Site Visit to Vasse Bypass Road & Bridge Project Tour conducted by: Gerry Zoetelief, Project Manager Development, Main Roads WA, South West Region Hosted by: South West Group Vasse Bypass is a new section of Bussell Highway that starts at the existing roundabout at DATE: the intersection of the Busselton Bypass and Bussell Highway, near the Vasse town site, Thursday 1 October 2015 then proceeds west around the urban development before connecting to the existing Bussell Highway south west of the development. TIME: 4.00 pm A $12.5m contract has been awarded to BMD/Maca Joint Venture that includes: construction of 4km of new road, including 400m of dual carriageway; VENUE: reconstruction of the sections of the old highway and Vasse Yallingup Road that tie Vasse Bypass Site into the new road; 10km west of Busselton construction of five new intersections with street lighting construction of a new 25m span concrete bridge over the Buayanup Drain construction of a concrete underpass for pedestrians and cyclists COST (incl. GST) The project newsletter provides more information, please click here EA members & students: Complementary PPE Requirements: Non members: $10 Attendees will need to wear the following: Long sleeved shirt REGISTRATIONS CLOSE Long sleeved pants Tuesday 29 September 2015 Steel capped boots High visibility jacket Hard hat About the Speaker Gerry Zoetelief graduated from the Western Australian Institute of Technology (now Curtin University) in 1986 with a Degree in Civil Engineering. Gerry commenced employment with Main Roads Western Australia in 1986 and following a short term in Perth in urban road design, transferred to regional Western Australia, including the Goldfields, Kimberley and Midwest Regions. In that time he was involved in various road projects including the upgrading of Eyre highway west of Cocklebiddy, South This event is eligible for Coast Highway near Esperance and Great Northern Highway in the East Kimberley. 1.5 CPD hours Following the project works, Gerry became involved in network management in the East Kimberley and Midwest Regions. In 1995, Gerry joined a Civil Contractor in the Midwest, working on many projects including highway and road construction, subdivision development and mining. In 2000, Gerry moved to Bunbury and recommenced work with Main Roads Western Australia as Project Manager Development in South West Region. Since then, Gerry has been involved with many major projects in the South West including the Bussell Highway upgrade between Vasse and Margaret River, Perth Bunbury Highway improvements through Mandurah, Kwinana Freeway Extension from Safety Bay Road to Pinjarra Road, Forrest Highway from Pinjarra Road to Lake Clifton, Mandjoogoordap Drive into Mandurah, Bunbury Port Access Project including the Bunbury Port Access Road and Bunbury Outer Ring Road and more recently the Bussell Highway Vasse Bypass and Narrogin Link Road. .