Roads
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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.
- by Hamish Hastie and Rebecca Peppiatt
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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.
- by 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.
- by 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.
- by 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.
- by 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.
- by Hamish Hastie
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WA
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.
- by Michael Genovese and Claire Ottaviano
‘Dark places’: Daniel Campo speaks out, shares new details of night Nick died
He revealed he had been told the driver allegedly reached 135 km/h and lost control of the car, which had allegedly been extensively modified.
- by Emma Young
P-platers and motorcyclists could face tougher restrictions to tackle road toll
The road toll stands at 122, prompting suggestions from experts to tighten licensing restrictions and introduce safety campaigns with “shock factor”.
- by Connor McGoverne
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WA budget
Multimillion-dollar plans vanish from WA budget as East Perth power station site costs balloon
The $39.5 million set aside for Main Roads WA to build the footbridge across East Parade has vanished from the budget papers, with just $2.4 million spent on the project to date.
- by Hamish Hastie
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