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❓ A Member of Parliament questions the Minister for Transport regarding the lack of a heavy haulage bypass for Toodyay, given increased heavy vehicle traffic due to the closure of a grain receival site. The Minister indicates no plans for a bypass due to low incident statistics, low traffic numbers, investment in an alternative route, high construction costs, and previous planning deeming it unviable.

AnsweredQoN 556Legislative Assembly

Asked

20 September 2022

Member

Mr R.S. Love

Portfolio

Transport

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I refer to the recent closure of the Co-operative Bulk Handling grain receival site at Bolgart and the expected increased heavy vehicle traffic along the RAV 4 freight route that passes through Toodyay town, noting this routes inclusion in AgLime Route 1 as referenced in ‘ Roads 2040, Regional Strategies for Significant Local Government Roads (Wheatbelt North) ’, and I ask: (a) Are you aware of the constrained nature of the heavy haulage route in the town of Toodyay which includes Hamersley St, Fiennes St, Clinton St and Anzac Avenue; (b) What planning if any has been progressed by Main Roads WA on the development of a heavy haulage bypass for Toodyay; (c) If yes to (b), have any costings been developed; (d) What funding, if any, has been allocated for the bypass; (e) What is the timeframe associated with this project; and (f) If your government has decided to not build a Toodyay heavy haulage bypass, what alternatives, if any, have you considered?

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Answered

20 October 2022

Responded by

Minister for Transport

Response time

4 days

(a)-(f) Main Roads worked with the Shire of Toodyay, the asset owner, to upgrade the current route in June 2019.
Given low incident statistics, low traffic numbers, investment in the Aglime Route 2, the significant construction cost, and previous planning that determined it was not viable, Main Roads has not revisited the previous planning for a bypass of Toodyay.

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