Perth’s Tonkin Highway and eastern corridor upgrade to create 8000 jobs 

The Western Australian Government will be investing approximately $1.7 billion through the 2019-20 State Budget in a bid to improve road conditions in Perth’s eastern region as well as on the Tonkin Highway.

The significant investment will tackle some of Perth’s most congested intersections and roads, a great focus is on the bottleneck on Tonkin Highway that stretches across the Swan River from Guildford Road to Great Eastern Highway.

The $1.7 billion roads package will help support our economy by creating 8,000 jobs for Western Australians. 

The first of the upgrades will commence in 2020 whereby the Tonkin Highway will be widened from Great Eastern Highway to just north of Guildford Road, creating 5,200 job opportunities. 

The Facts:

• Eight new eastern corridor road projects fully funded in State Budget creating numerous job opportunities 
• 8,000 new jobs to be created over the coming years
• Projects add to record-breaking road investment scheduled across Perth and regions
• Tonkin Highway transformation set for the eastern and southern suburbs
• The State’s most congested intersection at Tonkin Highway and Welshpool Road will be fixed as part of this ‘boosting jobs, busting congestion’ package
• Major road upgrades to facilitate direct connections to the future Outer Harbour 

The Roe Highway package of projects will also start in 2020, creating 1,050 jobs.