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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
Results
Community satisfaction with cycleways and pedestrian facilities was above our target and is continuing on an upward trend

Community satisfaction with cycleways and pedestrian facilities was above our target and is continuing on an upward trend
Percentage of the year that 100 per cent of the state Road Network was available came in under our target but has improved from last year’s result

Percentage of the year that 100 per cent of the state Road Network was available came in under our target but has improved from last year’s result
Contracts completed on budget exceeded our target showing continued strong performance

Contracts completed on budget exceeded our target showing continued strong performance

Program Expenditure

  2017 2018 2019
Program expenditure ($million) 48 137 52

Looking Ahead

Works planned for next financial year include the following:

  • commence planning and development activities on the Tanami Road
  • 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
  • provide a Principal Shared Path from Success Hill Station to Railway Parade (Midland line)
  • continue upgrade works on remote access roads
  • improve pedestrian and cycling facilities.

Some of these are already underway; visit our Projects website to find out more.

Project Total project Cost ($m) 2018-19 Cost ($m) Completion Date Description
Goldfields–Esperance Region
Outback Way 15.0 4.6 Late 2019 Shire of Laverton – improve formation and gravel
Outback Way 46.5 0.1 Late 2019 Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku – improve formation and gravel
Mid West – Gascoyne Region
Square Kilometre Array Project 37.2 1.0 Mid 2024 Construction and maintenance of access roads to the SKA project site
Kimberley Region
Bidyadanga Road 3.8 4.1 May 2019 Construction and seal including improving drainage, construction of a parking bay and sealing of the airstrip
Metropolitan Region
Hepburn Avenue 5.0 3.8 August 2019 Hepburn Avenue Noisewall
Bridge 904 Hamilton Street – Bridge Replacement 10.4 4.2 September 2019 Replacement of existing timber bridge with a new composite concrete and steel bridge
Fremantle Railway Line – Grant Street to Cottesloe Station and Jarrad Street to Victoria Station 9.9 5.4 August 2019 Provision of a Principal Shared Path including street lighting
South West Region
Collie Mumballup Road 10.1 1.6 May 2019 Widen to 9 metre seal
Bigydanga Road Airfield After
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