A new access road supporting a $6 billion urea plant in the Burrup Strategic Industrial Area is now complete, supported by the WA Labor Governments investments to help drive the economy.
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The $38 million road project has been delivered to support Perdaman Industries’ new urea plant and includes a new intersection at Burrup Peninsula Road and Hearson Cove Road, which involved the relocation of one kilometre of Hearson Cove Road to the north-east.
Transport minister Rita Saffioti says WA is responsible for half of our national exports, with a significant amount of resource royalties and company tax revenue flowing east as a result.
“We’ve said repeatedly that the strength of Western Australia is critical to the national economy, and ongoing investment by our Government to help unlock these major resource projects has been essential,” she says.
“We’re proud to support developments like the Perdaman Urea Project, which will provide significant long-term benefits to our State.”
New lighting has been installed, left and right-turn pockets have been constructed and acceleration lanes added to the north and south.
A second intersection on Burrup Peninsula Road has also been built, connecting the main access road from Burrup Peninsula Road into the urea plant.
Further improvements on Burrup Peninsula Road included a second northbound lane between Hearson Cove Road and Perdaman’s main access road, with a dedicated right-turn pocket and left-turn slip lane for road users heading southbound on Burrup Peninsula Road from the urea plant.
The upgrades will provide improved access to the Perdaman Urea Plant and popular tourist destination Hearson’s Cove, delivered by Raubex Construction Australia.
“These road upgrades will also have a long-lasting impact on the Pilbara region and provide further opportunities for economic development in the area,” Saffioti says.
Located 20 kilometres north-west of Karratha, the Perdaman Urea Project will convert Western Australian natural gas from Woodside’s Scarborough Gas Project into an estimated 2.3 million tonnes of urea per annum.
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