tonkin Highway to six lanes between Great Eastern Highway and industrial lands at South Bullsbrook and future industrial lands at Reid Highway, will provide the crucial link between the Gateway WA North Ellenbrook. This upgraded road will perform an important precinct and Perth Darwin National Highway. freight role given the likely development of a new major intermodal Mitchell Freeway is being extended from Burns Beach Road to Hester terminal in the area in the future. Avenue in the short term. The Freeway will be widened to six lanes

Perth’s Central Sub-Region The principal road freight network development priorities for Perth’s area. Upgrades to provide additional capacity will be undertaken central area include the recent completion of the Gateway WA on Abernethy, Kewdale and Orrong Roads to accommodate this project, planning, development and construction of the Perth growth. Freight Link project, and upgrade and southern extension of The Roe Highway will be extended west to Stock Road as part of Tonkin Highway to create an outer bypass of the city. - a transformational port access project. Together The Gateway WA project, involved the widening of Tonkin Highway with Gateway WA, the Perth Freight Link project will provide the to six lanes between Great Eastern and Roe Highways, upgrading city’s principal freight corridor between the major industrial lands at to expressway standard between Kewdale, Forrestfield and Welshpool and both the existing port at and the , and a major program of new bridges and Fremantle and the future container and general cargo port facilities in interchanges in the area. the Outer Harbour.

Within the general Gateway area, Abernethy, Kewdale, Orrong Ultimately the delivery of Gateway WA, NorthLink WA and Perth and Welshpool Roads are key links in the principal freight network. Freight Link will form a freight corridor, suitable for high productivity These roads play a vital role in distributing freight from the Kewdale vehicles, that stretches from Fremantle to Muchea. This corridor will and Forrestfield intermodal terminals which are among the State’s generate significant efficiency benefits for the freight transport and most important supply nodes. These roads will continue to logistics industry with the majority expected to be derived from travel serve an important freight function given that existing interstate time savings, vehicle operating cost savings and improvements intermodal terminals will substantially expand their operations and in travel time reliability as a result of access to a completed, less new international intermodal terminals are likely to develop in the congested freeway network.

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65 By 2.7m Tonkin Highway will be upgraded via a grade separation Perth Darwin National Highway and at its southern end with both program between Hale and Armadale Roads. The Highway will be Mundijong Road and the South Western Highway. This outer bypass extended south from Thomas Road to South Western Highway will be further enhanced by road widening and grade separations on at Mundijong Road. These major investments will enable Tonkin Reid Highway between Tonkin Highway and Roe Highway. These Highway to ultimately form the core component of a heavy vehicle upgrades will improve traffic flows and road safety on this route. outer bypass of the city connected at its northern end with the new

Perth’s South-East and South-West Sub-Regions to Peel The scale and scope of industrial land and port development along the The Rowley Road extension will be the principal access route for city’s south-west coastline will have a profound influence on the broader the container port facilities in the Outer Harbour and therefore an metropolitan road freight network in the future. These developments will integral part of the Western Australian Government’s vision for underpin the need for new and upgraded links across the south-west the development of the metropolitan freight transport network. and inner south-east areas, including the extension and upgrade of Accordingly, Rowley Road will be classified as a strategic freight Rowley Road and the upgrade of Mundijong Road. Much of this road road and, with Stock Road, will form part of Western Australia’s development will proceed in line with the construction of future container proposed future National Land Transport Network. port facilities and the area’s industrial land development timelines. Mundijong Road and Anketell Road will also be classified as Stock Road will undergo a major grade separation program to upgrade strategic freight roads. These roads, along with Rowley and Stock the majority of this road to freeway standard. Stock Road will also be Roads and the proposed Fremantle Rockingham Controlled extended north via the proposed Stock Road River Crossing to connect Access Highway, will provide a high-standard and comprehensive with the Mitchell Freeway and the north west corridor. freight road grid supporting the container port facilities in the Outer Harbour as well as a cluster of some of Western Australia’s The construction of the Fremantle Rockingham Controlled Access most important heavy industrial assets located within the Western Highway and Fremantle Tunnel is also proposed and these routes will be Trade Coast - a swathe of coastal land between Munster and classified as strategic freight roads. Together, these routes will ultimately Rockingham. These comprise the Rockingham Industry Zone, form an alternative north-south coastal corridor connecting the existing Australian Marine Complex, Latitude 32 Industry Zone and Kwinana container port at Fremantle, the container port facilities in the Outer Industrial Area. Within this area, Cockburn and Patterson Roads will Harbour and the Roe Highway Extension. This new freeway standard continue to be important internal freight circulation roads. corridor will provide heavy vehicles with an alternative to Kwinana Freeway which will undergo staged upgrading to six lanes between Roe Highway and .

Additional Upgrades across the Network There will be other upgrades undertaken across the network on appropriate level of service is maintained on roads which provide a number of major freight roads, including West Coast Highway, strategic redundancy and flexibility within the overall network via , Lakes Road and Reid Highway (west of Tonkin secondary freight routes. Highway). These projects are significant as they will ensure an

66 Shaping the Economy - Optimising Network Productivity

Larger, Safer, More Efficient Heavy Vehicles The metropolitan footprint now stretches 150 kilometres from transport freight. They also benefit other road users by reducing in the south to Yanchep in the north, making Perth, in the number of vehicles on the network, improving road safety and area, one of the largest cities in the world. The distance between reducing emissions per unit of freight moved. Perth’s coastline and its eastern fringe, however, is only around The Western Australian Government, through Main Roads WA, will 25 kilometres. Perth’s elongated shape means that freight will extend access to high productivity freight vehicles in a manner, and continue to be transported long distances. Maintaining network at a pace, that guarantees the highest safety standards and retains efficiency, in terms of delivering goods on time and at a reasonable public confidence. cost, will therefore be of paramount importance. This will include the continued review of policies relating to the This efficiency imperative, together with the increase in Perth’s location, condition and configuration of major heavy vehicle freight task, will necessitate the introduction of larger vehicle assembly areas, recognising the important role these facilities combinations – known generically as high productivity freight have in supporting the development of the freight network and vehicles – for selected high-standard links on the principal freight improving connectivity and safety of heavy vehicle operations both network. within the metropolitan area and between metropolitan and regional Larger vehicles offer transport operators the opportunity to achieve Western Australia. cost reductions by reducing the total number of trips required to

Creating an Access Regime that Drives Productivity In earlier stages, it is expected that freight demand will be mainly to ensure end-to-end connectivity for freight transferring between supported by existing approved heavy vehicle configurations central metropolitan and northern regional Western Australia. allowed under the prevailing access regime. Over time, however, Improved access will also benefit businesses located within the economic and population growth will create increased demand Malaga industrial area. for heavy vehicle transportation and require longer, larger trucks to Roe Highway will provide RAV 7 access along its entire length. This operate on the network. will further enable the development of a high productivity corridor Increases in the level of network access will mainly involve between the existing port of Fremantle, the future container and upgrading a select number of Perth’s Restricted Access Vehicle general cargo port development in the Outer Harbour and the (RAV) routes, RAV 4 to RAV 7. RAV 4 vehicles form an overall length main industrial centres at Kewdale, Welshpool, Forrestfield and of up to 27.5 metres and can carry three twenty-foot containers, Hazelmere. Improved access will also benefit manufacturing and or equivalent, whereas RAV 7 vehicles form an overall length of warehousing facilities within Canning Vale. Stock Road (south of up to 36.5 metres and can carry four twenty-foot containers, Roe Highway) as well as the proposed Fremantle Rockingham or equivalent. This increase in payload per-vehicle of up to one Controlled Access Highway will also accommodate RAV 7 vehicles additional twenty-foot container is an important way to mitigate in the future, providing high-productivity access to the Western congestion by reducing the number of trucks on designated routes, Trade Coast. Main Roads WA will investigate the case for higher as well as emissions and transport costs. productivity vehicle access to the port of Fremantle Inner Harbour upon completion of the Perth Freight Link project. In the city’s north-east, the new Perth Darwin National Highway will be built to accommodate RAV 7 vehicles to ensure optimum In the south-west, Rowley Road will be upgraded and extended to productivity of heavy vehicles travelling to the North West of the optimise access to the container port facilities in the Outer Harbour. State. A new assembly area is being planned at Muchea, Anketell and Mundijong Roads will also provide RAV 7 access boosting in order to ensure a smooth transition between metropolitan and the number of high productivity east-west connections to service regional heavy vehicle operations. The existing Great Northern future growth within the Kwinana Industrial Area, Latitude 32 Industry Highway will continue to be an important freight route in the future Zone, Australian Maritime Complex and Rockingham Industry Zone. and will retain RAV 7 status to maintain access for a number of Cockburn Road will also be upgraded to RAV 7 status together with existing businesses along its route. the Rockingham Road- route to improve internal heavy vehicle circulation within the area. In Perth’s central area, the northern end of Tonkin Highway and the eastern end of Reid Highway will also facilitate RAV 7 access

67 In the future Tonkin Highway will emerge as a strategic north-south In 2014, the Commonwealth Government approved $10.8 million freight route. Tonkin Highway will be upgraded to RAV 7 status to to build a new heavy vehicle assembly facility in Bunbury. The new ensure consistent RAV access from Reid Highway in the north to facility includes 20 road train assembly bays, parking, lighting and Mundijong Road in the south, thereby creating a high productivity fencing, as well as a new on Bunbury Port Access Road. outer bypass of the city. Kwinana Freeway south of its interchange These works are now complete. The new heavy vehicle assembly with Mundijong Road to the will provide RAV 7 area will allow for the eventual extension of the RAV 7 network for the access to ensure optimum productivity of heavy vehicles servicing length of the Perth to Bunbury corridor. the South West region of the State. Refer to Map 5 for additional information.

Further Improvements to Over-Size Over-Mass and High Wide Load Networks The Western Australian Government recognises that Perth’s road Indivisible loads – generally known as High Wide Loads (HWL) – transport network must be able to accommodate special purpose place special demands on road infrastructure. These loads require vehicles and vehicles carrying over-dimensional and indivisible extra lane width and height clearances. These characteristics are loads. While these types of vehicle movements are relatively not always available on the principal road freight network, and infrequent, they carry critical components for large resource and despite the ability of HWL vehicle access to enhance productivity, it construction projects, or agricultural equipment for harvesting is currently restricted on some key parts of the network. activities, and are therefore of high economic value. Main Roads WA has recently invested a significant amount of Over-dimensional loads – generally known as Over-Size Over-Mass resources to identify and establish an appropriate HWL network (OSOM) loads – place particular demands on the transport network in the metropolitan area. Nevertheless there is a broader need to requiring larger clearances. Main Roads WA will continue to balance protect and where necessary further develop a strategic network the requirements of industry for large and heavy loads with the need of HWL routes across metropolitan and regional Western Australia. to minimise road safety risk and excessive wear to infrastructure such Engineering investigations to extend the HWL network to the South as bridges and road pavements. This balance will be achieved through West will be a priority in this regard. continuing to issue permits with appropriate conditions as well as selectively enhancing the OSOM road network.

Image courtesy of LandCorp 68 Getting Better Use Out of the Existing Network Freight Productivity and Technology Adoption of new technologies over the coming decades will have Freeways can be applied to give priority to freight vehicles at a number of positive effects on transport productivity, safety and selected on-ramps through bypass lanes, which would be of travel behaviour. particular benefit near major industrial areas.

Managed Freeways is a set of traffic management and Intelligent Main Roads WA is well-placed to play a lead role in the future use Transport Systems (ITS) strategies, which optimise transport of Managed Freeways. It has already invested in the necessary ITS network performance. Solutions most notably include priority lanes foundation infrastructure, such as power and telecommunications, and coordinated ramp signals which control access onto freeways along with traffic monitoring devices, across the metropolitan to manage traffic flow, optimise speeds and minimise congestion freeway and highway network. Plans for a Managed Freeways – without requiring significant additional road capacity which is program have been developed and will be rolled out as part of expensive and can be difficult to achieve in urban areas. Managed future network optimisation measures for the freight network.

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69 Perth’s Growing Freight Task

The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics • Tonkin Highway – Tonkin Highway connects a number of estimates that the metropolitan freight task will increase significantly freight roads including Great Eastern, Leach, Roe and Albany from approximately 5.5 billion net tonne kilometres (ntk) per annum Highways. It carries a large freight task relative to the overall in 2011 to 7.55 billion ntk per annum in 2020 (a 3.5 per cent average road network with the section near Perth Airport, south of growth rate) and 9.3 billion ntk per annum in 2030 (a 2.1 per cent Great Eastern Highway among the busiest in terms of freight average annual growth rate). activity, although sections around Kewdale and Forrestfield also carry substantial traffic volumes. Freight volumes will increase The principal road freight network will do much of the heavy lifting significantly in the future particularly between Thomas Road for this freight task. Roads where the freight task is likely to increase and , and north of Kewdale and Forrestfield due significantly include: partly to the future connection with NorthLink WA. • Roe Highway – Roe Highway is the most heavily trafficked

heavy vehicle route in the Perth area. The future extension of

the Roe Highway between Kwinana Freeway and Stock Road 10,000

will establish it as the main east-west route into the Fremantle 9,000

Inner Harbour further underpinning substantial growth in freight 8,000

volumes. 7,000

• Leach Highway – Leach Highway forms one of Perth’s earliest 6,000 and most integral freight routes and is a strategic east-west 5,000 connection between the existing port and the industrial lands 4,000

and interstate rail terminals at Kewdale and Forrestfield. In (million) Net Tonne Km Travelled 3,000 the future, sections of Leach Highway, particularly between 2,000 Welshpool Road and Tonkin Highway, will support increases 1,000

in freight traffic. The exception is the section between Stock 2008 2011 2016 2023 2030 Road and Kwinana Freeway where the construction of the Roe Highway extension will significantly reduce the number of trucks Figure 11: Perth Road Freight Task Forecasts (Source: travelling on Leach Highway. Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics) • Stock Road – Stock Road will continue to act as an important metropolitan freight corridor in the future and will undergo substantial growth given its integral role in connecting the existing port of Fremantle, the future container port facilities at

the Outer Harbour and Roe Highway Extension. Stock Road Tonkin Hwy - Welshpool/Roe 2011 Tonkin Hwy - Thomas/Rowley 2031 and Rockingham Road will also continue to provide north- Stock Rd - South/Leach

south connectivity for Anketell and Rowley Roads which will Stock Rd - Roe/South

be important routes for heavy vehicles accessing the future Roe Hwy - Welshpool/Tonkin container port facilities. Heavy vehicle traffic is expected to Roe Hwy - Willeri/Nicholson increase on both of these east-west roads in line with industrial Reid Hwy - Altone/West Swan Reid Hwy - Malaga/Tonkin land use in the south-west area and future port development. Leach Hwy - Orrong/Abernethy • Reid Highway – Reid Highway, along with Roe Highway, forms Leach Hwy - Welshpool/Orrong a metropolitan strategic . One of the main purposes 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 Kilotonnes per annum of the ring road is to provide an efficient freight route and to improve connectivity to industrial and employment centres in the middle and outer suburbs of Perth. In the future, freight Figure 12: Existing and Forecast Freight Task on Key Perth volumes will increase significantly particularly between Malaga Roads (Source: Department of Transport and Main Roads WA) Drive and the Great Northern Highway.

70 Major Network Investments

As the freight task continues to grow and capacity constraints communities, and construct new freight linkages to ensure Western develop, the Western Australian Government will play its part in Australia reaches its full potential. optimising existing freight network infrastructure and delivering new Maintenance funding will also continue to be important to ensure and upgraded infrastructure critical to the overall transport system that the network continues to provide a high level of service to both and the State as a whole. heavy and light vehicles. The Western Australian Government, through Main Roads WA While continuing with its program of investment in the upgrade and and in partnership with local government, will continue to identify targeted expansion of Perth’s freight network, the Western Australian investment priorities for the principal road freight network to ensure Government will work closely with the Commonwealth Government appropriate asset conditions and standards as freight demand to maximise funding partnerships that deliver critical freight network continues to grow. It will undertake major road upgrade programs improvements and to progress the necessary national reforms to obtain to accommodate increasing freight volumes, reconfigure the State’s the best use of the network for the long term. roads to mitigate the impact of heavy vehicle movements on Perth’s Refer to Maps 6 and 7 for additional information.

Aligning Strategies for Growth

Aligning the State’s road freight transport needs with its economic development and sustainability objectives will require:

• Strong corridor management focus • Purposeful road asset management and investment programming with an emphasis on heavy vehicle productivity • Adequate provision of recurrent funding to maintain the network to obtain the maximum value from the overall road transport network at minimum whole-of-life cost • Direct influence on, and by, emerging urban and industrial land use and planning. This process will on occasions require land use conflicts to be resolved • End-to-end connectivity of principal freight routes including the possible reclassification of some local roads to State ownership

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71 Immediate Investment Priorities – Perth Freight Link Project

The Perth Freight Link is the 85 kilometre strategic freight route Inner Harbour. They will also serve the Western Trade Coast, between Fremantle Port and Muchea and an essential component including the Kwinana Industrial Area, Rockingham Industry Zone, in the long term planning for integrated freight transport for Perth. Latitude 32 Industry Zone and the Australian Marine Complex.

These combined road projects will provide substantial The Perth Freight Link Project consists of the following projects: improvements to Perth’s freight transport network with improved access to Perth Airport, the Outer Harbour, as well as the Fremantle

Gateway WA Perth Airport and Freight Access Project (completed) This State and Commonwealth Government jointly funded $1 billion • Upgrading Tonkin Highway between Great Eastern Highway project was designed to improve the safety and efficiency of road and Roe Highway to six lanes infrastructure around Perth’s most important transport interchanges The Gateway WA project improves access to Perth Airport to and industrial hubs. The project involved: complement the airport redevelopment and provide sufficient • A major freeway-to-freeway interchange at Tonkin Highway and capacity to handle the expected growth in transport demand. It will Leach Highway, including a new primary access road to the also improve the operational efficiency of freight vehicles including consolidated Perth Airport terminal those servicing interstate and international intermodal freight terminals at Kewdale and Forrestfield. • A new interchange at Tonkin Highway and Horrie Miller Drive / Kewdale Road In addition, it is recognised that air freight plays an important role in • A new interchange at Tonkin Highway and Dunreath Drive facilitating domestic, interstate and international trade, particularly for high-value, time-sensitive commodities. The Gateway WA • A new interchange at Leach Highway and project ensures that Perth moves forward with improved airport • Upgrading of the existing Tonkin Highway and Roe Highway access to efficiently service continued growth in this freight mode. interchange • Upgrading Leach Highway between Orrong Road and Tonkin Highway to expressway standard and associated upgrades to local roads in the Kewdale area

Roe 8 Extension and Fremantle Tunnel Also critical to developing Perth’s road freight network is the • Major improvements to Stock Road north of Roe Highway formation of a high-standard freight connection, around Perth’s extension including a grade separated interchange at Winterfold central urban areas, from the Kewdale, Welshpool and Forrestfield Road industrial epicentres to the existing port at Fremantle. • Construction of a new 3.3 kilometre tunnel between Winterfold The project consists of: Road and High Street

• A 5.2 kilometre four-lane dual carriageway extension of the Roe Future construction of Fremantle Port Connect will complete the Highway from Kwinana Freeway to Stock Road network connection to Fremantle Inner Harbour.

72 NorthLink WA The project development work to deliver the $1.12 billion The existing Perth Darwin National Highway currently follows the NorthLink WA project is also underway. NorthLink WA comprises Great Northern Highway alignment, commencing at the intersection two main projects funded by the Commonwealth and State of Roe Highway and Reid Highway, as a two lane road. The route Governments: passes through the Swan Valley and growing freight traffic volumes are impacting on the community. The new route will provide • Construction of a new 37 kilometre section of the Perth Darwin improved amenity for Swan Valley residents and tourists. National Highway link between the junction of Reid Highway and Tonkin Highway at Malaga and Great Northern Highway Connecting the Perth Darwin National Highway to Tonkin Highway and Brand Highway at Muchea will further increase the importance of Tonkin Highway as a key • A Tonkin Highway grade separation program including: north-south route, linking industrial areas such as the Perth Airport and Kewdale precincts to the north. The Tonkin Highway grade - A new interchange at Tonkin Highway and Benara Road separations project recognises this and will complement the new - A new interchange at Tonkin Highway and Morley Drive route by reducing traffic conflicts at highly trafficked intersections - A new interchange at Tonkin Highway and and improving journey reliability on the corridor. The primary objective of these improvements is to enhance freight These grade separations on Tonkin Highway, together with the efficiency and productivity by reducing travel time and improving proposed upgrade of Tonkin Highway to six lanes between Great journey time reliability between the metropolitan area and the Eastern Highway and Reid Highway, which is also part of the North West of Western Australia. NorthLink WA project, will provide the crucial link between the Gateway WA precinct and Perth Darwin National Highway.

Image courtesy of Fremantle Port Authority

73 Image courtesy of Department of Transport 74 Investment Priorities by 2.7m Road Developments to Service the Western Trade Coast The focus of Perth’s freight transport and logistics activity will shift the existing container port at Fremantle and the future container further south, mainly towards the south-west area of the city. port facilities in the Outer Harbour. The grade separation program will reduce traffic conflicts, improve safety and increase The Western Australian Government will focus on coordinating heavy vehicle freight efficiency. The program will include: further growth within Perth’s most important heavy industrial and manufacturing area, the Western Trade Coast, to maximise its - A new at Stock Road and Phoenix Road economic and employment potential. - A new interchange at Stock Road and Spearwood Avenue

A comprehensive, high productivity freight road grid spanning - A new interchange at Stock Road and Beeliar Drive Perth’s south-west and inner south-east will be required including: - A new interchange at Stock Road and Russell Road

• Stock Road grade separation program – Stock Road along with the Fremantle Tunnel will be the primary connection between

Tonkin Highway Upgrade and Expansion In the future progressive construction of high productivity orbital Projects include new interchanges at: connections will be needed to accommodate the future expansion - Tonkin Highway and Hale Road of Perth. Upgrading and extending Tonkin Highway to the South - Tonkin Highway and Welshpool Road Western Highway at Mundijong will provide additional north-south - Tonkin Highway and Kelvin Road road capacity, which is currently provided solely by Kwinana Freeway. - Tonkin Highway and Gosnells Road - Tonkin Highway and Mills Road Traffic issues have become an emerging concern for the community in the south-eastern corridor of Perth. Upgrading and extending - Tonkin Highway and Champion Drive Tonkin Highway south of Thomas Road will alleviate congestion, - Tonkin Highway and Ranford Road reduce travel times and better accommodate the needs of future - Tonkin Highway and Armadale Road urban growth. Tonkin Highway will be extended with a new 14 kilometre section of These upgrades will also service the future freight task associated four-lane dual carriageway between Thomas Road and South with industrial land and port development within the Western Trade Western Highway, via Mundijong Road. Completion of this Coast area as well as transfer freight between other major freight extension is essential for the efficient movement of freight through and logistics precincts, which will progressively migrate to the and around the metropolitan area.

urban periphery including commercial developments at Forrestdale, The development of Tonkin Highway to full freeway standard Mundijong and North-East Baldivis. with grade separation at its main intersections, will enable Tonkin Tonkin Highway will undergo a significant number of grade Highway to ultimately form the core component of a heavy vehicle separations between Hale and Armadale Roads. This will upgrade outer bypass of Perth connected at its northern end with the new the route to full freeway standard. Grade separation of all Perth Darwin National Highway and at its southern end with both intersections will significantly improve freight efficiency by allowing Mundijong Road and South Western Highway. This bypass will traffic to move freely and at higher overall speeds, as well as avoid the more densely populated part of the metropolitan area improving safety through reduced traffic conflict. This is particularly as well as provide strong connections to the Western Trade Coast important as a number of the intersections on this route have via Rowley Road, Anketell Road and Mundijong Road, and to the relatively high crash rates and are predicted to have significant vehicle Wheatbelt, Great Southern and South West regions via Welshpool growth in the future. Road East, Albany Highway and South Western Highway.

Fremantle Port Connect Future construction of Fremantle Port Connect will complete the network connection to Fremantle Inner Harbour from Canning Highway via and Tydeman Road.

75 Western Trade Coast – At a Glance The Western Trade Coast comprises the Kwinana Industrial • Manufacturing, fabrication, assembly, technology, repair Area, Rockingham Industry Zone, Latitude 32 Industry Zone and maintenance services and Australian Marine Complex. • Four wharves accommodating vessels up to 300 metres These assets currently produce around $15.5 billion annually in length and employ 11,600 people. The Government’s long term goal Latitude 32 Industry Zone is to increase the Western Trade Coast’s output to $28.3 billion per annum and generate 22,000 jobs. • Total 1,400 hectares of industrial land across six precincts • Accommodating light, general and transport industry uses Kwinana Industrial Area Rockingham Industry Zone • Total 2,400 hectares for major resource processing industries • Fabrication and construction facilities • Seven precincts covering 1,150 hectares • High technology chemical and bio-technology plants • Largest remaining undeveloped special and heavy industry area in metropolitan region • Alumina, nickel and oil refineries; coal and gas-fired power stations • Warehousing, transport and logistics, medium to large Australian Marine Complex fabricators and marine-related industries

• World-class Centre of Excellence servicing the marine, defence and resource industries

Image courtesy of Kwinana Industries Council 76 Full Freeway Standard for Roe and Reid Highways Along with its critical port access function, the extended Roe network, and rail grade separations are a future priority at these Highway will perform a ring-route function (in conjunction with Reid intersections. Given is in close proximity to the rail Highway), bypassing much of the inner city. This route will also line, road and rail grade separations at this intersection will need to complete the strategic link in Perth’s road network to connect Reid be undertaken simultaneously. The / Roe Highway Highway, Great Northern Highway and Great Eastern Highway to intersection is further removed from the rail line and so road and rail Tonkin Highway, Kwinana Freeway and Stock Road. grade separations do not necessarily need to be undertaken at the same time. Upon completion of the Perth Freight Link project, Roe Highway will be widened to six lanes to increase capacity between Kwinana Grade separation of the intersection of Roe Highway and Great Freeway and Tonkin Highway, in order to ensure this strategic Northern Highway is also planned in the future, elevating this freight freight route continues to meet future heavy vehicle demand and route to full freeway standard along its entire length. remains the city’s main east-west route into the port of Fremantle. Widen Reid Highway to four lanes between Mitchell Freeway and Additional grade separations will be undertaken at the intersections the Great Northern Highway, with grade separations elevating this of Morrison and Toodyay Roads on the northern section of freight route to full freeway standard. Roe Highway. These roads also intersect with the rail freight

Investment Priorities by 3.5m Road Developments to Service the Western Trade Coast and New Container and General Cargo Port Development

• New Fremantle Rockingham Controlled Access Highway – The existing section of Rowley Road, which runs east of the Fremantle Rockingham Controlled Access Highway will Kwinana Freeway, will be widened to ensure a consistent four integrate with the upgraded Stock Road and the new Fremantle lane dual carriageway standard along its entire length to Tonkin Tunnel to form a high-standard coastal corridor connecting the Highway. existing container port at Fremantle and the future container • Anketell and Mundijong Road upgrades – Anketell Road will port facilities at the Outer Harbour. be widened from a two-lane undivided road to a four-lane The route will continue south linking Rockingham Road, dual carriageway west of Kwinana Freeway to Battersby Road. near the proposed Rowley Road extension, with the newly Anketell Road will be the key route for transporting Over-Size constructed Mundijong Road extension west of Kwinana Over-Mass and High Wide Load cargos to and from the Freeway, recently completed by the . The Western Trade Coast. Fremantle Rockingham Controlled Access Highway will be Mundijong Road will also be widened from a two-lane road to required in the future to take port and other Western Trade a four-lane dual carriageway between Fremantle Rockingham Coast heavy vehicle traffic off the Kwinana Freeway. Work is Controlled Access Highway and the future extension of Tonkin already underway by Main Roads WA to finalise a preferred Highway. Mundijong Road will serve an important function in alignment for reservation in the Metropolitan Region Scheme. the future as a high-standard east-west link to the Western • Rowley Road extension and upgrade – Rowley Road will be Trade Coast Precinct from the proposed Tonkin Highway the principal access route to the future container port facilities. extension and the Kwinana Freeway. The road will be extended and upgraded to connect to the port and will comprise an 8 kilometre four-lane dual carriageway between Kwinana Freeway, Latitude 32 Industry Zone and the coast. Construction within the Rowley Road Transport Corridor will include provision for freight rail at the western end of the Corridor between the Latitude 32 Industry Zone and the new port facilities.

77 Tonkin Highway Expansion The extension of Tonkin Highway south of Mundijong Road to Pinjarra A north-south bypass to the east of the town of Pinjarra is planned in will provide a complete outer bypass of the metropolitan area and the future to improve transport efficiency and the safety and amenity of meet the demands of urban growth and access in the south-eastern the town. The realignment will link into Greenlands Road south of the corridor. Its integration with the upgraded Lakes Road will also provide town and also provide for east-west bypassing traffic. This alignment connectivity to Nambeelup industrial precinct east of Mandurah. is protected in the Peel Region Scheme.

A New Transport Corridor for Perth’s North-East and North-West Areas – Whiteman-Yanchep Highway In the future, additional road network upgrades, including a new east-west link between the Perth Darwin National Highway major inter-regional transport corridor, will be needed across and the extended Mitchell Freeway to better connect emerging Perth’s north-east and north-west areas to accommodate future economic and employment estates at Neerabup Industrial Area traffic generated from urban development and emerging economic and future estates at Nowergup and Pinjar. A planning study will be and employment estates. undertaken to assess the scope for a direct connection between Stock Road and Neaves Road. The new Whiteman-Yanchep Highway will be constructed as a four-lane divided road and will integrate with the local road network To the south, Whiteman-Yanchep Highway will connect with to function as an additional high-standard north-south commuter Gnangara Road. Gnangara Road will be upgraded from Alexander and freight route. Drive to the new Perth Darwin National Highway, enhancing connectivity and improving access for the existing Landsdale, To the north, Whiteman-Yanchep Highway will connect to Flynn Wangara and Enterprise Park industrial estates. Drive and Neaves Road. Flynn Drive and Neaves Road will be upgraded, Flynn Drive extended west, providing a high standard

Perth Adelaide National Highway The future Perth Adelaide National Highway (“Orange Route”) the Toodyay Road corridor, deviating through the Red Hill section will improve safety and amenity on the Northam to Perth section and connecting with the former rail reserve at Bakers Hill on Great of the Great Eastern Highway and improve interstate access to Eastern Highway. The realigned route will also address safety and metropolitan Perth. This longer term planning concept, protected in amenity issues at the Greenmount Hill entrance to Perth on the the Metropolitan Region Scheme, will reduce gradients and provide Great Eastern Highway, which has steep grades and is in close significant productivity and safety benefits for freight vehicles. The proximity to residential areas. alignment is to the north of the existing route and generally follows

Investment Priorities beyond 3.5m Beyond the timeframe of the Perth Freight Transport Network Plan the Great Southern and the Central Wheatbelt regions to the the potential development of the proposed Southern Link Road metropolitan area, particularly to the future container port facilities may also be required. The Southern Link Road concept connects in the Outer Harbour as well as to the broader Western Trade the Brookton, Albany and South Western Highways with Tonkin Coast area. An alignment for the Southern Link Road has not been Highway at Mundijong Road, and will accommodate future traffic resolved and no reservation is protected in the Metropolitan Region growth in the south-eastern metropolitan area. The link road will Scheme. provide improved access for regional exporters travelling from

78 MAP 4 Metropolitan Principal Road Freight Network

NORTH-WEST

Mitchell Fwy extension

(NorthLink WA) (NorthLink Bullsbrook Townsite Precinct PDNH (North) Nowergup

Neerabup South Pinjar Neaves Rd Bullsbrook

Great Northern Hwy Flynn Dr Stock Rd

North Whiteman-Yanchep Hwy JOONDALUPWanneroo Road Ellenbrook

Wangara/ Gnangara Rd Landsdale Toodyay Rd

Mitchell Fwy NORTH-EAST

Reid Hwy Reid Hwy Balcatta Malaga

MIDLAND

WestCoast Hwy Great Eastern Hwy

Osborne CENTRAL Park Bassendean/ GEH Bypass Hazelmere Bayswater Tonkin Hwy Perth Airport G.Farmer Fwy

Orrong Rd Roe Hwy

Kewdale Abernethy Rd Forrestfield Lake CY O'Connor

Welshpool Rd East Welshpool Swan River

Leach Hwy Tonkin Hwy Canning Rd INNER HARBOUR Roe HwyCanning Vale

Roe Hwy ext.

Bibra Brookton Hwy Lake Nicholson Rd

Stock Rd

Warton Rd Churchman Brook Armadale Rd Reservoir ARMADALE

Tonkin Hwy

Rowley Rd Rowley Rd Albany Hwy Canning extension South Reservoir Forrestdale Latitude 32 Anketell Rd Thomas Rd OUTER HARBOUR Wungong

RockinghamCAH Kwinana Thomas Rd Reservoir

Fremantle West Mundijong

East Mundijong Rd SOUTH-EAST Rockingham Mundijong Rd

North East Tonkin Hwy SOUTH-WEST Baldivis extension

Port Kennedy Serpentine Reservoir

LEGEND Kwinana Fwy

freight class

strategic Nambeelup Lakes Rd Gordon Road Nth Dandalup major Reservoir MANDURAH Black Lake

existing industrial area (MRS / PRS, 2016) South Western Hwy

industrial investigation (Perth & Peel @ 3.5 Million)

industrial - expansion Peel Inlet

(Perth & Peel @ 3.5 Million) West Pinjarra Pinjarra existing urban (MRS / PRS, 2016) Greenlands Rd

Lake urban deferred (MRS / PRS, 2016) Banksiadale Harvey Estuary

sub-region boundary Forrest Hwy PEEL perth and peel metro boundary

Lake Clifton

South Western Hwy

0 5 10

Kilometres

Lake Preston Wagerup by 3.5m 79 MAP 5 Metropolitan Restricted Access Vehicle Regime Upgrades

Wanneroo Road

NORTH-WEST Mitchell Fwy extensionNORTH-WEST

Marmion Ave (NorthLink WA) (NorthLink Bullsbrook Townsite Precinct PDNH (North) Nowergup

South South Neerabup Neerabup Neaves Rd Bullsbrook Pinjar Neaves Rd Bullsbrook

Great NorthernHwy Great NorthernHwy Flynn Dr Flynn Dr Stock Rd

North Whiteman-Yanchep Hwy JOONDALUPWanneroo Road JOONDALUPWanneroo Road Ellenbrook

NORTH-EAST Wangara/ Gnangara Rd Wangara/ Gnangara Rd NORTH-EAST Landsdale Landsdale Marmion Ave Toodyay Rd Toodyay Rd

Mitchell Fwy Mitchell Fwy

Alexander Dr Beechboro Rd Nth Rd Beechboro

Reid Hwy Reid Hwy Reid Hwy Reid Hwy Balcatta Malaga Balcatta Malaga

Morley Dr

West Coast Hwy Coast West Great Eastern Hwy Hwy Coast West Great Eastern Hwy

Osborne Guildford Rd Bassendean/ GEH Bypass Hazelmere Park Bassendean/ GEH Bypass Hazelmere Bayswater Bayswater Tonkin Hwy Tonkin Hwy Perth Perth Airport Airport G.Farmer Fwy G.Farmer Fwy CENTRAL Roe Hwy Roe Hwy Orrong Rd CENTRAL Orrong Rd

Kewdale Abernethy Rd Kewdale Abernethy Rd Forrestfield Lake Forrestfield Lake Stirling Hwy CY O'Connor CY O'Connor

Welshpool Rd East Welshpool Rd East Welshpool Welshpool Manning Rd Swan River Swan River

Canning Hwy Leach Hwy Tonkin Hwy Canning Rd Leach Hwy Tonkin Hwy Canning Rd Albany Hwy Roe Hwy Roe Hwy South St Canning Canning INNER HARBOUR Vale Vale INNER HARBOUR Roe Hwy ext.

Bibra Brookton Hwy Bibra Brookton Hwy Lake Nicholson Rd Lake Nicholson Rd

Stock Rd Stock Rd

Warton Rd Churchman Warton Rd Churchman ARMADALE Brook ARMADALE Brook Armadale Rd Reservoir Armadale Rd Reservoir Russell Rd

Tonkin Hwy Tonkin Hwy

Canning Canning Rowley Rd Rowley Rd Rowley Rd Albany Hwy Albany Hwy Reservoir extension South Reservoir Forrestdale Latitude 32 Anketell Rd Anketell Rd Thomas Rd Thomas Rd OUTER HARBOUR OUTER HARBOUR Wungong Wungong

KingRd

Kwinana Thomas Rd Reservoir Rockingham CAH Kwinana Thomas Rd Reservoir

Fremantle West Mundijong

East East Mundijong Rd Rockingham SOUTH-EAST Rockingham Mundijong Rd Mundijong Rd SOUTH-EAST

North East Tonkin Hwy SOUTH-WEST extension SOUTH-WEST Baldivis

Safety Bay Rd

Karnup Rd Port Port Kennedy Serpentine Kennedy Serpentine Reservoir Reservoir

Kwinana Fwy Kwinana Fwy

Nambeelup Lakes Rd Lakes Rd Gordon Gordon Road Nth Dandalup Road Nth Dandalup Reservoir Reservoir MANDURAH Black MANDURAH Black Lake Lake

South Western Hwy South Western Hwy

Old Coast Rd Pinjarra Rd

Peel Inlet Peel Inlet

West West Pinjarra Pinjarra Pinjarra Pinjarra

Greenlands Rd Greenlands Rd Lake Lake Banksiadale Banksiadale

Harvey Estuary Harvey Estuary

Forrest Hwy PEEL Pinjarra-Williams Rd Forrest Hwy PEEL

Lake Clifton Lake Clifton

South Western Hwy South Western Hwy

Lak Current Lake by 2.7m

e Preston Preston istinxgE freight network as defined by Directions 2031 and Beyond, and SPP 5.4 Future Principal Road Freight Network

RAV Class MRWA Networks existing industrial area 4 (with conditions) perth and peel metro boundary (MRS / PRS, 2016)

2 (with conditions) industrial investigation 6 sub-region boundary (Perth & Peel @ 3.5 Million) 0 5 10 3 industrial - expansion 6 (with conditions) existing urban (MRS / PRS, 2016) Kilometres (Perth & Peel @ 3.5 Million) 3 (with conditions) 7

4 operating restrictions may apply

80 MAP 6 Metropolitan Principal Road Freight Network Strategic Investment Priorities by 2.7m

INNER HARBOUR PRECINCT

CurtinAve NORTH-WEST

(!Mitchell Fwy extension (!

(! WA) (NorthLink PDNH (! Nowergup (! Port Beach Rd Bullsbrook Tydeman(! RdStirling Highway (! South (! Neerabup Pinjar Neaves Rd Bullsbrook

Great Northern Hwy (! Flynn Dr ! (! ( Stock Rd

North Whiteman-Yanchep Hwy (! JOONDALUPWanneroo Road Ellenbrook (!

High St (! (!

Gnangara Rd Wangara/ (! (! Landsdale (! Toodyay Rd Mitchell Fwy (! NORTH-EAST (! (! (! Reid Hwy (!Reid! Hwy Malaga(! (!(! ( (! (! (! Balcatta (! (! MIDLAND WestCoast Hwy (! Great Eastern Hwy Bassendean/ CENTRAL Bayswater Osborne (! Park GEH Bypass Hazelmere(! (! Tonkin Hwy Bassendean/ Perth GATEWAY PRECINCTBayswater Hazelmere Airport (! (! (! G.Farmer Fwy

Roe Hwy Orrong RdKewdale ! ( Abernethy Rd (! (! (! Forrestfield Lake (! CY O'Connor Tonkin Hwy ! Graham PERTH (! ( (! Welshpool Rd East Farmer AIRPORT Gt Eastern Hwy (! Welshpool ! Fwy Abernethy Rd Swan River ( LEGEND (! (!

(!(! Tonkin Hwy Canning Rd Orrong Rd (! Leach Hwy freight roads (! (! (! INNER HARBOUR (! Kewdale Roe HwyCanning (! (! Vale Forrestfield Upgrades (by 2.7 Million) (! (! Roe(! Hwy ext.(! (! (! (! Kewdale Rd tunnel Bibra (! Nicholson Rd (! Lake (! Welshpool Rd (!Stock Rd (!(!(!(! bridge duplication Warton Rd (! Churchman Welshpool Brook (! (! (!Armadale Rd Reservoir

Tonkin Hwy ARMADALE new road 2 lanes (! Leach Hwy

Roe Hwy Rowley Rd Canning (! Albany Hwy (! South Reservoir Tonkin Hwy new road 2 lanes with median Forrestdale Latitude 32 Anketell Rd (! Thomas Rd new road 4 lanes OUTER HARBOUR Wungong (! Kwinana RockinghamCAH Thomas Rd Reservoir (!

Fremantle new road 4 lanes with median West Mundijong

road realignment and upgrade East Mundijong Rd SOUTH-EAST Rockingham Mundijong Rd

North East Tonkin Hwy widen to 4 lanes Baldivis extension

widen to 4 lanes with median SOUTH-WEST

widen to 6 lanes Port Kennedy Serpentine Reservoir partial upgrade / expansion

(! new grade separation

(! existing grade separation modification Kwinana Fwy

(! existing intersection improvements

Nambeelup (! completed grade separation Lakes Rd Gordon Road Nth Dandalup Reservoir existing industrial area (MRS / PRS, 2016) MANDURAH Black Lake

South Western Hwy industrial investigation (Perth & Peel @ 3.5 Million)

industrial - expansion (Perth & Peel @ 3.5 Million) Peel Inlet

West existing urban (MRS / PRS, 2016) Pinjarra Pinjarra

Greenlands Rd urban deferred (MRS / PRS, 2016) Lake Banksiadale

Harvey Estuary sub-region boundary

perth and peel metro boundary Forrest Hwy PEEL

Lake Clifton

South Western Hwy

0 5 10

Kilometres

Lake Preston Wagerup by 2.7m 81 MAP 7 Metropolitan Principal Road Freight Network Strategic Investment Priorities by 3.5m

(! INNER HARBOUR PRECINCT

CurtinAve (! NORTH-WEST (! (! Mitchell Fwy extension

(!

(! WA) (NorthLink PDNH

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High St (! ((! (! (! Gnangara Rd Wangara/ (! (!

Landsdale (! Toodyay Rd Mitchell Fwy (! (! NORTH-EAST (! Reid Hwy (! (! (! Reid Hwy ! Malaga (!(! ( (! (! (! ! Balcatta ((!! (! (! (! MIDLAND WestCoast Hwy (! Great Eastern Hwy (! Bassendean/ CENTRAL Bayswater Osborne(! (! Park GEH Bypass Hazelmere(! Tonkin Hwy Perth Airport

(! ((!! G.Farmer Fwy

Roe Hwy Orrong RdKewdale ! (( Abernethy Rd ((!! !! !!! Forrestfield Lake ((((( ((!! CY O'Connor !! (( (! Welshpool Rd East

Welshpool (! Swan River (! (! (! (!

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freight roads Lake Nicholson Rd (!

(!Stock Rd (!(!(!(! Warton Rd (! Churchman Upgrades (by 3.5 Million) Brook (! ((!! Armadale Rd Reservoir Tonkin Hwy ARMADALE tunnel (!

Rowley Rd Canning (! (! Albany Hwy South Reservoir bridge duplication Forrestdale Latitude 32 Anketell Rd (! (! Thomas Rd new road 2 lanes OUTER HARBOUR (! Wungong (! Kwinana Rockingham CAH Thomas Rd (! Reservoir

Fremantle new road 2 lanes with median West

Mundijong (! new road 4 lanes East Mundijong Rd Rockingham SOUTH-EAST Mundijong Rd (! North East Tonkin Hwy

new road 4 lanes with median Baldivis extension

road realignment and upgrade SOUTH-WEST

widen to 4 lanes Port Kennedy Serpentine Reservoir widen to 4 lanes with median (!

widen to 6 lanes

new road 6 lanes Kwinana Fwy

(! new grade separation

Nambeelup (! completed grade separation Lakes Rd Gordon Road Nth Dandalup Reservoir existing industrial area (MRS / PRS, 2016) MANDURAH Black Lake (! South Western Hwy industrial investigation (Perth & Peel @ 3.5 Million)

industrial - expansion (Perth & Peel @ 3.5 Million) Peel Inlet (! West existing urban (MRS / PRS, 2016) Pinjarra (! Pinjarra Greenlands Rd urban deferred (MRS / PRS, 2016) Lake Banksiadale (! Harvey Estuary sub-region boundary

perth and peel metro boundary Forrest Hwy PEEL

Lake Clifton

South Western Hwy

0 5 10

Kilometres

Lake Preston

Wagerup by 3.5m 82

PRIORITY PRIORITY

Five Priorities for Action

1. A Generational Step-Up in Metropolitan Port Capacity

2. Moving More of Perth’s Freight Task by Rail

3. Expanding the Metropolitan Intermodal Terminal System

4. A High-Standard, High-Productivity Road Freight Network to Strengthen the Economy

5. Locking in Measures to Protect Transport Infrastructure Critical to Economic Prosperity

Image courtesy of Fremantle Port Authority 84 85 • Reducing RailFreight Noise • Designate theFreight Network for Perth rail reserves. Western Australianplanningsystem,becausefuture increased railactivityisvulnerabletoresidential encroachment adjacenttonarrow a more sustainabletransportnetworkforPerth.Thisassetofstrategiceconomicimportanceneedstobebetterprotected withinthe the metropolitan area. ThenetworkisessentialforthemovementofState’s freight task,whilereducing road congestionandcreating The prioritywillbetoprotect thehighlystrategicrailfreight network,whichtransportsmore than$5billionoftradeeveryyearthrough national corridorprotection strategyasproposed intheNationalLandFreight Strategy. This planningapproach willunderpinnationalaswellstateeconomiccompetitivenessandisconsistentwiththedevelopmentofa exposes thecommunitytounacceptableamenityimpacts. the projected future growth ofthefreight taskandtoensure thatsensitivelandusesare notlocatedordesignedinsuchawaythat canbetterprotectThe PlanarticulateshowtheGovernment thisstrategicallyvaluable networkintheplanningsystem,toaccommodate offreight corridorsandfreight activitycentres criticaltotheState’s economicprosperity. The PerthFreight Transport NetworkPlantakesamajorstepforward byidentifying, forthefirsttime,existingandfuture network Highlights Key SupportingActions impacts onthecommunity Integrating landuseandtransport planningto managefreight to Economic Prosperity Transport Infrastructure Critical Locking inMeasures to Protect

management ofnoiserelating torolling stock Work withindustrytoencourage anongoingregime forthe - - frameworks includingthe: of themetropolitan freight networkinsub-regional planning Ensure metropolitan spatialplanningprocesses are cognisant PRIORITY Sub-Regional PlanningFrameworks North-West, North-Eastand SouthMetropolitan Peel Central Sub-RegionalPlanningFramework

• State PlanningPolicy

- - - Considerations inLandUsePlanningto: Planning Policy5.4RoadandRailTransport NoiseandFreight Continue toworkwiththeDepartmentofPlanningreview State

within proximity ofthenetwork Establish guidelinesfordevelopmentofsensitivelanduses network Address theinterfacerequirements ofthestrategicfreight railways meetcontemporarynoisestandards Ensure developmentadjacent tomajorroads andfreight

Image courtesy of Fremantle Port Authority 86 Integrated Land Use and Transport Planning

Introduction The Western Australian Government recognises that an integrated The network of transport corridors and industrial facilities that approach to land use and transport planning is essential to ensure supports the movement of freight is of considerable economic value Western Australia’s ongoing prosperity. Integrated land use and and strategic significance to the State and the nation. transport planning is one of the most cost-effective ways to optimise This freight infrastructure network will continue to shape Perth in the the performance of critical infrastructure, maximise use of latent future. It will be integral to the continuing competiveness of the local, capacity within existing land reserves, and facilitate the pipeline of interstate and international supply chains that drive the Western investment needed to build new infrastructure to accommodate Australian economy and keep the cost of goods and services future growth. purchased by the community and required by industry affordable. Both public and private sector participants in these processes will continue to seek certainty regarding the planning conditions under which future development will proceed and the rate and scale at Freight Facts: which it will take place. They will require clarity and consistency in $5 billion – Value of State rail freight assets the way in which planning principles and mechanisms will be applied $43 billion – Value of Main Road WA’s road assets to existing and future infrastructure. These assurances are essential, across all levels of government, to maintain community as well as 23% – Main Road WA’s road assets as a proportion of the investor confidence in the planning system. State’s total asset value

The Government will direct infrastructure growth and improvement to $28 billion per annum – Value of trade through the port of create a city structure that drives productivity, supports investment Fremantle

certainty and creates jobs in ways that are economically, socially $5 billion per annum – Value of trade carried on the and environmentally sustainable. One of the most effective ways to metropolitan rail freight network to and from the city’s ports achieve a city structure that meets these goals is by shaping freight transport infrastructure and usage patterns.

A Major Step Forward – Perth Freight Transport Network Plan In developing the Perth Freight Transport Network Plan, the opportunities for better integrated land use and transport planning Government has given priority to planning for future freight growth. outcomes, will assist to minimise such land use conflicts.

While the focus of this planning is to ensure the most efficient The Perth Freight Transport Network Plan takes a major step possible movement of freight, it must also take into account forward by identifying, for the first time, the existing and future environmental and social impacts on Perth’s communities. For network of principal freight corridors and freight activity centres such forward planning to be successful, vital existing freight critical to Perth’s economic prosperity. The Plan also outlines the infrastructure must be identified and protected. New corridors, Government’s vision for this network along with clear strategic freight activity centres and logistics precincts must also be defined development priorities. and set aside for future development and use. For this vision to be achieved, and its economic and social This will highlight existing and future urban areas where certain benefits realised, the planning, transport and statutory decision land uses, particularly residential, may not be compatible with making authorities and agencies will work together to achieve the existing and future freight operations without appropriate interface integrated land use and transport planning outcomes needed to management. Improving the quality of information available to coordinate future infrastructure growth and change. decision-makers across all tiers of Government, and enhancing

87 Strategic Approach

Context for Collaboration The Western Australian planning system has served the State well There has been growing recognition that distinction should be and has enabled the capital city to grow over six decades in line made between corridors and facilities for moving people, and with the vision and spatial layout in the Stephenson-Hepburn Plan. corridors and facilities for moving freight, as there are different land The system is based on stable institutional arrangements governed use associations and very different performance requirements. A by strong legislation, centralised statutory regional planning, number of reviews of national and state planning systems have subdivision control and oversight of local planning. It also has a been undertaken with an emphasis on measures to link strategic statutory authority - the Western Australian Planning Commission land use planning with freight network infrastructure provision and which has state-wide responsibilities for urban, rural and regional protection. These have been articulated in both the National Ports land use planning and land development matters - to exercise Strategy and the National Land Freight Strategy which advocate powers, allocate resources and provide expert advice with the measures to better protect freight corridors and facilities. support of the Department of Planning. The location of freight corridors and centres, and the manner in Planning systems throughout Australia, however, face significant which goods move between them, can have a significant impact challenges in dealing with a range of complex social, economic on the amenity and liveability of local communities in Western development and environmental issues with increasing population. Australia. Conversely, incompatible land use and development in While efficient, equitable and sustainable land use planning and close proximity to freight corridors and centres can compromise the infrastructure provision underpin the goals and strategic plans efficiency of freight operations which can ultimately lead to costly of each state and territory across Australia, the development infrastructure duplication. of planning mechanisms and their implementation at statutory The Government recognises the importance of keeping the decision stage can vary widely. A number of historic decisions have regulatory environment current and responsive to the changing resulted in urban developments that conflict with existing and future needs of the community and industry. The Western Australian transport activity. Planning Commission is currently reviewing the main planning State, Territory and Commonwealth Governments across the mechanisms relating to the freight network and making the country are increasingly acknowledging the need to identify, plan appropriate changes, in collaboration with the Department of for and protect corridors and sites for major infrastructure provision. Transport, to ensure that land use and development decisions Infrastructure Australia argues a national corridor protection support the objectives of the Perth Freight Transport Network Plan. strategy is needed for nationally significant corridors that handle This includes consideration of the need to address the interface or are likely to handle nationally significant transport flows. In requirements of the strategic freight network and establishes essence, these would be corridors and sites associated with major guidelines for the management of sensitive land uses within close export-import gateways, principal interstate freight networks and proximity of key corridors. substantial passenger flows between Australian capital cities.

Image courtesy of Main Roads Western Australia 88 Optimising Existing Planning Mechanisms

The Government supports a planning philosophy which The diagram highlights the multi-faceted approach needed to fulfil acknowledges that development, land use and transport are not the objectives of the Perth Freight Transport Network Plan. separate activities but facets of the same major challenge. These strategic priorities will be progressed in conjunction with A broad and holistic approach to improving the Western Australian incremental strategic and spatial planning improvements, including planning system will be needed to address this major challenge. the review of State Planning Policy 5.4. The diagram below provides an overview of the development, land use and infrastructure planning system mechanisms currently in place in Western Australia, across state and local government jurisdictions.

Legislation Strategic Planning Spatial Planning Statutory Planning Applications Review & Enforcement

State Planning Strategy State Planning Policies State Planning and DC Policies Development Act 2005 Guidelines & Manuals Planning Bulletins

State Planning Policies Region DC Policies Regional Planning and Metropolitan and Peel Guidelines & Manuals Infrastructure Frameworks Region Scheme Planning Bulletins

State Planning Policies Sub-Regional Sub-Region DC Policies Guidelines & Manuals Structure Plans Planning Bulletins

Local Planning Local Planning Local Strategies Schemes Government Local Planning Policies Local Interim Development Orders

Hope Valley Wattleup Local Interim Redevelopment Act 2000 Development Orders District District Structure Plans Swan Valley Planning Act Improvement Plans 1995 and Schemes

Local Structure Plans Improvement Plans Locality (e.g. Activity Centre and Schemes Subdivision Plans) Planning Control Areas

Street / Lot Local Development Subdivision Plans Development

Environmental Protection Act 1986 Heritage of Western Review Other Australia Act 1990 Contaminated Sites Enforcement Act 2003

Legend: Priority Area for Perth Freight Transport Network Plan

Figure 13: Overview of the Western Australian Planning System

89 Aligning Metropolitan Spatial Planning and the Perth Freight Transport Network Plan

Perth and [email protected], the spatial framework for the Perth and commercial centres, transport links, infrastructure and servicing Peel regions, focusses on the long term need to accommodate requirements, and regional open space. Together with the recently 3.5 million people in the wider metropolitan area. As Perth moves released draft Central Sub-Regional Planning Framework, draft towards this population growth scenario, so too will the size of planning frameworks have also been released for the Metropolitan its freight task. There will be an increasing need for transport and North-West, Metropolitan North-East and South Metropolitan Peel planning agencies to work together to align Perth’s spatial planning areas to guide future land uses. with its transport plans and to embed freight network requirements, A key outcome of this collaboration will be the clear identification in order to achieve a balance between efficient freight movement of existing and future freight corridors and strategic sites. The and sustainable urban development. Government acknowledges that setting this context is essential The Departments of Planning and Transport will collaborate to to avoid land use and transport conflicts at sub-division and embed the freight network into Perth’s sub-regional structure plans development application stage. Recognising the freight network at to strengthen the linkages between strategic spatial planning and structure plan level will help focus the land development process. infrastructure provision. This will result in more effective management of the interface between communities and freight corridors and freight activity Sub-regional planning frameworks are strategic spatial plans that centres, thereby achieving a balance between industry, community provide a broad framework for planning at a sub-regional level. and environmental needs. They cover planning issues including location for urban growth and consolidation, population trends, employment areas, major

Improving Current Practices and Planning Policy

Planning Framework Referrals A recent review of the existing planning framework by the other instruments has been refined to ensure that all applications Department of Planning identified the need for greater scrutiny located within 100 metres of the metropolitan freight rail corridor are of proposals within close proximity of the metropolitan freight rail addressed. network.

As a result, the referral process for all applications for structure plans, local planning scheme amendments, MRS amendments and

State Planning Policies - Improving Strategic Planning Provisions

The Western Australian Planning Commission’s State Planning The current objectives of State Planning Policy 5.4 are to: Policy 5.4, Road and Rail Transport Noise and Freight Considerations • Protect people from unreasonable levels of transport noise by in Land Use Planning, seeks to promote a system in which establishing a standardised set of criteria for use in the assessment sustainable land use and transport are mutually compatible. of proposals The Policy provides a triple-bottom-line framework for the • Protect major transport corridors and freight operations from consideration and management of the impacts of transport noise incompatible urban encroachment and freight operations. It deals with new noise-sensitive development • Encourage best-practice design and construction standards for in the vicinity of existing or future major transport corridors or freight new development proposals and new or redeveloped transport handling facilities, new major road or rail infrastructure projects infrastructure proposals (including major redevelopments of existing railways or major roads) • Facilitate the development and operation of an efficient freight in the vicinity of existing or future noise-sensitive land uses, and the network location of freight handling facilities.

90 The policy aims to achieve this by identifying the situations in which 24/7 freight demand in a way that is acceptable to the community it would be appropriate to assess proposals for transport noise and industry. impacts, establishing noise criteria to be used in the assessment of There is a need for State Planning Policy 5.4 to adequately reflect the these proposals and identifying measures that can be adopted to growing scale of Western Australia’s freight task and the changing reduce road and rail transport noise in these instances. needs of the community and industry. This includes contemporary With continuing economic growth, and projected strong growth noise standards and the requirement to consider noise as early as in both population and number of households, demand for goods possible in the planning process. In terms of protecting freight rail will increase significantly over the next 20 years. This will lead to corridors and avoiding impacts on nearby buildings it is important increased demand for the movement of goods. Although the freight that vibration be considered alongside noise. Although ground-borne transport industry will continue to respond with more efficient ways vibration is rarely a problem from road traffic, even at very close of operating, the challenge will be to accommodate large-scale, distances to major highways, it is important to understand that it

91 can be a considerable issue alongside freight railways. Vibration adjacent to major roads and freight railways. Improvements to impacts need to be considered and minimised through treating the the Implementation Guidelines will assist with the revision of State issues at-source through working with rail operators and the freight Planning Policy 5.4 by providing improved supporting information industry. on identifying, assessing and managing potential noise impacts.

Freight rail represents a special case, being more problematic Improved community and industry awareness is a key part of than passenger rail due to the significantly greater length, weight helping the public and land developers understand the implications and axle loads of freight trains and also because vibration and low of living near freight corridors and making informed decisions about frequency noise from freight rail can be more difficult to mitigate. purchasing or developing land that is subject to the requirements of State Planning Policy 5.4. As such State Planning Policy 5.4 is being reviewed to ensure the noise standards meet contemporary standards for development

Image courtesy of LandCorp 92 Reducing Rail Freight Noise It is important to note that managing conflict between transport transport routes; many of which carry substantially higher volumes corridors and adjacent noise sensitive land uses through the use of of freight than in previous years, and are forecast to carry higher setbacks and building treatments is only a partial solution, and when volumes in future. used in isolation can only be partially effective in providing a suitable The Department of Transport will work with freight rail operators to level of amenity to the community. The planning system cannot act identify affordable noise mitigation solutions in parts of the network retrospectively, and the review of State Planning Policy 5.4 primarily where noise is a known issue. Managing noise from rolling stock addresses issues in yet to be developed, infill or greenfield areas. over time will ensure that rail remains a long term viable option for There remains an existing and ongoing conflict in brownfield areas, moving freight through the metropolitan area. which is more difficult to address through planning mechanisms.

Alternative on-corridor solutions have to be utilised to help resolve noise issues in established urban areas that interface with major

Image courtesy of Fremantle Port Authority

93 Priority Infrastructure

The Metropolitan Rail Freight Network Over the past 30 years, Perth has seen strong economic and Since 1984 there has been a major increase in urban land abutting population growth. This is reflected in the significant increase in key sections of the freight rail corridor. Of particular concern, is urban zoned land within the Metropolitan Region Scheme, which that around 90 per cent of urban land abutting key sections of has grown substantially from around 60,000 hectares in 1984 to the freight rail corridor occurs within 50 metres of the rail track almost 90,000 hectares in 2016 – an increase of around 50 per centreline, with 70 per cent of this urban land considered noise cent. sensitive.

Some urbanisation has occurred in areas that abut the metropolitan As a result, community amenity issues have arisen and rail freight network. This type of development can create land use opportunities to create additional rail capacity to serve Perth’s conflicts particularly as the rail reserves that protect freight activity future freight task have been limited. The rail network has been from sensitive land uses are very narrow in the metropolitan area. compromised resulting in pinch points where further additional Most of the key sections of mainline (around 75 per cent) within the track works will be difficult to accommodate. Ongoing policy metropolitan rail freight network sit within a rail reserve of less than improvements between planning and transport will continue 50 metres in width. to improve the interface management between land-use and transport corridors.

Refer to Map 8 for additional information.

Since 1984: 30% decrease - in rural land abutting key sections of mainline freight rail corridor 70% increase - in urban land abutting key sections of mainline freight rail corridor 10% increase - in industrial land abutting key sections of mainline freight rail corridor

Image courtesy of Department of Transport

94 Without appropriate interface management, types of land use important for these goods but its role today is much broader. During conflicts are likely to worsen in the future as the freight task the last decade or so, rail freight has undergone a transformation increases. Within the next two decades, rail freight demand is and has taken an increasingly important role in the transport of forecast to increase significantly and require the allocation of an consumer goods. additional 300+ train paths per week across the metropolitan Freight rail corridors and terminals provide vital conduits through network - an increase of more than 50 per cent. These additional Perth, providing effective ways of moving freight en masse. The trains will be accommodated by increasing the frequency of trains effectiveness of these conduits is critical to the general liveability, as during the day together with additional evening and night operations. well as economic prosperity, of Perth and Western Australia. Moving Adverse effects on residents living alongside rail corridors can Perth’s freight task by rail brings many benefits to the community occur through exposure to increased train movements, extended including reduced air pollution, less road congestion and improved rail operating hours and development along transport routes that road safety. has not been designed to mitigate noise and vibration. A suite of A key objective of the Perth Freight Transport Network Plan is to initiatives to reduce impacts will need to be applied to the rail track ensure that there are options to preserve and increase network and / or to affected future adjacent properties. capacity in the Western Australian planning system to accommodate Ultimately, expanding network operating hours to move more of projected future growth of the freight task. A consistent and Perth’s freight task by rail will bring many benefits to the wider informed approach to land use planning will be essential to ensure community and economy, and is a vital, cost-effective way to achieve that sensitive land uses are designed in such a way that doesn’t a sustainable city. expose residential areas to unacceptable amenity impacts, leading to pressure to restrict freight operations. The Perth Freight Transport Network Plan recognises the essential role the metropolitan rail freight network plays in the Western The Department of Transport will focus its efforts on protecting Australian economy moving freight both within and beyond the the rail freight network, given its strategic economic and social metropolitan area. Every year the metropolitan rail network transports value and the issues it faces in terms of existing and future urban goods worth around $5 billion to and from the city’s ports. Rail encroachment, restricted land reserves and limited scope for new freight has traditionally been associated with the transport of heavy freight railways. bulky goods and construction materials. It continues to be extremely

95 MAP 8 Interfaces Between Freight Rail and Urban Development

Neerabup Pinjar

South NORTH-WEST Bullsbrook NORTH-WEST North JOONDALUP Ellenbrook

NORTH-EAST NORTH-EAST

Wangara/ Wangara/ Landsdale Landsdale

MILLENDON

JUNCTION MILLENDON JUNCTION

Malaga Balcatta Malaga

MIDLAND MIDLAND

TRIANGLE TRIANGLE

Osborne Bassendean/ Osborne Bassendean/ Park Bayswater Park Bayswater Hazelmere

Perth Perth CENTRAL Airport CENTRAL Airport FORRESTFIELD FORRESTFIELD

KEWDALE Swan River Swan River KEWDALE

KENWICK NORTH NORTH KENWICK JUNCTION QUAY QUAY JUNCTION

Canning Canning Vale Vale

Bibra Lake Bibra Lake

COCKBURN COCKBURN C hurchman TRIANGLE C hurchman Brook Brook TRIANGLE ARMADALE Reservoir ARMADALE Reservoir

Henderson

South Forrestdale Latitude 32

KWINANA TRIANGLE

Wungong Wungong Reservoir KWINANA Reservoir TRIANGLE

West Mundijong

MUNDIJONG JUNCTION East East MUNDIJONG Rockingham Rockingham JUNCTION

SOUTH-EAST

SOUTH-EAST SOUTH-WEST SOUTH-WEST

Port Port Kennedy Kennedy

1984 Current

*freight rail interfacing urban land existing urban (MRS, 1984 / 2016) existing industrial area (MRS, 1984 / 2016)

industrial investigation freight rail network urban deferred (MRS, 1984 / 2016) (Perth & Peel @ 3.5 Million)

industrial - expansion 0 4 8 perth and peel metro boundary rural (MRS, 1984 / 2016) (Perth & Peel @ 3.5 Million) Kilometres sub-region boundary

* indicates where urban or central city area MRS land faces at least one side of rail 96 Glossary of Terms

Connectivity Intermodal Terminal (IMT) Connectivity is the ability to use forms of transport to and from An Intermodal Terminal (IMT) is a location for the transfer of freight and between key freight centres that deliver the highest possible from one mode to another. It is typically used to describe the productivity. transfer of shipping containers from road to rail and vice versa.

Corridor Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) The parallel or competing modal routes between two locations The Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) Group is defined by the (e.g. road and rail routes between two cities). A corridor is multi- Australian Bureau of Statistics as “Vehicles primarily constructed for modal where more than one mode operates and uni-modal where the carriage of goods, and which are less than or equal to only a single mode operates (as is the case in many rural areas). 3.5 tonnes gross vehicle mass”. Included are utilities, panel vans, cab-chassis, and forward-control load carrying vehicles. Freight Centre The term freight centre defines a key node where intense freight Major Freight Road (MFR) and logistics activity takes place. These centres may include ports, Major Freight Roads (MFR) supplement Strategic Freight Roads (SFR) airports, rail yards, intermodal terminals, manufacturing activity, and are corridors which do not fit the SFR criteria. They accommodate warehouses and distribution centres. Freight centres are connected significant freight movements and provide substantial access. by the Principal Freight Road Network and freight rail network. Managed Freeways Freight Task Managed Freeways is a ‘toolkit’ of traffic management and ITS The freight task is the aggregate movement of freight of all kinds solutions which delivers benefits to the road user, the economy and (bulk and non-bulk), typically over a year. There are several ways the environment. Managed Freeways aim to make the best use of in which it can be measured. Unless otherwise specified, in this the existing freeway network, particularly during times of high report, reference to the road and rail freight task is expressed in demand or incidents. terms of tonnes. The port freight task is expressed in either tonnes or TEU’s. All tonnages expressed are net tonnes. Metropolitan Region Scheme (MRS) The Metropolitan Region Scheme (MRS) is a town planning scheme High Productivity Freight Vehicle (HPFV) for land use in the Perth metropolitan area. The MRS defines the A High Productivity Freight Vehicle (HPFV) is a vehicle configuration existing and future use of land, dividing it into broad zones and that is permitted to operate after gaining approvals through the reservations. The MRS uses a set of maps and a scheme text. national Performance-Based Standards (PBS) process. These The scheme text provides planning rules for zones and vehicles must comply with approved safety and infrastructure reservations. protection performance measures. HPFVs can range from specialist rigid trucks, through to multi-combination articulated configurations. National Land Transport Network The National Land Transport Network is a single, integrated High Wide Load (HWL) network of land transport linkages of strategic national importance. High Wide Loads (HWLs) are over-dimensional loads up to 8m high, It is based on national and inter-regional transport corridors 8m wide and 24m long, with a maximum 270 tonne net mass. (including connections through urban areas), connections to ports and airports and other rail / road inter-modal connections Infrastructure that together are of critical importance to national and regional Infrastructure refers to civil engineering structures that have been economic growth, development and connectivity. built to facilitate the movement or people and/or goods for various social and business reasons. Net Tonne Kilometre (NTK) Net Tonne Kilometre (NTK) is the sum of the tonnes multiplied by Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) the distance travelled. Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) refers to the application of computer and communication technologies to manage transport problems. Network Electronic data or intelligence is collected, to provide relevant and A network is a collection of routes that provide inter-connected timely information to road managers and users. ITS systems include pathways between multiple locations for similar types of traffic. Managed Freeway schemes, electronic tolling, driver information They can be multi-modal (typically comprising several uni-modal through GPS systems, CCTV and Variable Message Signs (VMS). networks) or uni-modal.

97 Over-Size Over-Mass (OSOM) Restricted Access Vehicle (RAV) Over-Size Over-Mass (OSOM) vehicles are a subset of RAVs that A Restricted Access Vehicle (RAV) is one that, alone or together have a height, length, rear overhang, forward projection or mass with any load, exceeds one or more of the following limits: exceeding statutory dimensions or mass limits. OSOM loads are • Mass limit prescribed in Part 3 of the Road Traffic (Vehicle commonly large, indivisible items, special purpose vehicles Standards) Regulations 2002; or (e.g. cranes) or agricultural machines/implements. • One of the following dimension limits: Peel Region Scheme (PRS) - a width of 2.5 metres; - a height of 4.3 metres; The Peel Region Scheme (PRS) is a town planning scheme for land use in the Peel Region. The PRS defines the existing and future - a length of 12.5 metres in the case of a motor vehicle that is use of land, dividing it into broad zones and reservations. The PRS not part of a combination; or uses a set of maps and a scheme text. The scheme text provides - a length of 19 metres in the case of a combination; planning rules for zones and reservations. - any other dimension specified in the: · Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 2002; or Performance Based Standards (PBS) · Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Rule 2002. The Performance Based Standards (PBS) Scheme offers the heavy vehicle industry the potential to achieve higher productivity and Rolling Stock safety through innovative and optimised design. PBS is based on Rolling stock refers to all vehicles that move on rail, including a vehicle’s real-world performance not just its dimensions and powered (locomotives) and unpowered (wagons) rail vehicles. mass, which is the basis of the traditional regulatory system. The scheme enables operators to assemble individually certified Route components into a unique combination to increase a vehicle’s payload or length beyond standard regulated limits. A route is defined as a physical pathway connecting two locations for a particular mode. In land transport, this consists Pinch Points of a continuous length of infrastructure (e.g. road, rail line). In shipping and aviation, it is delineated by operating or regulatory or Pinch points are points, intersections or short administrative practices (shipping lane, air route). lengths of roads at which a traffic bottleneck exists slowing down the broader network. They can cause traffic to build-up resulting in State Regions delays at these locations and on the wider road network. Western Australia’s State Regions as defined by the Department of Points Planning comprise the regions of Kimberley, , Gascoyne, Mid West, Goldfields Esperance, Wheatbelt, Great Southern and South A railway switch, turnout or [set of] points is a mechanical West, as well as the regions of Perth and Peel. The Perth Freight installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to Transport Network Plan focuses on the Perth and Peel regions, another, such as at a railway junction or where a spur or siding which are also referred to as “Perth”, “Metropolitan” and “City” branches off. throughout the Plan.

Program State Road Network A program is a suite of appraised initiatives to be delivered within a The State Road Network consists of Declared Highways and Main specified time frame and sequence. Roads, which form the primary road network for Western Australia. Main Roads Western Australia manages this network on behalf Principal Road Freight Network (PRFN) of the State. Public roads not part of the State Road Network are The Principal Road Freight Network (PRFN) is the freight network generally local roads managed by local government or minor roads defined in the Perth Freight Transport Network Plan. managed by other State Government agencies.

Rail Head/Rail Terminal Strategic Freight Road (SFR) The point on a railway at which supplies are unloaded/loaded and Strategic Freight Roads (SFRs) are high-productivity routes in distributed, often via another transport mode. A rail facility where terms of tonnage, volumes and value. These key corridors will rail services may commence or terminate and where cargo may be connect strategic heavy industrial areas, heavy fabrication centres, transferred between trains. major intermodal terminals, freight hubs, multi-user ports, resource provinces and regional centres.

TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) Twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) is the international measurement based on the volume of a 20 foot long international container.

98 Department of Transport Phone: 08 6551 6000 Email: [email protected] www.transport.wa.gov.au

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