❓ Hon Steve Martin asked about average peak-hour travel speeds on Stirling Highway in 2025 and 2017. The Minister for Transport provided the requested data for the section between Point Lewis Rotary and High Street.
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I refer to traffic on major Western Australian roads, and I ask: (a) as of 30 June 2025, what was the average weekday peak-hour travel speed for each of the following locations and times: (i) Stirling Highway, AM, Westbound; (ii) Stirling Highway, PM, Westbound; (iii) Stirling Highway, AM, Eastbound; and (iv) Stirling Highway, PM, Eastbound; and (b) what were the same figures in (a), as of 30 June 2017?
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24 February 2026
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Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport
Response time
6 days
Between Point Lewis Rotary and High Street:
(a) (i) 39.7 km/h
(iii) 36.1 km/h
(iv) 37.5 km/h
(v) 36.1 km/h
(b) (i) 38.1 km/h
(ii) 37.4 km/h
(iii) 37.3 km/h
(iv) 38.2 km/h
(a) (i) 39.7 km/h
(iii) 36.1 km/h
(iv) 37.5 km/h
(v) 36.1 km/h
(b) (i) 38.1 km/h
(ii) 37.4 km/h
(iii) 37.3 km/h
(iv) 38.2 km/h
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