Welcome to Your Say SJ

Good afternoon, Thank you for submitting your feedback through Your Say SJ. For us to assign and manage your request, we ask you to kindly submit your request through our website. Follow the steps here: https://www.sjshire.wa.gov.au/community/services/request-report-it.aspx. Thank you, the Your Say SJ team 

Following an $18 million State Government commitment, three key roads in the Shire will be upgraded, one of which is Orton Road. You can learn more about the road upgrade project here.

If you would like to report any urgent maintenance works on the road, please submit it via our Request and Report It. 

Hello, each year we celebrate our Emergency Service volunteers with an annual awards ceremony and dinner. If you would like to discuss your coin idea further please phone the Shire on (08) 9526 1111 and request to speak to Gillian French, Coordinator Emergency Services.

Please call the Shire on (08) 9526 1111 and request to speak to James Gichuhi, Senior Project Engineer, to discuss your idea further.

The Shire is committed to managing the balance between development and protecting our environment. We have dedicated professionals that work collaboratively with developers and the State Government to ensure sustainable responses to land use change within the Shire, so that there can be a co-existence between the natural and built landscapes. Whilst this does not solve the challenge of the displacement of our fauna and flora by development, it provides an avenue in which to ensure that development takes place in a way that considers environmental aspects throughout.

The Shire currently engages with a number of community groups to maintain verges throughout the Shire and Council is willing to discuss potential options.  It encourages residents to assist in the maintenance of verges within the Shire, and as such has outlined this in two policies that have been adopted by Council. These are Council Policy 2.2.7- Permissible Verge Treatments - Rural and Council Policy 2.2.6 - Permissible Verge Treatments - Urban.  Both policies are available on the Shire’s website.

Council has a program where residents can register their verge to not be maintained by the Shire. This program is called the Managed Verges Program and mainly applies to rural and semi- rural properties. Residents can register their details with the Shire and their verge is marked and added to the list, so that Shire employees and contractors know to avoid these areas.

A further option available is whereby residents can join one of the local community groups (such as Byford Envirolink, Serpentine Environmental Group, Landcare SJ) that assist the Shire through planting and beautifying of verges, removal of weeds in selected locations and picking up of rubbish within the corridors.

The Shire currently expends approximately $400,000 on verge maintenance annually and is continuing to review our existing verge maintenance policies to include strategies to encourage the community to be involved in the maintenance of passive verge spaces.

If you have any ideas that you would like to discuss with the Shire, please contact us on 9526 1111 or email us via info@sjshire.wa.gov.au

Thanks for your question. Rates are a tax not a fee for service, rates should be viewed in the same way as income tax which has no linkage to a particular service.

The WA Local Government Association has FAQs about rates, which you can view here: https://walga.asn.au/About-Local-Government/Rates

If you would like to discuss your individual circumstance further, please contact our Rates Team via 9526 1111 or rates@sjshire.wa.gov.au

Hello, our Environmental health Team advises that construction activities are permitted from 7am – 7pm. If you wish to discuss this matter further, please contact the Team during business hours on 9526 1111 or you can Request and Report It online via https://www.sjshire.wa.gov.au/requestandreport

Kind regards, SJ Comms Team.

The adopted Byford Town Centre Structure Plan designates the structural layout of new road extensions that will link the community with the overall town centre. This includes the future extension of San Simeon Boulevard, which will link through to the Abernethy Road/Gordin Way roundabout, as well as linking through to George Street. 

However, as with the development of Byford west of the railway, private developers and entities delivering major projects (like Byford Metronet) are responsible for delivering these road links. The Shire continues to advocate for the early delivery of these links, and it is expected that full road connectivity will be achieved within the next 3 to 4 years.

The Byford Tennis Courts are a public space and is available to all Shire residents. Bookings are not essential, however the courts can be hired exclusively and at no cost via https://www.sjshire.wa.gov.au/community/community-facilities/parks-and-facilities/facilities.aspx