Roadside parking bay closed as construction ramps up on multimillion-dollar BORR

Monday marked the next step in the multimillion-dollar Bunbury Outer Ring Road project, which is now more than 12 per cent complete. On March 21 the roadside parking bay on South Western Highway near Waterloo Road was permanently closed to make way for the future interchange. Construction of the $852 million BORR project — the biggest ever road infrastructure project in the South West — was helped along by a drier than average January in Bunbury, which provided ideal working conditions. Site-establishment works in the northern and central sections have progressed significantly and this next step will pave the way for the major interchange that will link South Western Highway to the BORR. Further north, groundwork has progressed well on the site of the future bridge that will be located at the intersection of Paris and Clifton roads. Work has also begun on a series of crossovers on Forrest Highway that will be used in the future when traffic will be diverted on to one side of Forrest Highway to enable construction of the Paris and Clifton roads interchange. A Mainroads spokesperson has also confirmed they have now imported more than a million tonnes of sand to project sites in the northern and central sections for foundations, laydown areas and embankments, although almost seven million tonnes more are needed.