Latest News About Great Eastern Highway

I don’t have live access to current news in this moment. Here’s a quick summary of what recent coverage and official updates have highlighted about Great Eastern Highway, based on the latest publicly available material I can reference:

• WA-wide upgrades program: The Great Eastern Highway Upgrades program is a joint initiative between the Australian and Western Australian governments, with a multi-year plan to improve safety, freight efficiency, and road capacity along sections of the highway in the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions. This overarching program has included major contracts aimed at widening corridors, adding passing opportunities, and installing safety features such as guardrails and rest areas. These efforts are designed to support freight movement and local travel across the corridor.[2][3][4]

• Recent contract activity: A notable contract in the Wheatbelt region (valued at around $23 million) focuses on safety enhancements and rest-area improvements between Bodallin and Moorine Rock, as part of the wider upgrades package. The expected completion for the contracted works was projected toward 2025, with the broader upgrade program continuing through 2028 or beyond in stages. A related contract and communications around the program emphasize safety improvements and ongoing investment in the highway to keep freight and communities moving.[1][3]

• Infrastructure scope and timelines: The upgrades are delivered in multiple stages over several years, targeting widening, sealing, guardrails, better intersections, and rest areas along different segments (e.g., Bodallin, Moorine Rock, Southern Cross to Ghooli in other reports). Completion timelines span mid to late 2020s depending on the segment, with ongoing work coordinated between federal and state authorities.[4][2]

• Notable historical context: The Great Eastern Highway has long been a critical link for east–west freight and travel around Perth, and its upgrade has been an ongoing federal-state collaboration for at least a decade, initially kicked off with major capacity-expansion works in earlier years and continuing through recent contracts and planning efforts.[5][6]

If you’d like, I can:

• Pull the very latest official statements and press releases from WA Main Roads or the Australian Department of Infrastructure for precise current dates and contractor names.
• Create a concise timeline of major milestones and which segments are complete vs. ongoing.
• Generate a quick map-style overview of the upgrade segments and planned improvements along the highway.

Would you prefer a focused update on a specific segment (e.g., Southern Cross to Ghooli, Bodallin–Moorine Rock, or Hazelmere interchanges) or a current-status snapshot across the entire Great Eastern Highway Upgrades program?