Two women have locked themselves to the gates of a construction company's yard to lock in bulldozers and delay work on Perth's controversial Roe 8 project.
Protesters Sarah Ward and Susan Flavell chained themselves in Bibra Lake on Tuesday morning and say they are determined to stop work all day to save the Coolbellup Woodlands and Beeliar Wetlands.
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Protesters continue to gather at Roe 8
Two protesters have been cut free from the Roe 8 work yard gates after locking themselves for 6hrs to stop machinery from leaving. Vision: Nine News Perth.
"The West Australian community have spent years petitioning the government to stop this incredibly wasteful and destructive project but (Premier Colin) Barnett has refused to listen," Ms Flavell said.
"It is now up to us to put our bodies on the line to stop this economically reckless vandalism."
It comes after weeks of protesting at the site where many people have been arrested and issued with move-on notices.
Roe 8 will be WA's first toll road despite state government indecision on the rest of the route for the $1.9 billion Perth Freight Link project connecting Roe Highway to Fremantle port.
Ms Ward said there were better freight solutions that did not cause so much destruction.
"I have never considered doing anything like this before but this project is so offensive, so destructive that it calls on normal people like myself to make a stand," she said.
"Today I am standing for our natural environment and a sustainable future, I am standing for our indigenous people whose land is being desecrated by this reckless vandalism."
Fellow protester Aleesha Hanczakowski told AAP the group arrived about 5am and were still waiting hours later for police to remove the pair from the gate.
"The workers were not very happy, understandably, so it was a rough start but it's not a personal attack," she said.
Ms Hanczakowski said some people had never protested before but had environmental and economic concerns about the project and would continue to resist the work.
"They are just community members who have had enough," she said.
Last week, protest group Save Beeliar Wetlands lost its bid to challenge state environmental approval for the road in the High Court, and is now pursuing a legal challenge in the Federal Court over Commonwealth environmental approval.
WA Environment Minister Albert Jacob says land clearing may be complete by the March state election.
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