The West Australian - 28th August 2009

Highway open in three weeks


THE Perth-Bunbury Highway will open on September 20.

The $700 million project is expected to reduce travel time between Perth and Bunbury by up to 34 minutes and reduce traffic congestion.

“Its very existence will have a positive impact on the lives of daily commuters and holiday makers,” Transport Minister Simon O'Brien said.

Funded by the Federal and State governments, construction has included 70.5km of dual carriageway from Kwinana Freeway at Safety Bay Road in Baldivis, around the eastern side of the Peel Inlet and Harvey Estuary and joining the existing dual carriageway on Old Coast Road at Lake Clifton.

"The route will link Perth and the South-West, bypassing the heavily populated areas in Mandurah and the Dawesville peninsula,” Mr O’Brien said.

“More than 3000 individuals worked on this important piece of infrastructure. This road belongs as much to them as it does to the communities it connects."