27-598: BORR may refer to: Bunbury Outer Ring Road Butterworth Outer Ring Road See also [ edit ] Borr Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title BORR . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BORR&oldid=1129620190 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
54-548: A modified dogbone interchange where the northbound exit ramp is looped. Following that, the WWH will cross over the South Western Railway and then bend to the west, coming to an at-grade intersection with Discovery Road. The intersection's layout is designed such that Discovery Road traffic will have to turn left or right and cannot cross over the ring road. The road will then travel east-southeast, bridging over Golding Crescent,
81-471: A population of 620. The name Roelands relates to a property of the same name granted to the Swan River Colony 's first Surveyor General in 1830, John Septimus Roe , as part of the 20 square kilometres (5,000 acres) to which he was entitled for bringing considerable capital to the colony. Roe spoke highly of the area and its potential value for agriculture. The first pastoralists and shepherds arrived in
108-457: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bunbury Outer Ring Road The Wilman Wadandi Highway is a partially-constructed ring road around the city of Bunbury, Western Australia . The road will be 27 kilometres (17 mi) long when complete, and link Forrest Highway in the north-east to Bussell Highway in the south-west, passing via South Western Highway . Formerly known as
135-459: The City of Bunbury wanted for Forrest Highway to be continuous so that more traffic would head into the centre of Bunbury. Only the northbound entrance and southbound exit ramps will be built, with the southbound exit ramp being a loop ramp so that traffic heading towards Bunbury does not have to give way to traffic on Clifton Road. Heading east from the future interchange is Clifton Road, which leads to
162-575: The Ferguson River , the Northcliffe branch railway and Boyanup–Picton road, meeting the currently-opened section of the road. The ring road will be cut off from Boyanup-Picton Road by the time stage two of the ring road is complete. The road intersects with Willinge Drive at a roundabout 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) further. Willinge Drive, also known as the Bunbury Port Access Road, leads to
189-503: The 1970s the Roelands Farm and Mission housed Aboriginal children whose families could not look after them, and also children who had been removed from their families by the government. Harry Lupton ( United Aborigines Mission ) and Ken Cross started it. UAM and later Churches of Christ missionaries served here. An estimated 500 children stayed here during the life of the mission, some of whom spent 16 years of their life there. The land
216-592: The Bunbury Outer Ring Road (or BORR), it was renamed in October 2024 after the Wilman and Wadandi Indigenous Australian peoples that originally lived in the area. The highway will be signed State Route 101 . The Wilman Wadandi Highway (WWH) will be a 27-kilometre (17 mi) long four-lane dual carriageway running from Forrest Highway near Australind to Bussell Highway near Dalyellup . The construction of
243-404: The WWH was divided into three stages. The first stage involved the construction of the central section of the road, between the southern section of South Western Highway and Boyanup-Picton Road. The second stage is the northern section, between Forrest Highway and Boyanup-Picton Road. The third stage is the southern section, between South Western Highway and Bussell Highway. The second stage of
270-400: The WWH will commence at a modified dogbone interchange with Forrest Highway, Paris Road and Clifton Road. The interchange will split Forrest Highway into two sections, with the northern section of the highway continuing south as the WWH with traffic wanting to continue along the southern part of the highway into Bunbury having to take an exit ramp. This aspect of the design was contentious, as
297-482: The area in the 1880s seeking improved pasture for their stock. In 1893 a railway station was built here to service the railway line from Pinjarra to Picton Junction , and was initially called Collie Siding after the nearby Collie River . However, after the gazettal of nearby Collie in December 1897, and much public argument in the region, Collie Siding was renamed to Roelands. The first big quantity of coal from Collie
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#1732883709992324-567: The early 1970s with the land for the southern section reserved for a Primary Regional Road in the Greater Bunbury Region scheme. The land was acquired as part of the subdivision process for the southern part of Gelorup in the early 1980s, when it was set aside for future development. The first stage of the BORR received $ 15.8 million in funding in the 2010 state budget for land acquisition and pre-construction activities. The BORR's first stage
351-507: The industrial area of Picton and the Bunbury Port in Vittoria . A further 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) is the southern section of South Western Highway, where the currently-open section of the WWH terminates at a roundabout. West of the currently-open section will be stage three of the WWH. This section will curve to the south, intersecting with Lillydale Road as a roundabout, before curving to
378-507: The interchange with South Western Highway was modified to allow movements in all possible directions as part of a redesign released in December 2019. This was in response to the City of Bunbury's fears that the BORR's design encouraged people to bypass Bunbury, although concerns remained with the interchange with Forrest Highway. Construction commenced on 29 January 2021. The federal government revealed it would spend an additional $ 320 million on
405-446: The project in its March 2022 budget due to labour shortages and an increase in the cost of raw materials. The state government revealed it would spend an additional $ 80 million on the project in its May 2022 budget, bringing the total cost increase to $ 400 million. This was accompanied by a decrease in the project's scope, with four interchanges being replaced with at-grade intersections at Discovery Road, Lillydale Road, Willinge Drive and
432-513: The project, the state government created a Local Capability Fund to award grants to local businesses. In March 2020, two consortia were shortlisted: the Forrest Alliance, comprising CPB Contractors , Carey MC, Densford Civil, GHD and BG&E; and Southwest Connex, comprising Acciona , NRW Contracting , MACA Civil, AECOM and Aurecon . Due to the COVID-19 recession , the tendering process
459-603: The road would go through 60 hectares (150 acres) of the possum's habitat, out of the 6,000 hectares (15,000 acres) of total habitat. To offset the loss in habitat, the EPA recommended that Main Roads Western Australia protect and buy 179 hectares (440 acres) of existing habitat nearby, and create 220 hectares (540 acres) of habitat in places such as the Ludlow State Forest . Federal environmental approval for stage three
486-469: The southern section of South Western Highway. In response to suggestions that the project should be abandoned, Transport Minister Rita Saffioti said "we are mid-way through this project so we believe abandoning it would not be the right decision". Stage three was controversial as it cut into the habitat of the critically endangered western ringtail possum . The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) approved stage three in October 2021, determining that
513-531: The third stage was paused due to a Federal Court injunction. Three days later, the injunction was extended, and on 9 August, the court dismissed the injunction, allowing clearing to continue. Roelands, Western Australia Roelands is a town in the South West region of Western Australia on the South Western Highway , between Brunswick Junction and Bunbury . At the 2011 census , Roelands had
540-550: The time had the road be built to a freeway standard with grade separations at all junctions. The project had $ 681.6 million of federal government funding and $ 170.4 million of state government funding. During this time, the state government had been lobbying the federal government to include duplication of Bussell Highway within the BORR project. Funding was brought forward by a year in November 2019, allowing construction to begin in early 2021. To help local businesses tender for work on
567-469: The town of Brunswick Junction . Heading west is Paris Road, which heads into Australind . The WWH then passes over the Collie River . Approximately 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south, the ring road will have a dogbone interchange with Raymond Road, which leads to the town of Roelands to the east. A further 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south, the WWH will meet the northern section of South Western Highway at
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#1732883709992594-410: The west again and passing under a Yalinda Drive bridge. This section has Jilley Road as a frontage road to the east. Soon after this, the WWH will come to its south-western terminus as an interchange with Bussell Highway. The southbound Bussell Highway carriageway will pass over the WWH and then merge with the road. The original concept for the originally-named Bunbury Outer Ring Road was developed in
621-512: Was awarded to Fulton Hogan at a cost of $ 133.9 million, jointly funded by the federal and state governments. Out of that cost, $ 44 million was for the ring road. Construction was completed in May 2013. The second stage of the BORR was recommended to be built by Infrastructure Australia 's National Infrastructure Plan in 2013. Expressions of interest were called for in September 2019. The plans at
648-564: Was carted by road to the Collie Siding and then railed to Perth. The demand on the area from the timber and coal business led to the construction of the Colliefields Hotel. A school was established in 1903, and in 1916 a private subdivision was undertaken surrounding the school site. In 1963 the subdivision was gazetted a townsite at the request of the Shire of Harvey. From the 1940s until
675-428: Was constructed as part of the second stage of the Bunbury Port Access Road project. This saw the construction of Willinge Drive from South Western Highway to the BORR and the construction of the BORR from South Western Highway to Boyanup-Picton Road. This stage followed on from the Bunbury Port Access Road project's first section, which was Willinge Drive from the Bunbury Port to South Western Highway. The contract for this
702-518: Was fast tracked by three months to create jobs as soon as possible. In April 2020, a contract for early works, including earthworks, fencing and planting, was awarded to Fulton Hogan. Southwest Connex was chosen as the preferred proponent in August 2020, and they were awarded the contract in October 2020, now known under the name of South West Gateway Alliance. The project was billed as the South West 's largest ever infrastructure project. The design of
729-595: Was given in June 2022, allowing construction to commence in July 2022. Over 300 people protested when machinery was being moved in, with several people being issued with move-on notices by police for blocking machinery. Former Greens leader Bob Brown spoke at a gathering of protesters, saying "there's alternatives, there's open cleared areas where the proposed road could go but there's no alternative to this woodland for these rare creatures that live in it". On 5 August 2022, clearing for
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