Extra trains, buses and a free travel zone in Fremantle are hoped to ease the pain for commuters and Labor prepares to close the old traffic bridge crossing the river at the entrance to the port city.

Fresh from celebrating the end to one of the biggest public transport shutdowns in Perth’s history , the government is readying itself for another major logistical challenge when the major thoroughfare closes for 12 months from February 2026 while a new bridge is built.

The design for the new Fremantle Traffic Bridge, which is currently under construction. Credit: WA Government

Extra school bus services along Stirling Highway had already been announced in September , with Transport Minister Rita Saffioti at the time urging private school students in the western suburbs to take the bu

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