The Liberal Government is committed to supporting the West Coast community.
This weekend tenders will be called for $5.2 million road upgrades at Strahan to support the West Coast's growing aquaculture industry.
The Department of State Growth will be managing the project, which is expected to create up to 30 jobs in the construction phase.
The upgrades will support economic development on the West Coast, including the important development of aquaculture facilities at Smith Cove.
Work on this project, which will significantly improve about 5.3 kilometres of Macquarie Heads Road, Ocean Beach Road, and Harvey Street between Strahan and Smith Cove, is expected to start in mid-September.
Planned upgrades include road widening, curve and safety improvements, junction upgrades, and provision of pedestrian facilities on Harvey Street.
We recognise that this is a key transport route which is required to support economic development on the West Coast.
The West Coast Economic Working Group is eager for this project to proceed as soon as possible as it has the ability to provide local employment relatively quickly.
The project will also help the aquaculture industry, an important one for the West Coast, generate much needed economic activity and employment.
These roads are already an established heavy vehicle route and the upgrade promises to deliver huge improvements to existing infrastructure, including the provision of pedestrian facilities.
Works are expected to be completed by mid-2015. The project is in addition to the State Government's major upgrades to the Murchison Highway, the West Coast's key freight corridor.
The Liberal Government will continue to support the West Coast community through the work of the West Coast Economic Working Group.
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