Transport Minister Simon O’Brien today awarded B & J Catalano Pty Ltd the contract to provide basecourse material for Indian Ocean Drive, part of Lancelin-Cervantes Stage 2.

The $825,000 contract involves the supply, loading, carting and dumping of basecourse material, which will be used to construct approximately 7.5 kilometres of pavement at the project’s southern end.

Mr O’Brien said Lancelin-Cervantes Stage 2 would be built under direct management by Main Roads and involved the construction of a 55 kilometre stretch of road linking the two coastal towns. 

“The southern end of the new road will connect with the end of Stage 1 at Ocean Farms Estate, approximately 10 kilometres north of Lancelin,” he said.

“The road follows the coast for a major portion of the route, before connecting with the existing Pinnacles Drive, about 10 kilometres south of Cervantes.”

Once completed in mid-2011, the Indian Ocean Drive will provide a direct link between Perth’s northern suburbs and the coastal town of Dongara, providing improved access to the many coastal communities in between.

The Minister said the contract was scheduled to start this month with work estimated to be completed in January next year.

“The new road is expected to be very popular with tourists, as it is much shorter than the current route via Brand Highway,” Mr O’Brien said.

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