ROE 8 ALLIANCE DEPLOYED TO THREE NEW PROJECTS
Since the WA State Election in March, the fate of the Roe 8 Alliance has been the talk of the industry, with many uncertain about the project’s future.
Since the WA State Election in March, the fate of the Roe 8 Alliance has been the talk of the industry, with many uncertain about the project’s future.
In early May, the WA State Government announced the workforce of 231 people, previously employed on the cancelled Roe 8 project, will be reassigned to work on three alternative road upgrades.
Funding for the projects is the result of a new Commonwealth-State $2.3 billion agreement that includes the full relocation of funding from the cancelled Perth Freight Link project.
The new agreement safeguards Roe 8 jobs and will relieve congestion in the northern, eastern and southern suburbs of Perth.
The alternative projects negotiated from the Roe 8 contract will also create hundreds of other indirect job opportunities for local contractors and suppliers.
The Roe 8 renegotiation includes the following road projects:
- Wanneroo Road (Joondalup Drive to Flynn Drive) – Constructing Dual Carriageway (Project Costs: $31 million).
- Fiona Stanley Hospital and Murdoch Activity Centre access from Kwinana Freeway and Roe Highway – (Project Costs: $100 million).
- Armadale Road dual carriageway upgrade between Anstey Road and Tapper Road (Project Costs: $145 million).
Construction on the first of the three projects – the Murdoch Drive connection – is expected to begin almost immediately.
Meanwhile, the Wanneroo Road and Armadale Road dual carriageway upgrades will start construction during the 2017-18 financial year.
The alliance team will also collaboratively manage the rehabilitation of the cleared Roe 8 site in Coolbellup.
The program will be informed by a working group comprising representatives from the State and local governments, the local community and the alliance.
Georgiou’s Executive General Manager Engineering John Galvin had this to say about the renegotiation.
“For the past two months, the Alliance along with Main Roads and State Government representatives have worked hard to arrive at an arrangement which benefits both the contractors involved and the State government,” he explained.
“This arrangement will see Georgiou involved in critical infrastructure that WA has needed for some time and we look forward to working with our Alliance partners to deliver these projects on time and budget.”