KAREL AVENUE UPGRADE

In July 2020, Georgiou delivered the $28.7 million Karel Avenue Upgrade for Main Roads WA, a congestion-busting project that will improve safety along a route travelled by almost 20,000 motorists daily.

Scope of works for the project include:

• widening Karel Avenue bridge over Roe Highway to create a dual carriageway, connecting at the two-lane dog-bone roundabouts for on and off-ramps;
• extending of above bridge across the freight railway line located immediately south of Roe Highway to facilitate construction of the Thornlie-Cockburn Link as part of METRONET;
• extending the existing underpass to accommodate the widening;
• modifying the existing Training Place intersection to left-in and left-out to promote safe access;
• road widening between the Farrington Road intersection and Roe Highway to four lanes; and
• road widening between Roe Highway and the Berrigan Drive roundabout to a four-lane dual carriageway, including modifications to the roundabout approaches to enable two lanes in each direction

Georgiou was awarded the design and construction contract in June 2019, following a competitive tender process.

Construction, which employed 50 personnel on-site at peak, commenced in July 2019 and was completed in 2021.

We caught up with Project Manager Darren Hastings as the project came to a close – check it out:

Karel Avenue Upgrade final photos: