Safety upgrades to the Great Eastern Highway are continuing with a $23 million contract awarded for works in the Wheatbelt Region
Safety upgrades to the Great Eastern Highway are continuing with a $23 million contract awarded for works in the Wheatbelt Region.
The upgrades form part of the Australian and Western Australian Government’s $250 million Great Eastern Highway Upgrades, delivering improvements to various sections of the highway through the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance Regions.
Fulton Hogan received the contract to deliver three sections of road reconstructions, widenings and sealings including:
- 4.4km between Carrabin and Bodallin
- 4.6km between Nulla Nulla South Road and approximately 700m west of Liddell Road (west of Moorine Rock)
- 2.4km between Liddell Road and Granich Road (west of Moorine Rock).
The project also includes upgrades to the intersections of Great Eastern Highway with Smyth Road, Nulla Nulla North Road, Bin Road and Granich Road and the installation of new safety barriers, kerbs, signs and audible edge and wide centre line road markings.
The upgrades follow the completion of major works on the highway including:
- widening and sealing between Stephen Road and Noongar South Road
- realignment through the Bodallin townsite
- intersection upgrades at Penton Road, Ivey Road, Blyth Road, Bodallin South Road and Bodallin North Road
- construction of an eastbound passing lane between Bodallin and Moorine Rock
- construction of a westbound rest area between Bodallin and Moorine Rock.
The works funded under the $23 million contract are expected to be completed in late 2025 with the staged upgrade program continuing along the highway until 2028.
“Kalgoorlie locals and businesses use the Great Eastern Highway every day to commute to and from Perth, so it’s fantastic to see this significant investment to make the journey safer,” WA State Member for Kalgoorlie Ali Kent says.
“These upgrades will make the trip to and from Perth easier, faster and safer for Kalgoorlie residents long into the future.”
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