P07 · Kargotich Road and Abernethy Road
The permanent roundabout is still required.
The Shire's current public programme sequences its delivery after completion of the Tonkin Highway Extension.
Main Roads presently expects the Extension to be completed in late 2028.
In short
What the public record shows
- Condition Q requires approved plans and full construction before school operations begin.
- The Shire currently sequences the permanent roundabout after completion of the Tonkin Highway Extension.
- The Shire has retained $8.25 million for the permanent roundabout.
- FRSA's final contribution is not publicly known.
See why the work is sequenced this way
The Shire's documents indicate that constructing the permanent roundabout will require the intersection to be closed for at least four months. Its current public programme sequences that work after the Tonkin Highway Extension, avoiding an overlapping extended closure while major network works are under way. This establishes the published sequence, rather than proving that earlier construction would be legally or physically impossible.
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Approval basis
The traffic assessment relied on a permanent roundabout being completed before school operations began.
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Condition Q
Condition Q requires approved plans, full construction before school operations and satisfactory funding arrangements for an FRSA full or partial contribution determined by the Shire.
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Tonkin Highway works
Tonkin Highway construction affects traffic, haulage, road levels and the surrounding network through the programme period.
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Funding retained
The Shire says $8.25 million has been retained for the permanent roundabout once the Tonkin Highway Extension is complete.
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Current programme
Main Roads presently expects the Tonkin Highway Extension to be completed in late 2028. The Shire's current programme places permanent-roundabout construction after the Extension.
What remains unresolved publicly
- Have the permanent-roundabout plans required by Condition Q been approved?
- Has the Shire determined FRSA's contribution, and if so, how much?
- Has the land cession been formally accepted as satisfying Condition P?
- Has DWER determined clearing application CPS 10600/2?
- What design, tender and construction programme now applies, including any works before completion of the Tonkin Highway Extension?
Evidence basis: Operative Conditions P and Q; SAT order; current cadastral mapping for Lot 162 on Deposited Plan 429870; dated local observations and THETRU communications concerning the temporary treatment; CPS 10600/2 supporting memorandum and DWER application directory; Shire road-upgrade announcement, 2 July 2026; Main Roads Tonkin Highway Extension project page. Cadastral and application records are not substituted for formal Condition P clearance or an issued CPS 10600/2 decision. Programme dates remain time-sensitive.