City of Swan welcomes commitment for essential Lloyd Street project

Published on 11 March 2019

The City of Swan welcomes the Federal Government's $20 million commitment to extend Lloyd Street from Great Eastern Highway through to Abernethy Road.

The project is expected to relieve congestion and reduce traffic impact on nearby residential communities.

The City's vision for the project also includes building a bridge at Lloyd Street to connect Midland and Hazelmere.

City of Swan Mayor David Lucas thanked Member for Hasluck Ken Wyatt and Prime Minister Scott Morrison for recognising the importance of fixing congestion in the area.

“This project has been our top funding priority for more than a decade, so it’s great to see years of hard lobbying paying off for the benefit of our community,” he said.

“The Lloyd street bridge forms a crucial part of our plan to improve traffic flow in Hazelmere, which is expected to save 12 minutes on most commutes as well as alleviate traffic.

"The bridge will cost around $35 million so we're nearly there, and the City is actively seeking more funding to complete the project."

The City has now launched its Build Bridges Not Traffic campaign to help frustrated drivers get their voices heard and make funding for the bridge a priority for local MPs.

The campaign uses Smart Stickers which will be sent to all City households in March.

Using world first technology, scanners at congestion hot spots can identify the Smart Sticker.

Each time a car or truck with the Smart Sticker drives past the scanner an email is automatically sent to local MPs and election candidates reminding them of the traffic issues.

This is not a speed camera and it will not detect your sticker if you drive too fast.

Mayor Lucas said people can also register support for the Lloyd Street bridge at BuildBridgesNotTraffic.com.

"The more voices heard, the more funding is likely to go towards completing this important improvement," he said.