Project
Smart Freeway - Southbound Mitchell southbound
Clarkson, Craigie, Currambine, Duncraig, Innaloo, Gwelup, Joondalup, Kinross, Leederville, Osborne Park
Overview
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Road
Project type -
$209.6 million
Total budget -
Complete
Project phase -
Main Roads WA
Lead agency
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700
Jobs supported
Perth's newest smart freeway system has been switched on.
More than 1,400 pieces of smart technology have been installed along the Mitchell Freeway southbound. Key features include overhead electronic signs and message boards, and coordinated ramp signals. The technology includes sensors and cameras to monitor traffic in real time 24/7.
The Smart Freeway Mitchell southbound will provide motorists with greater journey reliability and improved safety by alleviating congestion at peak times and minimising stop-start conditions at merge points.
The technology has already had great success along the Kwinana Freeway northbound, with motorists continuing to experience a safer journey and saving up to 6 minutes on their journeys between Farrington Road and the Narrows Bridge during the morning commute.
This project links to the Stephenson Avenue Extension project, which provides a new connection from Cedric Street to Scarborough Beach Road. An interchange will be introduced at Mitchell Freeway with a southbound Smart Freeway on-ramp, as well as new local road links to Ellen Stirling Boulevard.
Find more information on the Main Roads WA project here.
Benefits
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Improve the efficiency and safety of the freeway -
More reliable journey times and provide congestion relief for more than 190,000 motorists who use Mitchell Freeway southbound every day
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Reduced stop-start conditions by managing traffic flow
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An investment in road infrastructure and state employment opportunities
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