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. For all out-of-hours works, please contact the site supervisor directly on 0437 844 378.
Rail infrastructure (ongoing)
Out-of-hours works within the Mandurah Line rail corridor (along Kwinana Freeway) between Roe Highway and Russell Road/Gibbs Road, and at the Glen Iris Tunnel:
- installing drainage and underground services
- road works including lane closures
- delivery and unloading of materials
- piling and concreting
- installing handrails, guideposts, signage and light poles
- track construction
- installing overhead line equipment, steel columns, beams, and footings
- installing signalling equipment and communication cables.
Works within the freight rail corridor between the Glen Iris Tunnel and Thornlie Station include:
- building retaining walls along the northern side of the freight rail corridor in Jandakot, Canning Vale and next to Nicholson Road and Tom Bateman Reserve, Thornlie
- installing underground signalling service, water reticulation and drainage
- building the rail embankment and foundation, prior to building the realigned section of the freight line
- track construction.
Earth works (ongoing)
There may be an increase in noise, dust and vibration from works on the northern side of the rail corridor near Partridge Way, Thornlie until late-July.
Possible increase in noise from 24/7 use of a pump and generator between Tarradee Circuit, Cameron Street and Elliot Place, Thornlie until late-2023.
Possible increase in noise from 24/7 use of a pump and generator near Kanani Drive Reserve on McLean Road, and opposite Sorbonne Crescent, Canning Vale until June.
There will be an increase in noise from out-of-hours works along the northern side of the freight rail corridor near Carakine Grove, Spencer Road, Lyrebird Way and Wilfred Road, Thornlie and between Ranford and Nicholson roads, Canning Vale on:
- 30 April from 7am–5pm
- 3–31 May from 7pm–7am
- 5 June from 7am–5pm.
Retaining wall (until mid-2023)
Out-of-hours works from 5am along the northern side of the rail corridor near Thornlie Station, opposite Tom Bateman Reserve, between Nyandi Court and Kidman Court, Thornlie to build a retaining wall.
Out-of-hours works from 5am along the northern side of the rail corridor between Nicholson Court and Hughes Street, Canning Vale until late-May.
There will be an increase in noise along the freight rail corridor between Kwinana Freeway and opposite Lakes Way, and along Training Place between Kwinana Freeway and Hope Road, Jandakot until late-July.
Transporting materials, Canning Vale and Jandakot (until late-August)
Out-of-hours works from 7pm–7am to transport rail ballast and sleepers.
Canning River path closure (ongoing)
Canning River path under the rail bridges, near O’Dell Street Reserve and Southdown Place/Corridale Place, Thornlie, is closed with a signed detour in place.
Site facilities
Out-of-hours works to deliver materials to site at:
- the bushland south of Berrigan Drive and west of the Kwinana Freeway, via Verna Court, Cockburn
- west of Kwinana Freeway, via Nettle Way, South Lake
- the corner of Karel Avenue and Berrigan Drive, Jandakot
- Karel Avenue, west of Orion Road, Jandakot
- Nicholson Road Station site, Canning Vale
- Tom Bateman Reserve on Wilfred Road, and Cameron Street, Thornlie
- O’Dell Street Reserve, Thornlie
- east of Canning River with access via Rimmer Lane, Kenwick.