The 2003 Freight Network Study reported that Roe Highway Stage 8 was not required and that freight could travel to the coast using the existing road network. What has changed since then?
Currently freight travels to Fremantle via the Kwinana Freeway and Leach Highway leading to congestion, an unsafe mix of heavy and light vehicles and in the case of Leach Highway, noise and other pollution on a primarily residential road. The extension of Roe Highway to Stock Road aspires to provide a high standard link to both the inner and proposed outer harbours with improved social, environmental and economic outcomes when compared to the current situation. Since the opening of Roe Highway Stage 7 there has been a noticeable increase in traffic entering the Kwinana Freeway, which has increased congestion. This, coupled with the consequences of significant residential and commercial development in the southern corridor, has resulted in escalation of related impacts on residents and businesses on and around Leach Highway and South Street.
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