Improved Community Access and Roadside Amenity

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Government Goal

Strong communities

Aim

Improve personal mobility and access needs on the road network.

About the Program

The program provides infrastructure including: remote access roads; access for walking and cycling; improved access and mobility for people with a disability; integrated public transport; and improved amenities such as information bays, noise attenuation and landscaping.

Key Performance Indicators

Community Access Program KPI
Results

Community satisfaction with cycleways and pedestrian facilities came within our target and has improved since last year

Community satisfaction with cycleways and pedestrian facilities came within our target and has improved since last year

Percentage of the year that 100 per cent of Main Roads State Road Network was available came within our target

Percentage of the year that 100 per cent of Main Roads State Road Network was available came within our target

Contracts completed on budget exceeded our target showing continued strong performance

Contracts completed on budget exceeded our target showing continued strong performance
  • Achieved
  • More work to do
  • On track
  • Target

Program Expenditure

2016

$52

Million

2017

$48

Million

2018

$136

Million

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Community Access

Project Welcomed by Locals

We are delivering a project to complete the sealing of the Broome Cape Leveque Road on behalf of the Shire of Broome. The remaining 90 kilometres...

Looking Ahead

Looking Ahead

A significant program of works is planned for the next financial year, some of which have already commenced and include the following:

  • Continue delivering works on the Swan River Pedestrian Bridge (Matagarup Bridge)
  • Provision of a Principal Shared Path – Success Hill Station to Railway Parade (Midland line)
  • Provision of a Principal Shared Path – Grant Street Station to Victoria Street Station (Fremantle line)
  • Continue undertaking improvement works on the Gibb River Road including gravel re-sheeting and drainage improvements
  • Continue sealing and improvements on Great Central Road between Laverton and the Western Australia and Northern Territory border
  • Continue sealing and improvements on the Broome-Cape Leveque Road
  • Continue various upgrade works on remote access roads
  • Various improvements to pedestrian and cycling facilities.

To find out more about planned works visit our website.

Key Projects

PROJECTTOTAL PROJECT COST ($ MILLION)2017–18 COST
($ MILLION)		COMPLETION DATEDESCRIPTION
Metropolitan Region
Matagarup Pedestrian Bridge 91.5 45.1 November 2018 Continued construction of pedestrian bridge
Victoria Park Drive, Optus Stadium Access Road 13.9 8.0 November 2017 Provision of intersections
Pilbara Region
Rest Area Upgrades on Nanutarra Munjina Road (Beasley River & House Creek) 0.8 0.8 June 2017 Seal rest area, install shelters and solar lighting.
Goldfields–Esperance Region
Outback Way 11.0 11.0 2019 Shire of Laverton. Improve formation and gravel
Outback Way 11.0 2.3 2019 Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku. Improve formation and gravel
Kimberley Region
Gibb River Road 9.2 6.0 2019 Widen and reconstruct single lane seal
Broome Cape Leveque Road Upgrade 65.6 3.8 December 2021 Construction and seal 90 km