Community Access

Improved Community Access and Roadside Amenity

Program Expenditure
Government Goal

Social and environmental responsibility

Aim

Improve personal mobility and access needs on the road network.

About the Program

The program requires us to maintain:

  • Remote access roads
  • Access for walking and cycling
  • Improved access and mobility for people with disability
  • Integrated public transport
  • Improved amenities such as information bays, noise attenuation and landscaping.
Key Performance Indicators
Target Achieved Target achieved
Target Not Achieved Not achieved - action is being taken
On Watch On watch
Target Target
Status Level Of Achievement
target achieved % Year that 100 per cent of Main Roads State Road Network available
92%
target achieved % Community satisfaction with cycleways and pedestrian facilities
87%
target achieved % Contracts completed on budget
100%
Looking Ahead
  • Upgrade Broome to Cape Leveque Road
  • Deploy Bicycle Boulevard Program throughout the state
  • Improve formation on Derby to Gibb River Road
  • Opening of the Swan River Pedestrian Bridge

Key Projects

Project Total Project Cost ($million) 2016-17 Cost (million) Completion Date Description
Kimberley Region
Broome to Cape Leveque Road upgrade 65.0 0.8 November 2020 Reconstruct and seal remaining unsealed section of road
Gibb River Road upgrade 3.1 3.1 June 2017 Reconstruct and widen seal east of Derby
Metropolitan Region
Victoria Park Drive, Perth Stadium access road – install traffic signals 10.0 3.7 October 2017 Provision of intersections
Curtin Avenue and Forrest Street – Cottesloe 0.18 0.18 April 2017 Signalised pedestrian crossing
New Perth Stadium – Swan River Pedestrian Bridge 83.0 21.14 March 2018 Design and construct pedestrian bridge
Roe Highway – Principal Shared Path Bridge 5.70 5.8 July 2017 Design and construct bridge over Roe Highway and Orrong Road interchange