NorthLink WA

NorthLink WA is a road construction project in Perth, Western Australia, that will see both the northern section of Tonkin Highway upgraded, and the road extended northwards as the Swan Valley Bypass, to bypass Great Northern Highway. These two component projects are separately funded, with both the state and federal governments contributing to each project. Construction commenced in June 2016 with completion expected by 2019. [1]

Swan Valley Bypass

Swan Valley Bypass
Western Australia
Map of Perth's north with the proposed bypass in dashed orange, and the existing Great Northern Highway in blue
General information
Type Highway  (Proposed)
Major junctions
South end
 
North end
Location(s)
Major suburbs Ballajura, Ellenbrook, Bullsbrook
Highway system
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The proposed Perth Darwin National Highway (PDNH) Swan Valley Bypass is a planned new highway to bypass Great Northern Highway within Perth. From the junction of Reid Highway and Tonkin Highway at Malaga, it will head north towards Ellenbrook, and continue on to Great Northern Highway and Brand Highway in Muchea.[2] The previously planned route of the PDNH, prior to 2012, followed Lord Street, east of Whiteman Park.[3] The state and federal governments have allocated funding to the project, with construction scheduled to start in 2016.[2]

The new road will have grade separated interchanges at:[4]

Future interchanges, unfunded as of 2015, include:[4]

Tonkin Highway upgrade

The federal government has allocated $140.6 million to grade-separate Tonkin Highway's intersections with Benara Road, Morley Drive and Collier Road. The funding is part of the five-year phase of the Nation Building Program from 2014–15 to 2018–19. The upgrades are intended to improve freight transportation along the highway.[5] The total cost is expected to be $281.2 million.[6] In the lead up to the 2013 Australian federal election, which resulted in a change a government, the Labor candidate for Perth, Alannah MacTiernan, accused the then-opposition's candidate of lying to the electorate over their commitment to the upgrade.[7] The official policy costings did not contain specific funding for the project. However, an opposition spokesperson claimed it was "in the current forward estimates", and not in the costing, as the upgrade was neither a "new and accelerated" project, nor a project that would definitely not be funded.[7]

See also

Australian roads portal

References

  1. ↑ https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Barnett/2016/06/Sod-turned-on-non-stop-northern-transport-route.aspx
  2. 1 2 "Perth Darwin National Highway Planning Study (Reid Highway to Maralla Road)" (PDF). Main Road Western Australia. June 2013. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Frank, Caroline (30 May 2012). "New Darwin route". The Advocate. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  4. 1 2 NorthLink WA ultimate concept plan (Map). NorthLink WA. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Building and Planning for Western Australia's Future". Commonwealth of Australia. 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Tonkin Highway Grade Separation Program". Nation Building Program. Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  7. 1 2 Hopkin, Michael (5 September 2013). "Alannah MacTiernan: Libs lied over Tonkin Highway funding". Western Advocate. Bathurst, New South Wales. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

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