Planning Minister Rita Saffioti has indicated the state government will move to rezone Beeliar Wetlands to ensure Roe 8 can never be built.

Speaking outside Cabinet on Monday, Ms Saffioti said she would soon start proceedings to protect the reserve and commence its rehabilitation.

Protesters at the Beeliar Wetlands. Credit:ReThink The Link

The Roe 8 project, led by the former Liberal state government, planned to extend Roe Highway by five kilometres through Perth's southern suburbs to Stock Road in Coolbellup.

Following Labor's resounding victory at WA's March election, the $1.2 billion funding commitment from the federal government to build the freight link was redirected into the state's $2.3 billion road and rail funding package which includes 17 road and rail projects.