Talkback Radio Spot Popular

Our Manager Traffic Management Services Jerko Ostoic is a regular guest speaker on 882 6PR radio talkback session with Oliver Peterson. Jerko provides a direct conduit to Main Roads for radio listening members of the public, every second Wednesday from 3.30pm to 4.00pm. Listeners can raise concerns, share knowledge and ask questions about Main Roads’ matters.

Through radio, we can share our knowledge of the network, clarify responsibilities and promote our services such as the Customer Information Centre, Real Time Traffic Operations, Incident Response Services, the fault reporting system, live Travel Map, our website and the social media forums we have available.

We benefit greatly from the invaluable insight gained through the talkback sessions, to better understand the issues that matter to members of the community and our road users. Engaging with the public via radio is not new for us and similar radio spots were a regular feature some years ago.

More recently the WA Police, who also provide regular talkback opportunities on 6PR, were receiving numerous questions on road-related matters, in response to the significant public interest, we re-established our regular talkback arrangement.

Jerko has an extensive and broad knowledge of the road network and has cultivated collaborative partnerships with local government, built from a career spanning more than 20 years in Traffic Management Services. He has been a guest speaker on 11 talkback sessions since they commenced in October 2017. From the diverse calls he has fielded, 22 follow-ups were required, relating to traffic signal timing, line-marking and intersection layouts, safety, projects, street lighting and council configuration of traffic signals.

His 6PR radio broadcasts with Oliver Peterson on Perth LIVE can be heard via podcast or call in to have your question answered.