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Labor to scrap Roe 8 if it wins WA election
Wednesday, 4 Jan 2017 09:36:39
The Roe 8 project will extend the highway five kilometres. (ABC News: Andrew O'Connor)
WA Labor will axe the $450 million extension of Roe Highway across the Beeliar Wetlands and the entire Perth Freight Link if it wins the state election in March.
Opposition Leader Mark McGowan said the Roe 8 extension contract would be renegotiated, freeing up a total of $1.7 billion for other projects.
The State Government released the contract in October, with Premier Colin Barnett predicting Labor would complete Roe 8 if elected.
But Mr McGowan today confirmed Labor would halt construction of the road, an essential element of the Barnett Government's $1.9 million Perth Freight Link project.
He said Labor would reallocate $236 million to three new projects, including bringing forward the Armadale Road dual carriageway project.
He has also pledged to build the Armadale Road Bridge, linking North Lake and Armadale roads, over Kwinana Freeway, to better connect suburbs in Perth's south.
Mr McGowan said the Opposition had independent legal advice, from former WA solicitor-general Grant Donaldson, who indicated the projects could be stopped at a modest cost.
But Transport Minister Bill Marmion described Labor's decision as "reckless and costly".
The Roe 8 project would extend the highway five kilometres as a dual carriageway road, from its current Kwinana Freeway end in Jandakot to Stock Road in Coolbelup.
It would proceed through the Beeliar Wetlands and over Progress Drive, North Lake Road and Coolbellup Avenue before meeting Stock Road.
It is the first stage of the Perth Freight Link, a heavy haulage route designed to get freight to Fremantle Port.
The Government says building Roe 8 will take 2,000 trucks off Leach Highway between the freeway and Stirling Highway each day, and thousands more off other surrounding roads.
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