Works

Nicholson Road Station Area

Standard work hours are Monday to Saturday, 7am7pm, and any out-of-hours works are indicated below. All works will follow approved noise and traffic management plans, and every effort will be made to minimise impacts. For questions about project works, please email info@metronet.wa.gov.au or call 9326 3666. For all out-of-hours works, please contact the site supervisor directly on 0437 844 378.


Site works (ongoing)

Delivery of materials to site, earth works, drainage and relocation of underground services.

Trucks and water carts will access the site via Tulloch Way and Canna Drive, Canning Vale.


Roadworks (4 September until late-2023)

There will be an increase in noise, speed restrictions and lane closures during works on Nicholson Road between Hughes Street/Gateway Boulevard and Canna Drive, Canning Vale. 

An altered road alignment and temporary traffic configuration will be in place on Nicholson Road between Hughes Street/Gateway Boulevard and Passenger Place/Canna Drive, Canning Vale, with detours in place. There will be no entry to Panama Street from Nicholson Road westbound, with a detour in place via Tulloch Way.

There will be an increase in noise during out-of-hours works from 4–11 September, from 7pm–7am, on Nicholson Road between Hughes Street/Gateway Boulevard and Passenger Place/Canna Drive, Canning Vale. Traffic management, including temporary lane and side road closures will be in place.

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Ranford Road Station Area

Standard work hours are Monday to Saturday, 7am7pm, and any out-of-hours works are indicated below. All works will follow approved noise and traffic management plans, and every effort will be made to minimise impacts. For questions about project works, please email info@metronet.wa.gov.au or call 9326 3666. For all out-of-hours works, please contact the site supervisor directly on 0437 844 378. 


Market City driveway (from early-August)

There will be intermittent out-of-hours works from 7pm–7am on the corner of Ranford and Bannister roads, Canning Vale. Access to Market City from Ranford Road will be closed, with access available from Bannister Road.

The shared path on the eastern side of Ranford Road between Bannister Road and Jacksonia Gate will close, with a new shared path opening on the western side of Ranford Road between Bannister Road and Livingstone Drive.


Canning Vale and Jandakot (until late-October)

Out-of-hours works from 7pm–7am to transport rail ballast and sleepers.


Ranford Road (ongoing)

Works to build the new Ranford Road Bridge are underway and traffic management, including altered signals and traffic configuration is in place in the area.

There will be intermittent out-of-hours works from 7pm–7am, 4–15 September, in the freight rail corridor and on Ranford Road between Bannister Road and Livingstone Drive, Canning Vale. 

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Road access closures (ongoing)

Access to Livingstone Drive and City of Canning Waste Transfer Station is via Wilfred Road, except for operational vehicles.

Thornlie Station Area

Standard work hours are Monday to Saturday, 7am–7pm, and any out-of-hours works are indicated below. All works will follow approved noise and traffic management plans, and every effort will be made to minimise impacts. For questions about project works, please email info@metronet.wa.gov.au or call 9326 3666. For all out-of-hours works, please contact the site supervisor directly on 0437 844 378


Retaining walls (ongoing) 

From 28 September 2023 to 31 May 2024, a temporary closure of the eastbound lane will be in place on O’Dell Street to support the safe construction of a retaining wall and noise wall. 

There will be night works from 8pm 27 September to 6am 28 September to install the road barriers for the temporary lane closure.

There may be an increase in noise during intermittent out-of-hours works north of the freight rail line, opposite Lyrebird Way and south of the freight rail line, opposite Thornlie Station car park, and at Thornlie Station car park (south). Pumps and generators will be in use 24/7. 

Impacts to the car park are in place, see signage onsite for parking bay availability.

Rail Corridor

Standard work hours are Monday to Saturday, 7am–7pm, and any out-of-hours works are indicated below. All works will follow approved noise and traffic management plans, and every effort will be made to minimise impacts. For questions about project works, please email info@metronet.wa.gov.au or call 9326 3666. For all out-of-hours works, please contact the site supervisor directly on 0437 844 378.


Rail infrastructure (ongoing)

Out-of-hours works within the Mandurah Line rail corridor (along Kwinana Freeway) between Roe Highway and Russell Road/Gibbs Road, and at the Glen Iris Tunnel: 

  • road works including lane closures
  • delivery and unloading of materials
  • installing handrails, guideposts, signage and light poles
  • track construction 
  • installing overhead line equipment, signalling equipment and communication cables.

Shifting the freight rail 
To make room for the Thornlie-Cockburn Link in the freight corridor, rail works are progressing on the north side of the corridor. Freight trains will be shifted to operate on the new tracks in mid-October, which will involve 24/7 work at and around Thornlie Station and Kwinana Freeway, supported by works along the corridor in Thornlie, Canning Vale and Jandakot.

Works within the freight rail corridor between the Glen Iris Tunnel, Jandakot and Canning River, Kenwick include:

  • loading and moving equipment and materials
  • installing underground signalling servicewater reticulation and drainage
  • earth works including excavating and compacting
  • building the rail embankment and foundation
  • track construction
  • building retaining walls along the southern side of the corridor.

Out-of-hours works:

  • Sunday 10 & 17 September
  • Monday 25 September
  • 24/7 work from 5am on 14 October to 7am on 18 October.

Noise walls (until March 2024)

There will be an increase in noise during out-of-hours works to build noise walls on the south side of the rail corridor on O’Dell Street, between Spring Road and Canning River Bridge, Thornlie. Pumps and generators will be in use 24/7.


Utility service installation (until November)

There will be an increase in noise along the freight rail corridor between Kwinana Freeway, Jandakot, and North Lake Road, South Lake, to install utility services. 


Track construction (until late-2023)

There will be an increase in noise, dust and vibration during out-of-hours works until mid-October, including on Sunday 10 and 17 September, between Kwinana Freeway bridge and Spencer Road bridge, in Jandakot, Canning Vale and Thornlie.


Earth works (ongoing) 

There may be an increase in noise, dust and vibration during works within the rail corridor between Partridge Way and Canning RIver, Thornlie until late-2023.

Possible increase in noise from 24/7 use of a pump and generator between Tarradee Circuit, Cameron Street and Elliot Place, Thornlie until late-2023.

Possible increase in noise from 24/7 use of a pump and generator near Kanani Drive Reserve on McLean Road, and opposite Sorbonne Crescent, Canning Vale until late-2023.


Drainage (ongoing)

There will be an increase in noise and vibration during out-of-hours works between Tulloch Way and the intersection of Hughes Street and McLean Road, and on McLean Road between Hughes Street and opposite Kanani Drive Reserve, Canning Vale until October. Pumps will be in use 24/7.

There will be a possible increase in noise from 24/7 use of a pump and generator nearby Tarradee Circuit, Cameron Street and Elliot Place, Thornlie until late-2023.

There will be an increase in noise, vibration and dust during drainage installation east of Spencer Road bridge, opposite Spring Road Reserve, including 24/7 use of a pump and generator until November.


Site access (ongoing)

There will be a possible increase in noise and dust from vehicles accessing site out-of-hours between Nettle Way and Kwinana Freeway, South Lake until late-2023.

There may be an increase in noise during works to establish site access at Meller Road, opposite Bracken Way, Bibra Lake until late-September.


Canning River path closure (ongoing)

Canning River path under the rail bridges, near O’Dell Street Reserve and Southdown Place/Corridale Place, Thornlie, is closed with a signed detour in place. 


Noise walls, Canning Vale and Jandakot (from mid-July)

There will be an increase in noise during works to build noise walls along the south side of the freight rail corridor from Hughes Street to Nicholson Court, Canning Vale, and next to Glen Iris Drive and Turtle Point Cove, Jandakot.


Rail tunnel upgrade (until late-November)

There will be an increase in noise, dust and vibration during out-of-hours works in the rail corridor near the Thornlie Line rail tunnel, between Kenwick and Beckenham. Pumps and generators will be in use 24/7. 


Site facilities

Out-of-hours works to deliver materials to site at:

  • the bushland south of Berrigan Drive and west of the Kwinana Freeway, via Verna Court, Cockburn
  • Mellor Place, Bibra Lake
  • west of Kwinana Freeway, via Nettle Way, South Lake
  • the corner of Karel Avenue and Berrigan Drive, Jandakot
  • Karel Avenue, west of Orion Road, Jandakot
  • Nicholson Road Station site, Canning Vale
  • Tom Bateman Reserve on Wilfred Road, and Cameron Street, Thornlie
  • Spencer Road, Thornlie
  • O’Dell Street Reserve, Thornlie
  • east of Canning River with access via Rimmer Lane, Kenwick
  • Packer Park, Burham Road, Kenwick
  • Albany Highway, near Sydneyham Street, Beckenham.

Cockburn Central Station Area

Standard work hours are Monday to Saturday, 7am–7pm, and any out-of-hours works are indicated below. All works will follow approved noise and traffic management plans, and every effort will be made to minimise impacts. For questions about project works, please email info@metronet.wa.gov.au or call 9326 3666. For all out-of-hours works, please contact the site supervisor directly on 0437 844 378.


Rail infrastructure (until late-December)

There will be an increase in noise during out-of-hours works within the rail corridor and along Kwinana Freeway between Roe Highway and the intersection of Russell and Gibbs roads, and along the freight rail corridor between the Glen Iris Tunnel and Ken Hurst Park, Jandakot. 

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