📋 Tender Overview
A fix to the Tonkin Highway bottleneck is another step closer with the installation of 18 beams on the eastern Railway Parade bridge. The bridge is the first of four new bridges to be built over Guildford Road and Railway Parade.Sixty bridge beams made locally in Georgiou Groups precast facility in Hazelmere will be installed over the next year. The biggest will be 35 metres long and weigh 135 tonnes.When the Railway Parade and Guildford Road bridge works are complete traffic will be shifted onto the new lanes and bridges improving traffic flow safety and road geometry.The four new bridges are a key part of the Tonkin Gap Project that will slash travel times addressing a major traffic bottleneck along a route used by 120000 vehicles per day.At Redcliffe Bridge three bridge segments have now been incrementally launched across the Swan River.When complete these combined bridges will provide additional traffic lanes to the existing Tonkin Highway and a dedicated principal shared path PSP.Other work on the Tonkin Gap Project includes the Great Eastern Highway upgrades with a new loop ramp to be built allowing free-flowing access for commuters travelling north on Tonkin Highway.Once complete the Tonkin Highway upgrades are anticipated to save commuters up to six minutes during morning peak and up to 11 minutes in the afternoon.The project is also delivering enabling works for the METRONET Morley-Ellenbrook Line with major piling works underway on the southern dive structure. There are an additional 32 bridge beams in this section with the largest almost 40 metres long and weighing 170 tonnes.The Tonkin Gap Project is jointly funded with the Australian Government providing majority of funding.
