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The company contracted to deliver $14 million in upgrades at Hillarys and Fremantle has been installing the WA made jetties after local manufacturers geared up to supply major components often made overseas.
In May last year Wangara company Global Trade Sales won the two-year contract to design and construct five new jetties at Hillarys Boat Harbour and replace one jetty at Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour.
It is estimated up to 90 per cent of the contract value will be spent within Australia with the majority of this being local WA spend.
As a result of collaboration with local suppliers, the floating modules, fendering and aluminium frames for the new jetties will be 100 per cent manufactured in WA.The aluminium used will also be sourced from WA and other Australian mills.
At Hillarys, work is nearing completion on the construction of a realigned 3.5 metre-wide central floating walkway. This will provide continued penholder access while work is undertaken to demolish and replace jetties F,G,H and J with the WA-made, modern, low maintenance, floating infrastructure. The contract has also seen the replacement of Jetty 3 at Fremantle with the new locally made products.
The projects will see around 115 newly completed pens, sized between 10 and 22 metres, at two of the best locations in the metropolitan area.
People wanting more information about the projects can visit https://www.transport.wa.gov.au/projects/coastal-infrastructure-projects.asp
