Something most people won't notice, until theyre missing, are roadsigns, bollards and safety barriers scattered around the city.
Around 100,000 roadside items are damaged and replaced annually in WA and consequently roadworks have become part of the daily commute, with both local and state government authorities finding it increasingly difficult to keep pace with the ever increasing workloads within the limited budgets and time constraints
The trouble is that WA's population growth rate was the strongest in the country for the fifth consecutive quarter, and with this growth comes more cars, more damage, more dangerous underground services, increased risk of workplace injury, more safety requirements, increased cost of waste disposal and traffic management.
All this, with the added risk of workers contracting silicosis, this work is becoming almost untenable. Findings from recent Health report "A large population of road workers is at risk of developing silicosis from exposure to crystalline silica." Termed the new "asbestosis" this disease has the potential to cost the industry billions and cost lives. |  |
There will be some challenging times ahead for those authorities that refuse to adapt to the changing landscape.
Yet whilst the workloads for these authorities continue to grow, becoming increasingly costly, our younger cities are drastically decreasing the damage , the waste and the costs, drastically improving workplace safety, reducing disturbance to the public for these repeated repairs and reducing the cost of repeated repairs to ZERO
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