The State Government has committed a further $4.5 million in funding towards a critical link road in Pinjarra that will help reduce heavy vehicle traffic in the town.
The Munday Avenue Extension project will provide a new link between Greenlands Road and Munday Avenue, giving trucks more direct access to Pinjarra's growing industrial area.
The project, first announced by Labor in 2021, was initially allocated $2.5 million but with the recent $4.5 million announcement it brings the total investment to $7 million.
“The current route for vehicles to access our industrial area is inefficient, forcing a lot of heavy vehicles through the centre of Pinjarra," Murray-Wellington MLA Robyn Clarke said.
“This new link road will provide a more efficient way for vehicles, particularly heavy vehicles, to access the industrial area helping to cut down on transport costs, while helping to remove heavy vehicles from the centre of Pinjarra."
Works are expected to begin in the next few months and will be carried out by the Shire of Murray.
The link road is part of the Pinjarra Heavy Haulage Deviation project which, in November last year, the Federal Government withdrew their funding after an infrastructure review.
Despite this, the State Government confirmed it will still go ahead with the delivery of the project.
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