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Friday, 8 March 2019 07:39

By Laura Grubisa

It is part of a $100 million road and rail package.

Scott Morrison is set to announce the package for WA today.

The Prime Minster is currently in WA on a three day blitz of the state.

The package is set to widen the Kwinana and Mitchell Freeways, and upgrade bottlenecks at Hazlemere, Alkimos and Kewdale.

It will also fund a new train station at Lakelands on the Mandurah Line.

The Prime Minister started his tour of WA yesterday with a visit to the Henderson ship yards and a politics in the pub event last night.

He'll wrap up his visit tomorrow.

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