Heavy Vehicles
Leach Highway is one of the state's most important heavy vehicle routes, linking the major industrial areas of Kewdale/Welshpool with Western Australia's major container port at Fremantle. The highway was constructed in the 1970s to provide, in conjunction with Roe Highway, good heavy vehicle access along this route.
However, due to planning limitations arising from existing development, much of the route was not constructed as limited access, meaning driveways and a large number of side streets intersect Leach Highway. Along its length there are 22 sets of traffic signals and some argue that there should be more. Such a design is undesirable for a predominantly 6-lane highway with large numbers of heavy vehicles.
With cancellation of Roe Highway stage 8, Leach Highway seems likely to remain this way for the foreseeable future. However things may improve depending on the success of the state government's 6-point plan for moving freight into and out of the Port of Fremantle.
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