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From all of us at WALGA’s RoadWise, wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Please note that our offices will be closed from 1:00pm, 24 December, reopening Friday, 2 January 2026.

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The Shire of Dardanup has recently completed a series of intersection upgrades along Eaton Drive to address long-standing road safety concerns, improving traffic flow and reduce complexity along this busy corridor.

The Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes has successfully implemented an area wide 40km/h speed limit across the Greenbushes town site.

The City of Bunbury has improved safety at an existing roundabout by installing speed platforms to reduce approach speeds and create safer crossing points for vulnerable road users.

The 11th International Conference on Managing Fatigue is coming back to Perth in August 2026.

The City of Melville and local community’s push for a lower speed limit on Farrington Road from 200m East of Bibra Drive to Casserly Drive in Leeming has succeeded.

The Shire of Victoria Plains Emergency Management Team has been continuing to improve emergency management capacity and outreach

WALGA’s RoadWise has a number of tools and resource available to Local Governments which can help support and guide their work in delivering better practice road safety.

The City of Rockingham has upgraded and improved the safety of a stretch of Mundijong Road to address a history of run-off-road and head-on crashes.

In a recent community-facing update, the Shire of Harvey reaffirmed its commitment to road safety by showcasing road safety as a core part of its work.

The City of Amsterdam has taken a positive step towards safer, more liveable streets by reducing the speed limit from 50km/h to 30km/h.

This week Perth is hosting the 2025 Australasian Road Safety Conference and WALGA’s RoadWise is making the most of it.

The Council Resource Pack is now available to help Local Governments share information on improving road safety for children and adults with disabilities.

WALGA’s RoadWise have a self-contained, transportable road safety display trailer available to loan, for free, for Local Governments.

The Shire of Augusta Margaret River has been working to improve safety for people walking and wheeling and to encourage more active forms of travel.

Entries are open for this years Showcase in Pixels, the preeminent Local Government art competition across WA.

The Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes conducts a traffic counter and speed monitoring program which applies the traffic tubes to local roads based on an annual program working to assess all local roads.

A representative from the Shire of Jerramungup is heading to the 2025 Australasian Road Safety Conference, being held in Perth between 20-23 October, courtesy of Paywise Pty Ltd.

In April 2023, a reduced speed limit of 70km/h was applied to rural residential roads which were not previously speed zoned and therefore were the default speed limit of 110km/h.

The City of Rockingham was a finalist at the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia WA (IPWEA WA) Excellence Awards, hosted at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle on Friday 14 March 2025.

WALGA’s RoadWise has three sets of courtesy speed display signs (CSDS) available for Local Governments to borrow.

Shire of Victoria Plains has recently completed a realignment of the intersection of Calingiri-New Norcia and Toodyay-Bindi Bindi Roads, with the final seal now applied.

Gain insights into practical strategies for creating safer, more inclusive streets for all road users in urban areas.

The City of Melville successfully applied for a speed limit reduction on Farrington Road, between Karel Av and Kwinana Freeway.

The Australian Government is providing Local Governments the opportunity to apply for funding to improve heavy vehicle rest areas.

The Shire of Manjimup is transforming how it manages, builds and maintains its road network, proactively moving towards safer roads for their community.

This year’s National Local Roads, Transport and Infrastructure Congress will be held in Bendigo, regional Victoria, from 11-12 November.

The speed limit along two busy streets in Jindalee and Butler has been reduced from 50km to 40km, in a push to increase safety, within the City of Wanneroo.

The latest edition, 2019-2023, of the WALGA RoadWise Road Safety Performance Local Government Roads reports are now available!