- Cook Government proud to support community-led road safety initiatives
- $817,000 in grants allocated across Western Australia
- The program provides continuous training and online learning for local governments and communities regarding road safety on local streets
- Part of Cook Labor Government focus on keeping WA's growing community safe
Community road projects will receive a safety boost with more than $800,000 in funding allocated to the Streets Alive grants which will slow down traffic and make local streets more people-friendly.
The 2025 Stream 2 grants were allocated to projects worth up to $100,000 each.
Successful applicants included five projects in the Wheatbelt, three projects in the metropolitan area, one in the Great Southern, one in the Gascoyne, and one in the South West.
In the metropolitan area, the Northbridge community will turn Lock Lane into a safer, brighter thoroughfare, encouraging pedestrians and cyclists instead of vehicles.
In the Great Southern, there'll be improved traffic awareness in the multi-purpose Gnowangerup recreation precinct with a lower speed limit and safe connection to a footpath.
In the Wheatbelt, Railway Avenue in Nungarin will use traffic calming humps and a solar powered radar near the school zone, while bringing the street to life with military-themed public art.
Other projects include the transformation of streets by planting trees, adding paving and encouraging people of all ages to connect in their town centres.
More than 4,000 volunteers and over 250 community groups have participated in the program to date while 85 per cent of acquitted projects have reported a positive change in attitudes and behaviours towards lower speeds and improving road safety, with more people walking and riding as a result.
The Streets Alive program in Western Australia is a community-led funding initiative aimed at improving road safety, delivered by the Town Team Movement in partnership with Main Roads WA and the WA Local Government Association.
The program has received $5 million in funding over five years, with $1.8 million already awarded to more than 110 communities across WA in its first 18 months.
Comments attributed Road Safety Minister Reece Whitby:
"Thank you to the Streets Alive panel who had a tough job choosing the successful grants.
"It's great to see local communities getting involved in road safety and slowing traffic in a creative way.
"There have been too many lives lost this year - we all have our part to play in making everyone, including pedestrians, safer during active travel and these grants will increase safety in local streets."
