Swan River Crossing Project – Beach Street Closure

Posted by Emily Brett
10 April, 2024

As part of Main Road’s Swan River Crossings Project, a section of Beach Street (Queen Victoria Street to East Street, Fremantle) will be closed from the 15th of April to August 2024. Please see the detour map below.

Access to the businesses and carpark on Beach Street east of the bridge will be maintained. Pedestrian and cyclist access maintained along the Beach Street foreshore. Path behind the café stays open (see below).

WestCycle has met with the project team with regard to our feedback on the bridge design, and concerns about the impact of works on traffic flows and the safety and convenience of bike riders. If the application for development of the new Fremantle Traffic Bridge is approved, Beach Street will remain closed for the two year duration of the project, and other detours will be in place as the work on the bridge progresses.

The exact impacts on bike riders are still unclear, however WestCycle will continue to engage with the project team to advocate for bike riders. We recommend subscribing to the Main Roads WA Swan River Crossing Project newsletter for project updates, as well as WestCycle’s newsletter to keep up to date on our advocacy work.

Further information  

Development Approval to undertake these service relocation works was granted on 12 October 2022 and is separate to the Development Application to replace the Fremantle Traffic Bridge which is currently under assessment.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email [email protected] or call 138 138.

For more information on the Swan River Crossings Project, please visit https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/projects-initiatives/all-projects/metropolitan/Swan-River-Crossings/

Acknowledgement of Country

WestCycle 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 First Nations communities and their cultures, and to Elders both past, present and emerging.

Tim has been in senior leadership and strategic development roles for more than twenty years. He is currently Director of Executive Education in the School of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University and is a past Assistant Commissioner and General Manager in the public service. He is an Accountant (FCPA) and sits on the Divisional Council of CPA Australia.

Tim has been involved in racing mountain bikes, BMX and triathlon for many years, both as a father of two children who race and as a past and current bike racer. Tim is the current over-50 State Champion in downhill mountain biking. He is also a very regular and enthusiastic transport cyclist; frequently seen in a suit and tie riding to meetings in the city on a mountain bike.

Denise Sullivan has a career spanning over twenty years in senior management and executive roles in the state public and not-for-profit health sectors.

In her usual role of Director Chronic Disease Prevention with the Western Australian Department of Health, she leads the development of state chronic disease and injury prevention policy and planning frameworks and contributes to the shaping of the national preventive health policy agenda.

Her professional interests cover many aspects of chronic disease and injury prevention encompassing health communications, health promotion and research, public policy on health and workforce planning and development.

She has a particular interest in furthering collaborations with other sectors with a mutual interest in promoting a more active and healthier WA community, and creating and sustaining environments that support this. Denise is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Leadership WA Signature Program, and an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and the Australian College of Health Service Managers.

Denise is a recreational cyclist and recent convert to mountain biking (although trainer wheels still on!).

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