Advocacy - Road, Freight and Rail
Road
Widening of Marmion Avenue - cost $23m
More details below:
Marmion Avenue widening project
Extension of Mitchell Freeway to Romeo Road - cost $215m
More details below:
Extension of Mitchell Freeway to Romeo Road project
The City has also received funding under the Road Improvement grants and black spot road safety funding programmes which are implemented according to the City’s capital works schedules. Ongoing advocacy effort is being given to getting Flynn Drive dualled.
Freight
The City is working to clarify and examine the freight issues affecting the City and more importantly the freight interconnections between the City and the wider region. WA and National attention is being given to the role freight plays in supporting and stimulating the economy. The City has taken a broad approach to its review taking into account road, rail, air and sea freight impacts for the City.
For more information click below:
Advocacy: Freight information sheet
Rail
Along with a call for the Mitchell Freeway extension the City has worked with the community to secure the rail to Yanchep. This has been an ongoing issue which the City and community have been working on for a long time.
With Yanchep identified by Government as a strategic metropolitan centre under the 2010 planning hierarchy transport connections for the current and future needs of residents and business is essential.
For both the 2016 Federal election and the 2017 State election this along with Mitchell extension was the main focus.
Following the 2017 State election it was announced by Premier McGowan that the rail extension would be funded under the METRONET programme being developed for WA.
With a combined budget of $1.056 billion, the Thornlie-Cockburn Link and Yanchep Rail Extension is a joint funding arrangement of $700 million from the Commonwealth and $356 million from the WA Government.
Three stations will also be developed at Alkimos, Eglinton and Yanchep.
Up to date information on the rail extension including information for the stations can be found by clicking below:
Yanchep Rail extension project
In December 2017 Council restated its commitment to having the future East Wanneroo rail corridor located within the East Wanneroo urban area so as to achieve better transport and land use integration.