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Road Efficiency

Case Study

Grain Freight Improvement Program

In November 2010, the State Government announced a $118 million funding package to upgrade and maintain our Grain Freight Network over a period of four years. The funding allowed for almost $44 million to upgrade State roads, more than $60 million was allocated to Local Governments to upgrade their roads and a further $14 million has been allocated to cover extraordinary maintenance.

In September 2011, the Transport Minister Troy Buswell approved an accelerated delivery program for upgrading State roads that form part of the Grain Freight Network. This sets a target for State roads in the Wheatbelt to be upgraded within two years, with the majority of upgrades completed by mid-2013. One outstanding State road project, delayed by service relocations, is expected to be completed in 2014.

Within the same year, we also worked closely with various Local Governments to review and refine project scopes. During discussions, additional pavement rehabilitation requirements were identified together with a number of safety improvements. To assist Local Governments with the delivery of works, we regularly liaised with the Wheatbelt Shires and provided technical support where required. We have completed 55% of the local road projects and the remainder are expected to be fully completed by mid-2015.

We are managing a total of 64 projects that will see more than 430 kilometres of State and Local Government roads upgraded. There were 17 projects on State roads and 47 projects on local roads, covering 15 Local Governments. At the peak of the delivery program, there were five contract construction crews working simultaneously to deliver State road projects.

For more information regarding the Grain Freight Improvement Program, please visit our website.

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