Standard work hours are Monday to Saturday, 7am–7pm, and any out-of-hours works are indicated below. All works will follow approved noise and traffic management plans, and every effort will be made to minimise impacts. For questions about project works, please email info@metronet.wa.gov.au or call 9326 3666.
Local road and pedestrian impacts
Delivery of the Byford Rail Extension requires temporary changes to local traffic and pedestrian access including reduced speeds, lane closures and detours as follows.
Overnight beam deliveries (22 April until October 2024)
Out-of-hours delivery and installation of 125 oversized concrete beams for the elevated rail bridge will be ongoing until October 2024. Oversized loads must be moved outside of peak traffic times to comply with Main Roads requirements for transporting.
Upcoming beam delivery and installation:
Haul route |
Date of works |
Impacted local roads |
Haul route 2 |
8 & 9 May 2024 |
Hobbs Drive, Church Avenue |
Haul route 1 |
16 May2024 |
Armadale Road, adjacent to Streich and Railway Avenue |
*Dates subject to minor change due to weather and other factors
Beams will be delivered via the haul routes shown on the map below:
Armadale Road (until mid-2025)
- Ongoing works to widen Armadale Road between Church Avenue and Abbey Road.
- The speed limit on Armadale Road is reduced to 40km/h
- Armadale Road will be reduced to a single lane in each direction until mid-2025
- Streich Avenue-Armadale Road intersection will be closed until early-2025 with no access to turns or crossing at that intersection
- Alternative access to Armadale Road has been created by connecting the cul-de-sac on Glastonbury Road to Streich Avenue
Armadale Road Fact Sheet
Overnight traffic management on Armadale Road (29 April 2024)
- There will be stop/slow traffic management on Armadale Road between Abbey Road and Orchard Avenue from 2am to 5am on Monday 29 April
- This closure will safely facilitate the installation of elevated rail bridge headstocks adjacent to Armadale Road.
Streich Avenue, Armadale (until early-May 2024)
- Excavating across the rail corridor to install infrastructure for future water assets
- Intermittent stop/slow traffic management will be in place during work hours only
- Local resident access will be maintained at all times.
Wungong Road, Brookdale (26 April – late-May 2024)
- The southbound lane of Wungong Road will be closed between Trotman Court and Massell Way
- Traffic detours will be in place and local resident access will be maintained at all times
Elevated rail bridge retaining walls (until late-June 2024)
Works to install retaining walls to support the elevated rail bridge are ongoing in the rail corridor between:
- Frys Lane pedestrian crossing and Gladstone Road, Armadale until late-May 2024 Coombe Avenue and Prout Road, Armadale until late-June 2024
Works include:
- excavating to prepare the area and modifying existing drainage
- installing precast concrete retaining walls using a crane
- backfilling and compacting general fill between the retaining walls
There will be noise, dust and vibration from equipment, heavy vehicles, machinery and work activity, and a significant increase in heavy vehicle traffic.