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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.

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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!

The City of Albany delivered a major road safety improvement with the successful implementation of a 40km/h speed zone across the Central Business District.

Congratulations to the 75 RoadWise Councils who have been recognised for their planning, implementing, recording and sharing of road safety action over the past year.

The City of Bayswater successfully applied for a speed limit reduction on Bath Road between Morley Drive and Walter Road West.

Register now for the 2025 WALGA Transport and Roads Forum.

This October, Australasia’s leading road safety and injury prevention researchers, practitioners and policy makers will come to Perth for the 2025 Australasian Road Safety Conference.

Compass IoT have two drop-in sessions for WA Local Governments to find out more about their Road Intelligence platform.

Registrations are now open for the Safe System for Local Government Workshop (formerly Vanguards)!

Road trauma can affect anyone, and it affects everybody differently.

The City of Bunbury has upgrading speed cushions around Big Swamp to speed plateaus as part of its ongoing traffic calming program monitoring to ensure continued effectiveness.

The Shire of Broomehill-Tambellup is committed to maintaining a safe and efficient road network.

The City of Fremantle successfully applied for a speed limit reduction on Hampton Road and Ord Street in 2023.

The Shire of Dowerin has developed a comprehensive new Road Safety Communications Plan to be delivered to the community throughout the year.

From 1 April, all WA Local Governments can register, at no cost, to access Compass IoT Road Intelligence platform as part of a statewide licence with Main Roads WA.

Local Governments can now access WALGA’s RoadWise Road Safety Performance Local Government Roads 2018-2022 reports, the latest edition in the series.

The Shire of Dardanup has established a road safety assessment and risk analysis program for roads managed by the Shire and identified roads which have road safety problems based on historical crash data.