Delivering Perth Link Roads upgrade
18 February 2019
Downer,
as part of the
VEC
-
Shaw Joint Venture, is delivering the largest current
road project in Tasmania – the $92.3 million
Perth Link Roads upgrade.
Deputy Prime Minister, Michael McCormack, paid a visit to the job site
this month and he was impressed by the progress.
“Plenty of work happening on the Perth Link
Roads project down in #Tassie,” he tweeted after the visit.
“It’ll increase safety, provide certainty for the civil construction
sector and create jobs for Tasmanians with numerous flow-on benefits for
local businesses.”
The project is a joint venture with VEC Civil Engineering (a
Downer-owned company specialising in civil and
bridge structures) and
Shaw Contracting. It is part of a 10-year, $500 million government
investment in
Tasmania’s Midland Highway. It will improve safety and efficiency by
removing heavy vehicles from the centre of
Perth as they travel to and from the northern and north-western
ports.
The upgrades will provide link roads around the western side of Perth
and include a new four-lane highway designed to a minimum AusRAP Star
rating of 3. It will also include a total of six single span structures
and two large stock and farm access underpasses that have been precast
by VEC specifically for this project, three roundabouts, a system
interchange, full highway access, a cycling path and grade separation at
the existing rail line.
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