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FLYER - FIX TRAFFIC CONGESTION-BUILD ARMADALE ROAD BRIDGE

2015 - 2017
Overview

An orange, rectangular DL (1/3 of A4s size) sized flyer. On the front is white horizontal text across bottom half [FIX TRAFFIC CONGESTION / BUILD ARMADALE ROAD BRIDGE]. Above this is an illustration of two lines of cars, facing towards the right with a variety of angry drivers in them.

The rear is divided into 3 equal-sized, horizontal bands of (from top to bottom) red, yellow and white.

The text across the top band reads, in white, [TRAFFIC CONGESTION WILL PREVENT/ COCKBURN GATEWAY FROM EXPANDING].
The middle band contains, printed in red, icons with white crosses over them and text underneath. The four icons are of a film camera with [NO cinemas], shopping bags with [NO department store], a map with a location pin with [NO town square] and 6 heads and shoulders of people forming a small crowd with [1,300 LESS jobs].
The bottom band, in red text, reads [This election, tell your candidate to help fund Armadale Road Bridge / CCSOTH.INFO]. Marked with the icons for CC, City of Armadale and City of Cockburn.

Historical information

In 2015 the City of Armadale and the City of Cockburn as part of the 2015 Canning By-election launched a campaign to upgrade the single lane Armadale Road so it could deal with the increase in traffic from private vehicles caused by housing developments as well as trucks accessing the Brookton and Albany Highways from the freeway. In 2015 the Armadale Road, Kwinana Freeway and Beelier Drive intersection was recorded as the seventh most congested intersection in Perth.
During the 2015 Federal by-election campaign funding for the widening of most of Armadale Road was received but not for the proposed bridge. This campaign targeted the 2017 State Election for the funding of the Armadale Road Bridge and the completion of widening Armadale Road into a dual carriage way between Anstey Road and Tapper Drive.
The campaign was successful and $259million was committed by the Federal ($207.2 million) and State Government ($51.8 million) to the project which was opened in December 2021

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-33-COA2025.7
Item type
Flyers
Material
Cardboard
Width
210 mm
Height or length
101 mm
Keywords
Government
Year
2015 - 2017
Statement of significance

The Armadale Road upgrade campaign (2015–2021) is of local historical and social significance to the City of Armadale. The campaign reflects a period of rapid population growth and increasing transport demand, and demonstrates the City’s role in successfully advocating, during a federal by-election(2025) and a state election (2017) for improved infrastructure in partnership with the City of Cockburn. Its success in securing $259 million in state and federal funding led to the widening of Armadale Road and construction of the Armadale Road Bridge, opened in December 2021.

Last modified
Wednesday, 8 July, 2026
Completeness
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City of Armadale - History House

City of Armadale - History House

A rectangular, orange, DL (1/3 A4 Size) size flyer. The front reads, in white horizontal text across bottom half, [FIX TRAFFIC CONGESTION / BUILD ARMADALE ROAD BRIDGE]. Above this is an illustration of two lines of cars, facing towards the right with a variety of angry drivers in them.
A rectangular, orange, DL (1/3 A4 Size) size flyer. The front reads, in white horizontal text across bottom half, [FIX TRAFFIC CONGESTION / BUILD ARMADALE ROAD BRIDGE]. Above this is an illustration of two lines of cars, facing towards the right with a variety of angry drivers in them.
On the back is 3 horizontal bands of equal size, the top on is red, then yellow, then white.
On the back which are 3 coloured horizontal bands. The top band is red, then yellow, then white, text across top band [TRAFFIC CONGESTION WILL PREVENT/ COCKBURN GATEWAY FROM EXPANDING]. On the middle strip are icons with white crosses over them and text under them, icon of a film camera with text [No cinemas], a icon of shopping bags with [No department store], next and icon of a map with a location pin in it with [No town square] and final icon is 6 heads and shoulders of people forming a upside down triangle with [1,300 LESS jobs]. Text along bottom white strip [ This election, tell your candidate to help fund Armadale Road Bridge / CCSOTH.INFO]. Marked CC, City of Armadale and City of Cockburn.

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