PERTH AIRPORT Master Plan 2009

P E R T H A I R P O R T M a s t e r P l a n 2 0 0 9
General Aviation Precinct
There has been a very significant increase in vehicle traffic
into the General Aviation Precinct in the past five years due
to the growth in fly-in/fly-out services for the resources
sector. This activity peaks in the early morning and late
afternoon. This area becomes badly congested as there is
only one road in and out of the precinct.
To address this congestion it is necessary to improve the
connections between the precinct and Great Eastern
Highway. Options in this regard that are being discussed
with MRWA include:
• Upgrading the Great Eastern Highway/Fauntleroy
intersection which will also improve access to the
Domestic Precinct and the General Aviation Precinct.
• Extending Bungana Avenue to a new T-intersection
on Kalamunda Road to improve the traffic flow in the
precinct and reduce demand on Fauntleroy Avenue
and its intersection with Great Eastern Highway.
International Terminal Precinct
The main access to the International Precinct is Horrie Miller
Drive which intersects with Tonkin Highway and Kewdale
Road. Secondary access to the precinct is available via Grogan
and Abernethy Roads. A further link, Hudswell Road, which
is under construction, will also connect Abernethy Road to
Horrie Miller Drive.
Currently traffic congestion on Tonkin Highway during the
metropolitan peak hours causes significant delays to traffic
using the highway and in turn to traffic accessing and
leaving the airport. This is currently resulting in a poor initial
impression for international visitors arriving in Perth on the
flights arriving between 3.00pm and 5.00pm.
A number of interim projects are in progress that will
provide modest short-term improvements to the congestion
experienced daily on Horrie Miller Drive at the Tonkin Highway
intersection. These include construction of a second right turn
lane for traffic exiting the airport and heading north on Tonkin
Highway and an extended left turn lane for traffic leaving the
airport and heading south. These works will be completed
during 2009.
Traffic modelling undertaken to date indicates that the
primary passenger access to the Consolidated Airport Precinct
in the ultimate development will be from a new connection
from the Tonkin/Leach Highway interchange. Horrie Miller
Drive will be the primary access from Kewdale Road and
Tonkin Highway to the non-aeronautical developments that
are located along Horrie Miller Drive thus separating heavier
industrial vehicles from passenger vehicles. The modelling
undertaken to date is preliminary and WAC will continue
to work closely with MRWA to progress the design of the
connections between the airport and Tonkin Highway.
While the extension of Leach Highway into the airport estate
has been shown on Figure 8.2, the alignment north of the
intersection/interchange at Tonkin Highway is only indicative.
Design of the traffic pattern in the Consolidated Terminal
Precinct, access to the extensive parking structures and the
various constraints associated with road construction in the
approach to Runway 03L/21R will all need to be taken into
account when finalising this alignment.
It is clear however that to cater for the predicted traffic volumes
the final alignment will need to differ significantly from that
previously identified in the Master Plan 2004. Provision of
a systems interchange at the junction of Tonkin and Leach
Highways as the primary road access to the Consolidated
Terminal area will also require additional airport land to be
set aside for surface access than was previously envisaged.
Commercial Precincts
Access to Commercial Precinct 1 is currently provided by
Brearley and Fauntleroy Avenues, both connecting with
Great Eastern Highway and indirectly to Tonkin Highway. The
existing Great Eastern Highway/Tonkin Highway Southbound
off-ramp/Brearley Avenue is heavily congested during peak
periods and is expected to further deteriorate as traffic
volumes grow.
The congestion in this area will be relieved over time
as domestic services are progressively relocated to the
International Terminal Precinct. Ultimately, access to this area
will be gained primarily from a new interchange connecting
Boud Avenue to Tonkin Highway.
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