A frustrating pinch point on Wanneroo Road, between Joondalup Drive and Flynn Drive, will soon be eased with construction progressing on the Wanneroo Road widening project.
The $31 million Wanneroo Road dual carriageway upgrade will relieve congestion for motorists in Perth’s northern corridor.
WA Premier Mark McGowan said the widening project would lead to safer, faster journeys to homes and businesses in the northern suburbs and create jobs for Western Australians.
“The City of Wanneroo alone is expected to increase by 20 per cent in the next five years, making the upgrade of Wanneroo Road even more important to ensure this area is more accessible for local residents and businesses,” the Premier said.
Federal Urban Infrastructure and Cities Minister, Paul Fletcher, said the Wanneroo Road widening project was the first of 17 road projects resulting from the $2.3 billion WA Infrastructure Package, to which the Turnbull Government contributed $1.6 billion.
“This project alone will create 175 direct and indirect jobs while the WA Infrastructure Package is expected to support around 6,000 jobs,” Mr Fletcher said.
Wanneroo Road between Joondalup Drive and Flynn Drive is currently an isolated section of single carriageway with limited opportunities for overtaking, creating a dangerous bottleneck at peak hour.
About 26,000 vehicles a day use the section of road and traffic volume is steadily increasing due to urban and industrial growth in the surrounding areas.