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West Australian
09-07-2025
- Automotive
- West Australian
Great Eastern Highway crash: Serious collision in Irishtown shuts road about 10km north of Northam
Emergency services are responding to a serious crash in WA's Wheatbelt region. First responders rushed to the scene after reports a car and truck collided on Great Eastern Highway, Irishtown — about 10km north of Northam — about 8.45am on Wednesday. The West Australian understands the driver of the car is being treated for critical injuries. The truck driver is uninjured. Great Eastern Highway between Northam Toodyay Road and Northam Pithara Road, Northam, has been closed. Main Roads has urged drivers to exercise extreme caution and seek an alternate route.
Perth Now
09-07-2025
- Automotive
- Perth Now
Serious crash shuts part of major WA highway
Emergency services are responding to a serious crash in WA's Wheatbelt region. First responders rushed to the scene after reports a car and truck collided on Great Eastern Highway, Irishtown — about 10km north of Northam — about 8.45am on Wednesday. The West Australian understands the driver of the car is being treated for critical injuries. The truck driver is uninjured. Great Eastern Highway between Northam Toodyay Road and Northam Pithara Road, Northam, has been closed. Main Roads has urged drivers to exercise extreme caution and seek an alternate route.
ABC News
07-07-2025
- Business
- ABC News
Cost of long-awaited Bussell Highway duplication in WA's South West doubles to $170m
The cost of a long-awaited road upgrade pitched as a congestion-buster for tourists heading to Western Australia's South West has blown out to $170 million as the project finally nears completion. The single-lane stretch of Bussell Highway between Capel and Busselton has long been a traffic bottleneck, particularly during holidays and long weekends when tens of thousands of tourists make the 200-kilometre drive south from Perth. Sold as a solution to those frustrations, duplicating the highway has also come at double the initial projected cost, according to figures revealed during budget estimates hearings last week. The major road project has dragged on despite the Cook government promising its completion by the end of 2024. A Main Roads spokesperson said some short-term traffic management may remain in place, but the majority of work was now complete. However, months of delays and many millions in additional spending have left some locals pondering whether it was worth the cash and time. Capel resident Corrie Young said she was unimpressed with the final product. She regularly uses the road to drive in and out of Busselton. "I'm not very happy with it at all," she said. Ms Young said the last few years had been "terrible" as construction on the road had dragged on, leaving many drivers frustrated over lane closures and speed reductions. Others were more positive. "It's fantastic, I can just zip down from the farm to Busselton. It's flat, it's smooth, it's quick," commuter Steve Jones said. In WA's Legislative Council estimates last week, Transport Minister Rita Saffioti blamed the price escalation on rising construction costs around the world. "I am very proud that we have delivered the Bussell Highway duplication," she said. "It was not an election commitment, but I was very determined to get it done, and we did it through negotiations with the Commonwealth." The Bussell Highway duplication is not the only road project that has blown out in WA's south. The cost of the Bunbury Outer Ring Road that opened late last year — now the Wilman Wadandi Highway — swelled to $1.46 billion, more than $600 million over what was initially estimated. Questions also remain around the overall benefit delivered by both projects. Curtin University researcher and former Infrastructure Australia board member Peter Newman said the development, while popular, came at the cost of alternatives. "Both of them are extraordinarily over-designed … in my view, they take up a massive amount of space," Professor Newman said. He believed the money would be better spent on electric public transport links to the South West region. "These [ideas] are not ever getting onto the agenda because of the massive amount of money that is being spent on these kinds of [road] projects."
West Australian
02-07-2025
- Automotive
- West Australian
Perth traffic: Six-car pile-up causes chaos on Tonkin Highway while other crashes put motorists on go-slow
A major highway has been thrown into traffic chaos after a six-car pile-up. Main Roads reported that Tonkin Highway southbound before Great Eastern Highway in Redcliffe had been reduced to a single lane after a the crash about 7am on Thursday. The drivers are out of the vehicles and towing services are on site. Traffic is heavy back to Guildford Road. A crash on Kwinana Freeway northbound at the exit to Mill Point Road in South Perth has partially blocked the exit lane. Motorists are urged to proceed with caution with drivers out of their vehicles and towing services on site. A crash on Thomas Road eastbound at Johnsons Road at The Spectacles has slowed traffic, with vehicles reduced to a single lane. Traffic is also heavy on approach on Ocean Reef Road eastbound before Prestige Parade in Gnanagara after an accident. Caution is advised. It is not known if any lanes have been closed. Several downpours overnight have also led to some roads flooding. Caution is particularly urged on Rockingham Road northbound at Macedonia Street in Naval Base, with the road under heavy water.
Perth Now
02-07-2025
- Automotive
- Perth Now
Six-car pile-up on major highway causes peak-hour chaos
A major highway has been thrown into traffic chaos after a six-car pile-up. Main Roads reported that Tonkin Highway southbound before Great Eastern Highway in Redcliffe had been reduced to a single lane after a the crash about 7am on Thursday. The drivers are out of the vehicles and towing services are on site. Traffic is heavy back to Guildford Road. A crash on Kwinana Freeway northbound at the exit to Mill Point Road in South Perth has partially blocked the exit lane. Motorists are urged to proceed with caution with drivers out of their vehicles and towing services on site. If you'd like to view this content, please adjust your . To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our Cookie Guide. A crash on Thomas Road eastbound at Johnsons Road at The Spectacles has slowed traffic, with vehicles reduced to a single lane. Traffic is also heavy on approach on Ocean Reef Road eastbound before Prestige Parade in Gnanagara after an accident. Caution is advised. It is not known if any lanes have been closed. If you'd like to view this content, please adjust your . To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our Cookie Guide. Several downpours overnight have also led to some roads flooding. Caution is particularly urged on Rockingham Road northbound at Macedonia Street in Naval Base, with the road under heavy water. If you'd like to view this content, please adjust your . To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our Cookie Guide.
