Looks like possibly more disruption coming our way from mid 2014 with the Feds and the WA State Government each committing $31 million to jointly fund the $62 million widening of the Kwinana Freeway southbound between Roe Highway and Armadale Road in Western Australia.
More details in the Minister's press release.
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Funds flow to reduce Kwinana Freeway congestion
Postby Aushiker » Mon Mar 24, 2014 7:44 pm
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Re: Funds flow to reduce Kwinana Freeway congestion
Postby 88mph » Mon Mar 24, 2014 7:56 pm
most of this congestion is due to the amount of traffic that spills of the Roe Hwy - if they extended the Roe I believe this congestion would reduce.
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Re: Funds flow to reduce Kwinana Freeway congestion
Postby dmwill » Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:21 pm
This.88mph wrote:most of this congestion is due to the amount of traffic that spills of the Roe Hwy - if they extended the Roe I believe this congestion would reduce.
Also the onramp from Roe heading south onto the freeway merges, up a hill. Slow moving traffic (mostly trucks) trying to merge with traffic going at 100kph is a disaster waiting to happen.
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Re: Funds flow to reduce Kwinana Freeway congestion
Postby wellington_street » Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:05 pm
Unfortunately the merge is not being removed, although you would expect trucks to stay in the left lane which will not merge. I suppose the cost of widening to 4 lanes, instead of 3, as far as Berrigan Drive was too much.
Shouldn't disrupt cyclists too much as the PSP is on the western side of the freeway and the work is on the eastern (southbound) carriageway.
Shouldn't disrupt cyclists too much as the PSP is on the western side of the freeway and the work is on the eastern (southbound) carriageway.
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Re: Funds flow to reduce Kwinana Freeway congestion
Postby ColinOldnCranky » Fri Apr 11, 2014 9:20 pm
Policy folly.
$62m would pay for 620 to 1240 km of PSP (on rule-of-thumb costs from the release of the Draft WA Bike Plan a year or so ago).
Or a couple of dozen train carriages.
$62m doesn't buy much Freeway. And only a couple of years relief.
$62m would pay for 620 to 1240 km of PSP (on rule-of-thumb costs from the release of the Draft WA Bike Plan a year or so ago).
Or a couple of dozen train carriages.
$62m doesn't buy much Freeway. And only a couple of years relief.
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