Established infrastructure

Established transport infrastructure providing pathways to market, and energy and water infrastructure providing critical electricity, gas and water supplies to support industry

The Western Trade Coast is well-serviced by major transport links, including deep-water bulk port facilities, high-wide and dangerous goods freight routes, and heavy rail. Heavy road freight has easy access to the Kwinana Freeway and a high wide load corridor that links eastwards to the major freight networks leading to the north and south. The freight rail network connects a range of industries with an extensive footprint in regional Western Australia; in particular, mining and agriculture, with tenants on the Western Trade Coast for further processing or for export to overseas markets through the existing port infrastructure.

In relation to marine infrastructure, bulk exports and imports of products are through the Kwinana Bulk Jetty (KBJ) and Kwinana Bulk Terminal (KBT), which are owned and operated by Fremantle Ports. In addition to these bulk facilities, the Western Australian Government’s Westport Program is investigating the development of a future container port in Kwinana with integrated road and rail transport networks. The future port will potentially be located between the existing Alcoa Jetty and BP Jetty.

The Western Trade Coast also has wellestablished water and energy infrastructure networks, which are critical inputs into the production processes of industries operating in the region.

The Western Trade Coast is connected to the South West Interconnected System (SWIS), which is Western Australia’s principal power network, and gas is piped to industry through the 1,597km Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline (DBNGP) and Parmelia Gas Pipeline (PGP). The Water Corporation operates a number of key water infrastructure assets which service tenants on the Western Trade Coast, including the Woodman Point Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF), Kwinana Water Reclamation Plant (KWRP), Perth Seawater Desalination Plant (PSDP) and the Sepia Depression Ocean Outlet Landline (SDOOL).