All recommendations made by the Regional Roadworks Signage Review, aimed at increasing safety in roadworks sites, have been accepted by Main Roads WA.
Minister for Transport, Rita Saffioti said Main Roads would implement a number of the recommendations to enhance safety for both construction workers and road users.
“While several of the 13 recommendations are complex and will take time to implement, a number can be actioned in the short term,” Ms Saffioti said.
“These include improving driver education and awareness; improvements to signage design; and a review of tender documentation to ensure traffic management elements are afforded the priority and focus required to ensure safe practice,” she said.
The Minister said Main Roads had appointed a senior project manager to oversee the process and had also established an implementation committee, which will be meeting fortnightly in the first instance.
“A formal implementation plan with delivery targets will be developed with key stakeholders by the end of the year,” Ms Saffioti said.
“The comprehensive review was undertaken by an industry-based stakeholder reference group, with extensive community consultation that looked at how temporary traffic signage at roadworks sites is installed, secured and managed in regional areas,” she said.
Ms Saffioti said Main Roads had been working closely with the Traffic Management Association of Australia in recent months to help raise public awareness of incidents on roadworks sites.
She said a new campaign would be launched soon to encourage drivers to Be Roadwork Aware, Slow Down and Take Care.
