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ABOUT US
Our Purpose
Is to provide safe and efficient road access that will enhance community lifestyles and ensure economic prosperity.
Our Vision
Is to be recognised for excellence in customer service and world-class road access.
Our Stakeholders
Include every person who lives or does business in Western Australia. A wide range of groups are consulted within the course of conducting our business, including community, business and Government stakeholders and representatives.
Our Strategic Direction
Is to achieve excellence through inspiring leadership and strong collaborative relationships. There are five strategic areas of focus that will assist in achieving this:
- Providing the right roads for Western Australia
- Making roads work for the community
- Creating our workforce of the future
- Inspiring leadership
- Enhancing relationships.
Our Values
Form the foundation upon which Main Roads is built. They represent our culture, guide our behaviours and influence the decision-making process and relationships with each other, our customers and partners.
Our values are:
Working Together
Enhancing relationships and teamwork.
Professionalism
Providing high levels of expertise in delivering our services.
Family
Respecting and supporting our customers, the community
and each other.
Roads Matter
Taking pride in managing the road network
for the benefit of the community.
Embracing Challenge
Anticipating and taking up challenges.
Excellence in Customer Service
Understanding and providing what is
important to our customers.
Our Role
In Western Australia, as the State road authority of one of the most widely geographically distributed road networks in the world, is to manage and provide access to all road users across the State.
We work closely with our portfolio colleagues and Local Government to plan, build and maintain an integrated and efficient world-class road transport network of over 18,500 kilometres. We manage more than $41 billion of assets (road assets valued at $39 billion) that support the needs of all road users across the State.
We operate from 10 regions located throughout the State:
| Region |
Area Covered (Thousand Km2) |
Population (Thousand) |
State Roads (Km) |
|
| 1 | Gascoyne | 134 | 10 | 995 |
| 2 | Goldfields-Esperance | 953 | 55 | 2,202 |
| 3 | Great Southern | 49 | 59 | 1,560 |
| 4 | Kimberley | 424 | 34 | 2,246 |
| 5 | Metropolitan | 5 | 1,583 | 846 |
| 6 | Mid West | 285 | 52 | 2,645 |
| 7 | Pilbara | 510 | 46 | 2,737 |
| 8 | South West | 29 | 233 | 1,745 |
| 9 | Wheatbelt North | 100 | 49 | 1,971 |
| 10 | Wheatbelt South | 57 | 23 | 1,554 |
| Total | 2,546 | 2,144 | 18,501 | |
Our Sustainable Approach
Is to strive to be an organisation that integrates economic, social and environmental aspects into our decision making and seek positive outcomes in each. Our Sustainability Policy states that, “Main Roads are committed to creating lasting benefits through an integrated consideration of the social, environmental and economic aspects in all that we do”. We will manage, operate and develop a road transport system that meets the needs of today, without compromising the natural, human and financial capital on which future generations will depend. Through the adoption of our own Sustainability Policy and Strategy we will improve and strengthen the way we meet community needs.
A Sustainability Performance Framework with associated plans and policies is under development. It will clarify our long-term priorities and has been generated from a gap analysis process that utilised staff input from Sustainability Awareness Workshops and external sustainability frameworks. Further details can be found on our website.
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