Bunbury Outer Ring Road - Road Project

Overview

Road
Project type
$1.46 billion
Total budget
Under Construction
Project phase
Main Roads WA
Lead agency
4500
Jobs supported
Early 2021
Start date

Late 2024
End date

The Bunbury Outer Ring Road project is the biggest infrastructure project ever undertaken in the south-west and will provide new and improved access to Bunbury-Geographe and the wider south west region.

This project will see the construction of a 27 kilometre, four-lane road connecting Forrest Highway to Bussell Highway.

Discovery Road was completed in April 2024, the first local road to open on the Bunbury Outer Ring Road (BORR) project. At approximately 5.7 kilometres, Discovery Road is one of the longest local roads along the project alignment. It forms part of the final BORR network and will provide an alternative north-south connection in Waterloo.

There has also been significant progress in pavement works along various sections of the main alignment.

The Northern Section - Forrest Highway to Boyanup Picton Road, will provide better access for Bunbury CBD and Ferguson Valley, with preparation works now underway.

The Southern Section - South Western Highway to Bussell Highway, will include a ‘Y’ interchanges at Bussell Highway and Centenary Road, and a connection to Jules Road.

More project information is available via Main Roads here.

Benefits

Will allow drivers to avoid 13 sets of traffic lights and one rail level crossing between Forrest Highway and Bussell Highway
Improved safety for local residents by removing a significant number of trucks from local roads each day
Create free flowing traffic movements for the freight transport industry
Create thousands of local jobs
Approximately 20,000 native seedlings will be planted as part of the project's earthworks

Project map

This map shows an aerial view of the project location.

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Detour options

Martin-Pelusey Road closure

To allow for the construction of new local roads as part of the Bunbury Outer Ring Road project, Martin-Pelusey Road will be closed between Harris Road and Golding Crescent until December 2024.

Detours are in place via Harris Road and Willinge Drive.

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Gallery

Inspired by the beauty and calmness on the South West region, local artist Ian Mutch is delivering the project’s second artwork opportunity
A range of native species were planted at the Raymond Road site on the BORR
Bussell Highway Y-interchange beam installation is complete
The Collie River bridge concrete deck pour has now been completed
Beam installation in progress for Preston River bridge on the Willinge Drive extension
Video - Discovery Road is now open
Video - View the project construction, now 75 per cent complete
Two more bridges along the BORR alignment now have bridge deck slabs: The Boyanup-Picton Road overpass bridge ('Mega-Bridge') and the Yalinda Drive Bridge
Noise wall panel installation
Mega Bridge beam installation on the Bunbury Outer Ring Road
Drone footage of the Bunbury Outer Ring Road Mega-Bridge, January 2024
Navigating the Bunbury Outer Ring Road works
Reshaping WA Report: Armadale Line Transformation and Bunbury Outer Ring Road
Yaka Dandjoo graduates working on Bunbury Outer Ring Road.
Work is progressing on the 27-kilometre Bunbury Outer Ring Road.
Raymond Road.
Work progressing on the Bunbury Outer Ring Road project.