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.
Building rail infrastructure
Works within the Mandurah Line rail corridor (along Kwinana Freeway) between Roe Highway and Russell Road/Gibbs Road, and at the Glen Iris Rail Tunnel:
- delivery and unloading of materials
- track construction
- installing overhead line equipment
- installing signalling, power and communications equipment and cables
- rail testing and adjusting.
Works within the freight rail corridor between the Glen Iris Rail Tunnel, Jandakot and the rail tunnel between Beckenham and, Kenwick include:
- removing redundant track, ballast, sleepers, overhead line equipment and underground services
- earth works
- installing underground services and drainage
- building retaining and noise walls
- installing fencing
- building the rail embankment and foundation
Site investigation, Kenwick
A signalling equipment room will be built to connect train communications services between the Thornlie-Cockburn Link and the Armadale Line. The team will be potholing to locate underground services and there will be some geotechnical testing and survey work to inform the project design team.
Bridge foundation works, Kenwick
The team is installing bored piles in the ground for the foundations of the new rail bridge over the Canning River (Djarlgarra), east of Thornlie Station, between Thornlie and Kenwick. Until the end of February, work will start on site from 5am, Monday to Saturday.
Rail Access and site facilities
From March we will be upgrading the permanent rail access track and connection points and placing temporary site facilities in Kenwick. Works will be carry on from Monday to Saturday between 7am and 7pm until the end of April 2024.
Canning River path closure, Thornlie
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.
Retaining wall / noise wall construction, Thornlie
There will be an increase in noise during out-of-hours works to build 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.
Installing drainage, Thornlie
There will be an increase in noise and traffic management in place on Southdown Place, Thornlie to support the relocation of drainage in this area and the nearby rail corridor.
Site facility changes and traffic management, Thornlie
The site laydown and parking area on Cameron Street is being extended along the verge and into the road, to support drain and footbridge construction. This involves traffic management on Cameron Street.
From 7 March, the northbound lane of Cameron Street, next to the cul-de-sac, will be temporarily closed until March 2025. Access to properties will be maintained.
Level crossing permanent closure
The Elliot Place / Cameron Street pedestrian level crossing is permanently closed. Please use the signed detour routes shown in the map below.
The project includes a new footbridge to replace this crossing, providing safer access for pedestrians and cyclists.
Early morning concrete pours, O’Dell Street, Thornlie
Between 8 and 22 March, concrete pouring will take place from 6am, to build the retaining wall between O’Dell Street and the rail corridor. The area will be accessed via O’Dell Street and the work will involve concrete deliveries.
Dewatering, Canning Vale and Thornlie
Possible increase in noise from 24/7 use of a pump and generator within the work sites near:
- Canning River, west of Rimmer Lane, Kenwick
- Southdown Place, Thornlie
- Thornlie Station
- O’Dell Street, Thornlie
- Greenway Avenue, Thornlie
- Tarradee Circuit, Cameron Street and Elliot Place, Thornlie
- Kanani Drive Reserve on McLean Road, Canning Vale
- Sorbonne Crescent, Canning Vale
- Fairfield Gardens, Canning Vale
Installing drainage, Canning Vale
From 7 February until the end of March, between 7pm and 7am, Monday to Friday, drainage installation work will take place inside some private properties and the local road on Sorbonne Crescent Canning Vale. This will include earthworks and asphalting.
Road Closure, Canning Vale
There will be a temporary closure of a section of Sorbonne Crescent to install drainage. Night works are planned from 7pm to 7am, Monday to Saturday, from 5 March to 16 March. And from 7am to 7pm on Saturdays and Sundays 23, 24, 30 and 31 March.
Sewer Relocation, Canning Vale
Until April 2024, sewer upgrade work will take place in the rail corridor, near Fairfield Gardens. This will involve tunnelling and the use of cranes. Work will start from 6am on hotter days and there will be some occasional Sunday work. Dewatering will take place 24/7. The footpath in this area is temporarily closed.
Wall construction, Canning Vale and Jandakot
There will be an increase in noise during works to build walls along the south side of the freight rail corridor between Marginata Parkway and Nicholson Court, Canning Vale, and next to Glen Iris Drive, Turtle Point Cove, Lakes Way and Clements Place Jandakot.
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.