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Projects include road upgrades, cycling and walking projects, supporting local jobs Additional Federal funding recently secured to deliver more key projects McGowan Government continues to deliver on key election commitments The McGowan Government is delivering more than $30 million worth of transport upgrades across the Mid-West region, including roads, cycling and walking projects. Transport Minister Rita Saffioti today inspected the $2.6 million intersection upgrade at Brand Highway and Barrett Drive in Geraldton. Upgrades to the intersection to improve safety include: installing a separate southbound left turn lane from Brand Highway into Barrett Drive; widening the intersection of Brand Highway and Barrett Drive to improve safety; ....
Candice Evans to lead the team in Consumer Protection’s Geraldton office Her experience in helping tenants will be useful in new role Consumer Protection’s presence in the region increases ability to deal with local issues Consumer Protection has appointed a new senior regional officer to service the region which covers Geraldton and an area as far as Carnarvon, the northern Wheatbelt around Moora and remote communities such as Wiluna to the east. Candice Evans has previously worked at the Housing Authority (now the Department of Communities) where, amongst other roles, she was the Area Manager in Halls Creek coordinating public housing services for mostly indigenous clients. Prior to that, she was an intelligence analyst for the Department of Justice, identifying safety and security risks for Court users. ....
Date Time Seven regional centres record price growth in March quarter House prices continue to increase across regional WA, with seven regional centres recording price growth during the March 2021 quarter. REIWA President Damian Collins said reiwa.com data for the March 2021 quarter showed the states housing boom was very much being experienced across the regions too. Port Hedland recorded the biggest price growth, with its median house sale price increasing 9.4 per cent to $320,000 during the quarter. On an annual basis, house sale prices in Port Hedland have spiked 39 per cent over the last 12 months the biggest increase of any region in WA. ....
Date Time Statement – Disaster assistance following WA flooding Disaster assistance has been made available to help communities in the Mid-West, Gascoyne and Wheatbelt regions recover from damage caused by severe flooding in early March. Assistance is being provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA). Minister for Emergency Management David Littleproud said the financial assistance would help the local governments of Dandaragan, Greater Geraldton, Menzies, Mt Marshall, Northam and Victoria Plains with clean-up operations from fallen trees on roads and restore damaged road infrastructure. “The severe weather system in early March caused significant damage and distress for these communities,” Minister Littleproud said. ....
Date Time Statement – Disaster assistance extended to more communities impacted by severe tropical cyclone Seroja Disaster assistance has been extended to the local government areas of Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Mingenew, Mount Marshall, Perenjori and Three Springs following widespread damage caused by Tropical Cyclone Seroja. Assistance is now being provided to 13 local government areas through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) – Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Coorow, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Greater Geraldton, Mingenew, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Northampton, Perenjori, Shark Bay and Three Springs. Minister for Emergency Management David Littleproud said Tropical Cyclone Seroja had left a devastating trail of destruction and assistance is being extended as the scale of the damage continues to become clearer. ....