APRIL 2020 Reid Highway Dual Carriageway Altone Road to West Swan Road Construction update The Reid Highway Dual Carriageway has entered the final stages of construction with the new Bennett Brook and Arthur Street bridge surfaces nearly ready for asphalt to be laid. In February and March, crews worked overnight to install bridge beams. The Arthur Street bridge deck has been poured and is now having kerbing and barriers installed. The deck of the Bennett Brook Bridge will be poured at the end of this month. The Arthur Street bridge will have concrete screens installed on top of the bridge structure to ensure drivers and pedestrians can’t see into neighbouring houses or back yards. The screens will be painted various shades of grey to provide a neutral colour background in the surrounding residential landscape. Lifting the bridge beams into place at Bennett Brook Pouring concrete for the deck of the Arthur Street bridge Safe and attractive travel options for pedestrian and cyclists Reid Highway is part of a popular travel route for cyclists visiting the Swan Valley. The Swan Valley is cycle friendly with many local businesses set up to make cycling easy. A new four metre-wide Principal Shared Path (PSP), to be constructed as part of the Reid Highway Dual Carriageway project, will provide cyclists with a smooth and safe ride during which they will be totally separated from road traffic. The new PSP runs along the southern side of Reid Highway between Altone Road and West Swan Road. The path links in with the recently completed NorthLink WA shared path and ties into the existing Swan Valley Heritage Cycle Trail which runs along West Swan Road. The new path between Altone Road and West Swan Road also includes: Connections to the local footpath network at Altone Road in Beechboro Connections to the local footpath network at Lombardy Crescent, Lord Street and Suffolk Street (via Arthur Street) in Caversham Underpass under Reid Highway providing a traffic free path between Grandis Road in Dayton and Arthur Street in Caversham Five cultural markers including two laser-cut steel shadow sculptures along the route. New lighting, wayfinding signs, seating, pavement markings and landscaping. The cultural marker points will be installed at the entries to the PSP at Altone Road and West Swan Road, at Bennett Brook, at the Underpass, and at a significant site near Arthur Street known as Jack and Mabel Moore’s campsite. The signage and sculptures will celebrate the lives of the Whadjuk Noongar people, tell stories about the local area, recollect the historical significance of the area and describe the local natural environment. The marker points will provide information in Whadjuk Noongar language. The same wording will be presented in English in the surrounding concrete base of the marker. Seating will be located along the path at Bennett Brook bridge and Jack and Mabel Moore’s campsite. Paving the way In late April traffic travelling westbound along Reid Highway will start driving on the carriageway between West Swan Road and the Bennett Brook bridge. Moving traffic onto the new carriageway will enable us to resurface the existing lanes of Reid Highway. Traffic flow in both directions will be maintained while the resurfacing works are completed. Works to move traffic onto the new carriageway will be undertaken overnight and will require overnight lane closures and detours. Upcoming works New westbound carriageway between Arthur Street and Lord Street Installing privacy screens on the Arthur Street bridge Commencement of asphalt works on West Swan Road Resurfacing existing Reid Highway carriageways Construction of new Principal Shared Path Finalisation of artwork design for the underpass Contact us If you have any questions or concerns, please phone 138 138 or email [email protected]. More project information is also available at https://project.mainroads.wa.gov.au/home .