The congestion-busting upgrade of High Street in Fremantle has reached a significant milestone today, with the release of the draft concept plan.
High Street, between Stirling Highway and Carrington Street, will be widened to include a new roundabout and a median, improving safety, freight efficiency and the general flow of traffic.
The High Street Upgrade draft concept includes a roundabout at the Stirling Highway intersection, a wide median to separate traffic and preserve a number of mature trees, and a single-lane service road for residents north of High Street.
The current layout of High Street, between Carrington Street and the Stirling Highway intersection, provides direct access to several local roads and driveways, which results in stop-start conditions and heightened safety risks, including accidents.
It also impacts freight efficiency by creating unpredictable journey times to and from Fremantle Port.
The High Street Upgrade project forms part of a package of congestion-busting road projects that came from the successful renegotiation of the Federal Government’s Perth Freight Link funding in May 2017.
Further community consultation and preliminary work will take place prior to a scheduled construction commencement by mid-2019.