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Brooking
Road Bypass What's
happening?
Brooking
Road is designated to be the main feeder route to the Great Eastern Highway for
both Stoneville and Parkerville projects.
The developers' study show
it will eventually carry 9330 vehicles per day. (Koltasz Smith & Partners
[Town Planner, Stoneville Townsite] LSIP dated June 1997, page 45.) During the
building years of the projects it will also carry heavy construction traffic.
Obviously, the existing roads can't handle such a load, so the road will be enlarged,
re-routed and connected to Roland Rd. Where
will this happen?
Brooking
Rd. is to be doubled in width along its current carriageway from the Great Eastern
Highway, and connected to Roland Road on a new
route through the Parkerville Children's Home property. On the hill north
of Parkerville Primary School it will be straightened by resuming homeowners'
easements. At the Victoria-Owen-Brooking Roads intersection, a major bridge will
be built over Jane Brook. It will connect to a new roadway which will climb to
the ridge-top at Richardson Rd.. It will then traverse the Children's Home property,
crossing behind the Home, running along what is now Beacon Road, then connecting
to Roland Road. Roland Road will also be doubled in width to Toodyay Road (Mundaring
Shire CEO Throssell's letter to SPA dated 6 Feb 06, page 2; Mundaring Shire Information
Sheet dated Nov 2005, page 3).
When
will this happen?
Main
Roads are vague, they told us over the phone that it will be built as the developments
require. It is mandated by the developers' approved WA Planning Commission Plans,
so once the projects get going, it will have to be built. Main Roads also said
it was a local road, so the Shire would have final say. The Shire says the developers
would have to pay for the Jane Brook Bridge. What
would be the effects of the bypass?
Residents
of Roland and Brooking Roads would find themselves living on a two lane highway
carrying almost 9330 cars per day.
The traffic sound will be a constant
drone punctuated by louder engine noises. Vehicles will be working hard as they
climb the several steep hills along the way, while trucks using their engine brakes
could be loud descending the grades. The sound, especially from the elevated section
of the bridge, will carry for quite some distance, especially at night.
Parkerville Primary School is about 100 mtrs. from the road, and the sound increase
could affect the students, and their safety walking to school would be compromised.
Access to Great Eastern Highway will be difficult. Main Roads won't discuss
the problem other than to say appropriate measures will be taken as needed. View
the proposed route for the Brooking Rd bypass 
Hills
Spine Route What’s
happening?
The Hills Spine Route road
has been planned to accommodate increased traffic movements resulting
from the future population growth that will be generated by the development
of the proposed Parkerville and Stoneville townsites.
The town planners report for the Stoneville development produced by Koltasz Smith
& Partners states that at full development the section from Roland
Road to Toodyay Road will carry 7,600–10,000 vehicles per day and
become a 4 lane carriageway. Currently Great Eastern Highway carries 10,000 vehicles
per day. Where
will this happen?
The Hills
Spine Route is to serve as the major east-west link from Bunning Road
in Mount Helena to Toodyay Road Redhill in Gidgegannup. It will pass
through Mount Helena, Stoneville, Parkerville and Gidgegannup. When
will this happen?
The
Hills Spine Route road reserve was gazetted in October 2001. In August 2004 the
town planners for the Parkerville development on Hidden Valley Road requested
the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council approach the Western Australian Planning
Commission/Department of Planning and Infrastructure regarding the purchase of
the land required for the Spine Route between Roland and Toodyay Road. See Mundaring
Council Minutes of 16-8-2004 When
the Parkerville development was approved by the Mundaring Shire Council, concerns
were raised by residents regarding the increase in traffic that would be generated.
The Council replied that the Hills Spine Route would be constructed to resolve
this issue in the medium to long term. See Mundaring
Council Minutes of 10-6-1997, PD747. It
is a condition of the development of the Parkerville and Stoneville townsites
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The
Orange Route What’s
happening?
The
Orange Route is the adopted option for the future alignment
of the Perth to Adelaide National Highway. It is intended to relieve
the pressure on Great Eastern Highway. Currently Great Eastern Highway carries
650,000 tons of freight annually between Perth and the eastern states. This accounts
for more than 20% of all freight moved by all transport modes between Perth and
Adelaide. Where
will this happen?
The
route follows the upgraded Toodyay Road from Roe highway to just east of Gidgegannup,
with a new road through to the existing Great Eastern Highway near Koojedda about
2 kilometres west of Bakers Hill. The route then deviates to the north of Bakers
Hill and follows the old railway reserve before rejoining the existing Great Eastern
Highway at Clackline.
When will this happen?
Construction of the Orange Route is considered a long term project
and no provision has been made in the Main Roads 2005/06 budget and forward estimates.
Nevertheless, the road reservation required for this route within the Metropolitan
area has been endorsed by the State Government and is reflected in the Metropolitan
Region Scheme. Orange
Route Federal View
Currently Toodyay Road is the responsibility of
the State Government because it is not the main east-west corridor. However, as
a result of the new Auslink
National Land Transport Network (NLTN) announced in mid 2004, in the long
term the Orange Route will follow the Toodyay Road alignment and so will become
a National responsibility. Over the next few years corridor studies will be undertaken
jointly by the Australian Federal Government and relevant State Governments for
identifying investment priorities under AusLink beyond 2008/09.
In this
context, the study of the Perth–Adelaide Corridor, which recently commenced,
will look at a whole range of matters including the capacity of the east-west
corridor, over a 20 year planning horizon.
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