Bunbury Outer Ring Road

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A 27-kilometre four-lane, high standard road linking Forrest Highway to Bussell Highway. The project will be delivered in three sections to ease congestion and provide safer, more efficient traffic routes for freight, tourists, and locals.

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Bunbury Outer Ring Road (BORR) to be named Wilman Wadandi Highway

The largest road infrastructure project in the South West has just received its official name. Over the weekend, it was announced that the Bunbury Outer Ring Road project will be named the Wilman Wadandi Highway when it opens.

The name honours the Wilman and Wadandi people, who have historically occupied the lands at either end of the project. Since February 2021, extensive consultation on the name has been underway with the project’s Aboriginal Heritage Advisory Group, Local Government Authorities, the Noongar Language Centre and Landgate.

Names play an important role in identifying the place, its stories and the history that surrounds it. Additionally, through this process, Aboriginal names for sections of the Collie, Preston and Ferguson Rivers have been identified and names have also been allocated for four local bridges within the project.

Bridge Names:
  • Djilba Bridge – located at the Wilman Wadandi Highway/Clifton Road/Paris Road Interchange, has been named after the artwork on the bridge and represents the Noongar season of spring.
  • Booyi Bridge – located at the Wilman Wadandi Highway/Raymond Road Interchange, has been named after the artwork on the bridge, and with the word ‘Booyi’ being the Noongar word for the Long Neck Turtle.
  • May Holman Bridge – located at the Wilman Wadandi Highway/South Western Highway Interchange, is named after ‘May Holman’ who was Australia’s first female Labor parliamentarian, Member for Forrest in the South West and a member of the WA Legislative Assembly from 1925-39.
  • Boolyalla Bridge – located at the Wilman Wadandi Highway/Bussell Highway Interchange, is named after the artwork on the bridge, with “Boolyalla” being the Noongar word for Banksia.
River Names:

Dual naming aims to represent both Aboriginal and European heritage.

  • Bilya Maardalup – Collie River, south of the Raymond Road Interchange. Bilya is the Noongar word for river. Maardalup is the Noongar word meaning the place to cross the river where the water comes up to your legs.
  • Bilya Dardaliny – Ferguson River near Martin-Pelusey Road and Boyanup-Picton Road. Dardaliny is the Noongar word meaning place of mourning.
  • Bilya Barajilup – Preston River, where it crosses the new Willinge Drive extension and the existing BORR Central Stage 1 works. The name Barajilup was identified during consultation with the project’s Aboriginal Heritage Advisory Group members and a Noongar Language specialist. It reflects the historical significance of the Preston River, as the name has been consistently recognised by multiple sources within the Noongar community.
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Planning & Alignment

Flora, Fauna and Environment

Roadworks

Ongoing Roadworks

Paris Road and Clifton Road, Australind
15 October to December 2024

  • Paris Road and Clifton Road connected over the bridge via the new interchange.
  • Northbound traffic on Forrest Highway will be switched on to the permanent alignment which will use the new intersection with Paris Road and Clifton Road.
  • Future intersection closure of Clifton Road and Forrest Highwy
  • Paris Road and Clifton Road Connection Map
  • Future Closure Map
  • Travel Map

South Western Highway and Discovery Road, Waterloo
18 September to December 2024

  • Temporary closures of South Western Highway and Discovery Road
  • South Western Highway will be diverted on to a temporary alignment via the new Discovery Road and existing Waterloo Road.
  • Single lane closures, managed by 24/7 automated timed traffic signals.
  • Access to South Western Highway will be via Martin-Pelusey Road and Brysinda Road.
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  • Travel Map

Lillydale Road (previously Centenary Road)
1 August to November 2024

Yalinda Drive and Cokelup Road
31 July to late - September 2024

  • 24/7 automated traffic signals
  • Reduced speedlimits (40 km/h) in place
  • Map
  • Travel Map

Lillydale Road between Queelup Road and South Western Highway
22 August 2024 to late-October 2024

  • Temporary road closure on Lillydale Road.
  • Traffic switched onto new alignment on South Western Highway
  • Detours in place along the Bunbury Outer Ring Road.
  • Map
  • Travel Map

Treendale Road, Roelands
From February to September 2024

  • Temporary partial road closure
  • Detours on Ranson Drive
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  • Travel Map

Travelling on Bussell Highway from Gelorup Rise to Grevillea Road
Early June 2024 until December 2024

  • Bussell Highway switched to a new alignment. One lane operational in each direction.
  • Calinup Road will be re-aligned onto the new Grevillea Road.
  • Access to Grevillea Road from Calinup Road will be via single lane configuration that will be managed by temporary automatic traffic signals operating 24/7.
  • A portion of Calinup Road where it meets Bussell Highway, will be permanently closed.
  • Banksia Road (previously Woods Road) remains a left in, left out arrangement
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Martin-Pelusey Road and Golding Crescent
4 December 2023 to December 2024 -24/7 closure

  • Road closure
  • Golding Crescent temporarily closed between Nicholson Road and Martin-Pelusey Road
  • Please note – until June 2024, Martin-Pelusey Road will be temporarily closed between Harris Road, Copplestone Road and South Western Highway.
  • Travel Map

Clifton Road, Australind
July to November 2024

  • Modified road layout and intersection at Howson Drive
  • Map

Bussell Highway near Lillydale Road (previously Centenary Road)
30 April 2024 to November 2024

  • Traffic is shifted onto a temporary road layout, with two lanes open in both directions
  • Reduced speed limits (60 km/h) in place
  • Pedestrians and cyclists continue to use existing shared path
  • Travel Map

Woods Road, Eucalypt Drive and Yalinda Drive
17 April 2023 to 31 October 2024

  • Road closure
  • Temporary road closures 
  • Detours in place via Gelorup Rise and Calinup Road
  • Travel Map

Travelling on South Western Highway near Waterloo Road
From 24 January 2024 to October 2024 

  • Traffic shifted onto temporary lane road layout
  • Reduced speed limits in place
  • Map
  • Travel map 

Travelling on Forrest Highway near Paris Road and Clifton Road
12 September 2023 until October 2024

  • Reduced speed limits in place
  • Traffic shifted onto temporary lane road layout:
  • Southbound traffic on Forrest Highway will be shifted onto temporary lanes 
  • Northbound traffic on Forrest Highway will be shifted onto temporary lanes (From October)

Moore Road, Davenport
July to September 2024

  • New connection to Boyanup-Picton Rd
  • Automated traffic signals operational 24/7
  • Map
  • Travel Map

Travelling on Allenville Road and Lillydale Road in Gelorup
July to October 2024

  • Traffic Shifted onto new road layout 
  • Reduced speed limits in place
  • Single lane closure in place
  • Map
  • Travel Map

Paris Road between Forrest Highway and the entrance to Spud Shed
From June to October 2024 - 24/7 works

  • Road closure
  • Temporary road closure
  • Detours in place along The Promenade, Kingston Drive and Grand Entrance
  • Travel Map

Raymond Road
Ongoing

  • Temporary traffic diversion on Raymond Road
  • Reduced speed limit to 40 km/h
  • Map
  • Travel Map
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The Government of Western Australia acknowledges the traditional custodians throughout Western Australia and their continuing connection to the land, waters and community. We pay our respects to all members of the Aboriginal communities and their cultures; and to Elders both past and present.

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