Safer Roads Ahead, Thanks To Your Input

Manningham Council

We've finished our review of the Road Safety Strategy and Action Plan 2025 to 2034.

The updated strategy was adopted at the Council meeting on 27 May 2025 and is in line with the national and state road safety strategies.

Community consultation

Between 20 January and 21 February 2025, we invited you to provide feedback on the proposed Strategy and Action Plan.

Here's a snapshot of what 127 people told us through our online survey:

  • More clarification is required around the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders in relation road safety, and how we and the stakeholders would work together around road safety education and enforcement of road rules.
  • You support infrastructure improvements; but have some concerns about how and where cycling infrastructure will be provided.
  • Safety in our activity centres is important to you.
  • You'd like us to focus on older adults, who are overly represented in fatal and serious injury crashes.
  • You are concerned about the level of road maintenance and its implication on road safety and crash risks.

The feedback was generally positive, however, we made some adjustments to the wording of the action plan to better reflect your priorities and ensure alignment with other Council strategies.

We also added several new actions, including:

  • advocate to the State Government for upgrades to key arterial roads
  • review of parking restrictions to enhance road safety where needed
  • explore opportunities involving emerging transport technologies.
  • place a greater emphasis on inclusion to ensure the strategy addresses the needs of all road users.

The adopted Road Safety Strategy

The strategy will remain a living, adaptable document designed to guide our work over the next 10 years. It will continue to evolve with emerging technologies, best practices, and alignment with state and national frameworks.

You can view the adopted Road Safety Strategy on our website.

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