IT WAS carried 9-0 that the Shire of Northam would take action on the Great Eastern Highway at last Wednesday's council meeting.
A motion was passed for council to write to the Minister for Transport and the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development requesting urgent action to upgrade the section of road between the Lakes and Northam.
The core reason is the high rate of death and injury rates on this section of highway.
Cr Denis Beresford moved the motion and said you will not get a result if you don't try.
"We can't let this section of road stay the way it is," Cr Denis Beresford said.
He also said Member for Central Wheatbelt Mia Davies has written letters to the Minister for Transport about upgrading the road between Lakes and Northam, as well as letters to the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development regarding the construction of a dual carriageway.
"Death rates between the Lakes and Northam are high and they are increasing," Cr Beresford said.
"The trend is wrong, so the whole objective is to get some action on these black spots.
"The objective is to show the Shire and Minister are pushing in the same direction."
Shire president Steven Pollard said the environment can be a factor.
"So if anything can be done to improve the environment we are all for it," Cr Pollard said.
The section between the Acacia Prison turn off and the Wooroloo Prison turn off have been specifically highlighted for its sharp bends, along with the road between the Wundowie turn off and Coates Road.
The section between El Caballo and Bakers Hill is also notorious for a lack of overtaking lanes.
A truck rollover about a month ago brought the Great Eastern Highway back into focus.
At last Wednesday evening's meeting, several councilors labelled the entry into Perth a "disgrace", with Cr Ulo Rumjantsev going as far as calling it by far the worst in Australia.
Cr John Proud agreed.
