Denny Ave Level Crossing Removal

Raising or lowering the railway at Denny Avenue would not be possible without major changes to or rebuilding of Kelmscott Station. Similarly a road over or under solution would not be possible without affecting local business access and local road access in the area. Based on these major impacts to important community infrastructure this solution would not provide good community outcomes.

A number of other potential locations to cross the rail were assessed with key stakeholders, including the City of Armadale. However other locations would not encourage walking/cycling or promote Kelmscott town centre revitalisation. The other solutions would also mean significant disruptions to Denny Avenue during construction, and therefore cause major disruptions to the community’s main east-west road connection.

Not only does this project improve overall road safety and traffic flow, the Denny Avenue level crossing removal will provide better walking and cycling connections in the area with a new principal-shared path along Railway Avenue and along the underpass. The project is also an opportunity to generally improve amenity in the public space around the railway.

Yes, but not to cross the railway. Drivers can still access Denny Avenue from Streich Avenue and from Albany Highway.

Any pedestrian access at the Denny Avenue location is still subject to more detailed design. However pedestrian access will be provided at the new Davis Road underpass and at Kelmscott Station.

The solution will see three signalised intersections along Davis Road where it intersects with Albany Highway, Streich Avenue and Railway Avenue. 

Full construction impacts will be known when the contractor is appointed and detailed design is completed. However early staging plans show the Davis Road solution can largely be built with less impact to Denny Avenue during construction than other options. There will be impacts to Streich Avenue and Railway Parade during the road works, which will be managed to ensure they are kept to a minimum.

The final design for road underpass will be developed by the appointed contractors. More information will be provided to the community as this work progresses.

Noise modelling will be completed as the design progresses to identify what, if any, measures are needed to reduce noise from the rail operations. However, with the removal of the warnings sounds at Denny Avenue level crossing, overall noise is expected to be less.

The final road design is subject to detailed design, but the space can accommodate up to four lanes.

Where possible, the Public Transport Authority will close level crossings to improve safety and ease congestion. Despite being less than 200 metres long, Denny Avenue was identified in the RAC’s Risky Roads survey as the most dangerous road in Perth for two consecutive years. METRONET will continue to review how to best close other level crossings on the network.

Procurement will begin in the coming months with the aim to start construction in 2019.

A design contract will be released in mid-2018 with design expected to begin in late-2018. Procurement for the construction work will begin in early-2019, with construction expected to begin later that year. 

The 2018-19 State Budget committed $1m to carry out further investigations into removing level crossings at Caledonian Avenue (Maylands), Oats Street (Carlisle) and Wharf Street (Cannington).