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$700 million plan to widen Western Australia’s Kwinana Freeway

Currently, around 100,000 vehicles use the Kwinana Freeway each day. A $700 million upgrade aims to ease congestion and improve efficiency for freight operators.

The upgrades, funded by the state and federal governments on a 50:50 basis, will include widening to add around 50 per cent capacity to the upgraded sections.

WA Minister for Transport Rita Saffioti said, “The investment will ensure we can continue our government’s major transformation of the Kwinana Freeway, which has seen the installation of smart freeway technology, the Armadale Road to North Lake Road Bridge Project and widening to large sections.”

The upgrade package will include:

a new lane in each direction between Russell Road and Mortimer Road
a new southbound lane between Roe Highway and Berrigan Drive
a new northbound lane from Russell Road to Beeliar Drive
new coordinated ramp signals between Safety Bay Road and Roe Highway to improve flow of traffic on the freeway

This funding continues the Kwinana Freeway transformation, following the completion of widening works, the Smart Freeway rollout, and the new Armadale Road to North Lake Road Bridge over the past few years.

The Kwinana Freeway upgrade will also support the operations of the future Westport project, while improving safety and delivering congestion relief.

The upgrades to road infrastructure aim to support the growing industrial areas and Defence Assets on the Western Trade Coast.

The Westport project is being touted as the linchpin for future trade growth in Western Australia, supporting local jobs and WA’s economy for the long term.

This new funding builds on the previous $67 million joint commitment towards planning and scoping of landside enabling infrastructure for the Westport project.

The Australian government is currently investing $9.7 billion towards transport infrastructure projects in Western Australia.

Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese said, “Western Australia is an economic powerhouse, and we want to make sure we are investing in future job creating projects like Westport, while still delivering the immediate congestion benefits for commuters now.

“This project will support jobs, improve safety and ease congestion for the 100,000 commuters who use the Kwinana Freeway each day.”

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