What's happening
Construction of Menang Drive and Chester Pass Road Flyover underway following contract award
Substantive construction works on a new flyover at the intersection of Menang Drive and Chester Pass Road uare now underway.
This follows the award of a construction contract to Highway Construction in late 2025.
Topsoil stripping is taking place across the site. In the coming months, this will be followed by earthworks for the new flyover on each side of Chester Pass Road. Most of this activity will take place away from the road, with minimal impact to the travelling public. Road users are reminded to drive with care whilst driving through the area.
The project is anticipated to take around 18 months to complete.
The Albany Ring Road is a 11.5 km freight route, extending south from Menang Drive and Albany Highway intersection, running parallel to Link Road and connecting to Princess Royal Drive.
The new road has been constructed around the City of Albany, linking to existing roads and improving access to Mirambeena Strategic Industrial Area.
The project was delivered in two phases:
- Construction of a new interchange at Albany Highway and extension of the Ring Road south to Lancaster Road
- Final section of the Ring Road from Lancaster Road to Princess Royal Drive.
In February 2024, the Menang Drive and Chester Pass Road Flyover was added to the scope of the project. This flyover will allow port-bound heavy vehicles on Chester Pass Road to join Menang Drive without having to stop at the existing intersection. This will improve safety and freight efficiency.
Planning for Albany Ring Road began in 1997 which included the construction of Menang Drive and Albany Highway interchange, completed in 2007.
In 2015, a revised plan was released due to changes in the interchange options.
Following extensive engagement with local stakeholders including the freight industry, the scope was expanded and granted funding with the next phase of construction started in late 2020.
Updates and project information
- Project Update - January 2026 - PDF (508 KB)
- Project Update - September 2025 - PDF (657 KB)
- Project Update - July 2024 - PDF (1.40 MB)
- Key movements at the Menang Drive and South Coast Highway interchange - PDF (565 KB)
- Key movements at the Menang Drive and Frenchman Bay Road Interchange - PDF (557 KB)
- Albany Ring Road (Menang Drive) and Albany Highway Interchange – from 27 March 2024 - PNG (59 KB)
- Construction Update - May 2024 - PDF (641 KB)
- Construction Update - March 2024 - PDF (500 KB)
- Project Update - Menang Drive and Chester Pass Road Flyover - February 2024 - PDF (449 KB)
- Construction Update - February 2024 - PDF (518 KB)
- Construction Update - Bridge Beam Transport - October 2023 - PDF (161 KB)
- Construction Update - Bridge Beam Transport - September 2023 - PDF (141 KB)
- Construction Update - September 2023 - PDF (325 KB)
- Project Update - May 2023 - PDF (750 KB)
- South Coast Highway Interchange (looking north with South Coast Highway passing over the Albany Ring Road) - PNG (10.1 MB)
- Animated image of the Frenchman Bay Road and Hanrahan Road interchange (looking west) - PNG (13.9 MB)
- Project Update - January 2023 - PDF (567 KB)
- Roadworks Update - January 2023 - PDF (586 KB)
- Construction Update - Temporary Road Alignments - December 2022 - PDF (236 KB)
- Construction Update - Blasting - November 2022 - PDF (198 KB)
- Project Sustainability Targets - PDF (297 KB)
- Project Update - July 2022 - Word document (3.07 MB)
- Project Update - March 2022 - Word document (8.85 MB)
- Construction Update - January 2022 - Word document (1.19 MB)
- Project Update - September 2021 - Word document (1.72 MB)
- Construction Update - August 2021 - Word document (802 KB)
- Construction Update - June 2021 - Word document (3.40 MB)
- Construction Update - May 2021 - Word document (4.10 MB)
- Construction Update - March 2021 - Word document (3.09 MB)
- Construction Update - January 2021 - Word document (10.6 MB)
- Construction Update - December 2020 - PDF (6.45 MB)
- Construction Update - November 2020 - PDF (625 KB)
- Project Update - October 2020 - PDF (2.05 MB)
- Project Update - May 2020 - PDF (1.90 MB)
Fact Sheets
- Revegetating Menang Drive - PDF (351 KB)
- Access between Roundhay Street, Lower Denmark Road and the Albany Ring Road - PDF (484 KB)
- Lancaster Road permanent closure - February 2023 - PDF - (328 KB)
- Detours - September 2022 - PDF (207 KB)
- Local Road Changes - Word document (570 KB)
- Managing Construction Impacts - PDF (187 KB)
- Bridge Art Development - Word document (590 KB)
- Vegetation Management - Word document (1.18 MB)
- Water Management - Word document (1.17 MB)
- Project Fact Sheet - PDF (344 KB)
Videos
- YouTube: Menang Drive Bridge - Artwork Timelapse - April 2025
- YouTube: Albany Ring Road is complete and open to traffic - May 2024
- Frenchman Bay Road Interchange microsimulation - March 2024
- YouTube: Albany Ring Road Beam Lift - December 2023
- YouTube: Albany Ring Road progress - April 2023
- YouTube: Bridge beam lift at Albany Highway and Menang Drive
Media Statements
- Media Statement – Construction of new flyover to complete the Albany Ring Road – 19 September 2025
- Joint media statement - Albany puts a ring on it as major project officially opens - 18 May 2024
- Albany Ring Road to open by the middle of the year - 5 February 2024
- Albany Ring Road reaches new milestone for WA's Great Southern Region - 26 April 2022
- Work on final section of Albany Ring Road underway - 9 March 2022
- Albany Ring Road Phase 2 designs unveiled following community feedback - 1 September 2021
- $175 million Albany Ring Road unlocks local jobs as construction gets underway - 23 September 2020
- Work on $175 million Albany Ring Road to being in September, unlocking hundreds of local jobs - 13 July 2020
- Road projects across the Great Southern taking shape and creating jobs - 24 February 2020
- Expression of interest called for Albany Ring Road - 19 November 2019
Funding
Albany Ring Road Phase 2 designs unveiled following community feedback
the freight network
future population needs
traffic flow and safety
