Roads
Not got your speeding fine yet? It’s still coming, Saffioti says
The Department of Transport confirmed there were temporary delays with the processing of some traffic infringements as a result of the department taking over the system from WA Police.
- Hamish Hastie
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- WA election
Swathes of Kwinana Freeway to be widened under $700 million plan
Labor has started this week with a congestion election commitment blitz after yesterday promising a fix of the Erindale Road Reid Highway intersection.
- Hamish Hastie
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- Road safety
Cops’ impassioned plea to drivers after WA’s road toll reaches highest in a decade
A further four people have died on WA roads on a horror second last day of the year taking the state’s road toll to 186 deaths.
- Hamish Hastie and Rebecca Peppiatt
New high-tech cameras on Perth roads ‘not revenue-raisers’, safety tsar says
The smart cameras, leased for five years at a cost of $22 million, can easily spot motorists using their phones or driving without a seatbelt.
- Hamish Hastie
‘One life lost on WA roads is one too many’: Police crack down on ‘fatal five’
The Christmas and New Year’s double-demerit period will be in place across WA from Friday, December 20 to January 5.
- Claire Ottaviano
Will speed drops on regional roads curb the road toll? A WA-first study will find out
The trial will take an evidence-based approach to find out if decreasing speed limits has a direct impact on road deaths and injuries.
- Claire Ottaviano
Two women die in separate WA crashes, Perth man charged after police pursuit
This weekend has seen three serious traffic incidents in the state, two of them tragically involving fatalities in Carlisle and Norseman.
Perth commuters to save seven minutes on their drive to work
The construction along the Mitchell Freeway southbound cost $209.6 million of state and federal government funds, and has been completed after months of work.
- Holly Thompson
Running the red light gauntlet on Tonkin Highway is about to get quicker
An expression of interest was released today for contractors to build grade-separated interchanges at Hale Road and Welshpool Road with construction expected to begin by the end of next year.
- Hamish Hastie
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A drive down south is set to get about 20 minutes quicker
The 27km, four-lane stretch of highway connecting Forrest Highway to Bussell Highway has been named and is expected to open by the end of the year.
- Michael Genovese and Claire Ottaviano
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