The Government of Western Australia will construct a new container port at Kwinana. This would see the transfer of container handling capacity from Fremantle Port to the new Kwinana Port by the late 2030s.
The scope of works for the preferred design includes:
- a port facility
- adjacent landside development.
- an offshore breakwater.
- second main channel and access channels, turning basins and berthing areas.
- removal of Kwinana Bulk Berth 1 and 2 Jetties, with replacement of the latter being a component of the port facility
- road and rail infrastructure up to the vicinity of Rockingham Road
- relocation, removal or upgrade of existing infrastructure, structures and buildings
- temporary construction infrastructure, and
- maintenance works.
Key Dates
| 2017 | Project Announcement |
| 2028 | Expected Construction Commencement |
| 2039 | Expected Construction Completion |
Funding contributions
| Federal Government | |
| WA Government | |
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The $97 million allocated by the Government of WA will be managed by a new Westport Office established in the Department of Transport. |
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Procurement
| Procuring Agency: | Department of Transport |
| Related contracts: |
PROJECT HISTORY
| 2017 | The Westport Taskforce, was established and commissioned by the WA Government to develop a long-term strategy to address Perth’s and the surrounding region’s freight needs. The Taskforce’s study focused on the existing port locations at Fremantle, Kwinana and Bunbury, as well as associated road and rail links, and intermodal terminals. |
| Dec 2019 | The Taskforce released a shortlist of five options for new port. |
| Jul 2020 | The Government of Western Australia endorsed the Westport Taskforce's Final Report, which identifies two preferred options for handling container freight over the long term. The two preferred options from the July 2020 Westport Taskforce Final Report are: a staged transition from Freemantle to Kwinana, with container handing shared for several decades before fully transitioning to Kwinana, and moving all freight from Freemantle to Kwinana in one step when it is economically and commercially viable. |
| Aug 2020 | Westport Taskforce publicly releases Final Report and recommendations, which are subsequently endorsed by the WA Government. Also, the WA Government allocated $97.2 million towards environmental assessment, detailed design, and business case development to progress the project. Of the $97.2 million, $25 million will be allocated for planning, corridor design, and community and landowner engagement along Anketell Road and Thomas Road. |
| Jun 2021 | The WA Government appointed a Future of Fremantle Planning Committee for the project. |
| Aug 2021 | The WA Government held a market briefing to inform industry about future opportunities to be involved in delivering Westport. |
| Sep 2021 | The WA Government allocated $490 million to the project in its 2021-22 Budget. $400 million will be directed to land acquisitions and enabling works, while $90 million has been directed towards program development. |
| Mar 2022 | Early Concept Design released for the Anketell-Thomas Road Freight Corridor. The design shows the proposed freight corridor that will connect the new container terminal in Kwinana’s Outer Harbour with the Tonkin Highway and includes four traffic lanes and grade-separations at key intersections. |
| Mar 2022 | The WA Government issued a request for tenders for a Supply Chain Integrated Design and Modelling contract, closing 15 June. |
| May 2022 | The 2022-23 WA Budget allocated $381 million for land purchases and $19 million for enabling works and feasability studies. |
| Aug 2022 | The WA Government issued a Request for Tender for a Business Case Advisor and Cost Benefit Analysis for the project, closing on 27 September. |
| Oct 2022 | WSP was awarded the contract for the Supply Chain Integrated Design (SCID) project within the Westport development. |
| May 2023 | Turner and Townsend were appointed as the Program Management Office service provider for the Westport Project. |
| Mar 2024 | Westport has referred the proposed marine and landside port infrastructure to the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority. |
| May 2024 | The 2024-25 WA Budget allocated $116 million over the next two years toward early works and land acquisitions for the Westport project, with an additional $162 million remaining provisioned for planning activities and enabling works. Westport has also been allocated $30 million from the Westport Special Purpose Account for FY2024-25 to progress strategic land acquisitions for key freight routes identified through the planning phase. |
| Nov 2024 | The Business Case for the project was released, including a revised cost of $7.2 billion and completion date of the late 2030s. Following teh release of the business case, the Government of WA allocated an additional $273 million to the project for 'project definition'. This funding allocation includes $34 million from the Federal Government for landside infrastructure. |
| Nov 2024 | The project's Environmental Scoping Report was submitted to the Environmental Protection Authority for approval. |
Estimated Total Cost
(2024)
Sector
Other Transport
Procurement approach
Unconfirmed |
Location
Western Australia |
Resources
Government resources
2021-22 WA Budget FactsheetDraft Environmental Scoping Report
Business Case summary
Media releases
2022/03/292020/08/10
2020/08/11
2021/06/13
2021/08/17
2022-10-27
2023/05/01
2024/03/12 Proposed marine and landside port infrastructure referred to WA EPA
