This page contains information on temporary traffic management for works or events.
A Site Access Authority (SAA) is the City of Stirling’s formal approval for any Temporary Traffic Management (TTM) that affects the public road reserve. An SAA confirms your Traffic Management Plan (TMP) has been reviewed and endorsed, and sets the approved dates, times and conditions for works or events.
You must obtain an SAA before implementing any signs, devices, personnel or traffic controls within the road reserve.
Temporary Traffic Management (TTM) is the use of signs, devices and personnel to safely manage how traffic and pedestrians move around works or events that affect the road reserve.
Temporary Traffic Management (TTM) is required for any activity that alters, obstructs, changes or has the potential to interfere with normal movement or safety of road users within the road reserve. The following non‑exhaustive conditions apply:
- Any partial or full obstruction of a traffic lane, shoulder, verge, footpath, or shared path
- Vehicles stopping/operating in a manner that affects traffic flow or requires users to deviate or slow
- Workers, plant or equipment entering or operating within, near live traffic or public paths.
- Reductions in sight distance, lane/footpath width, or loss of accessible pedestrian routes
- Placement or operation of plant, materials, spoil, equipment, skips or signs within the road reserve
- Cranes/hoists/lifting devices operating over, within or adjacent to the carriageway
- Any need to warn, control, divert or stop traffic or pedestrians (including short‑duration activities)
- Any hazard remaining outside working hours (aftercare state must be safe)
- Speed, priority or route changes affecting road or path users.
- Activities wholly on private property with no impact on the road reserve
- No persons, vehicles, plant, materials, or devices enter the road reserve
- No obstruction, deviation, speed change, visibility impact, or hazard is created for road or path users.
To apply for an SAA, you must submit:
- A compliant Traffic Management Plan (TMP) that includes supporting Traffic Guidance Schemes (TGS)
- Any required stakeholder or agency notifications (e.g. PTA/Transperth for bus impacts).
TMPs must be prepared by appropriately accredited personnel and reflect actual sit conditions.
- Engage an accredited person or company to prepare a Traffic Management Plan (TMP) and Traffic Guidance Scheme (TGS) in accordance with Main Roads Western Australia (MRWA) Codes of Practice and Austroads Guide to Temporary Traffic Management (AGTTM).
- Submit your application through the City’s eLodgement Portal.
- Pay the application fee at the time of submission (non refundable).
- The City will assess your TMP for safety, compliance and conflicts with other works.
- If endorsed, the City issues a Site Access Authority (SAA) listing the approved dates, times and conditions.
The eLodgement Portal is a dedicated submission channel and requires an internal request to generate login details.
If you require a login to submit a TMP, please contact ttm@stirling.wa.gov.au with the appropriate contact details and a member of our Roadworks Traffic Management Team will organise that for you. Please allow five working days for these requests to be processed.
Fees and lead times
(Effective as of October 13, 2025)
| Description | Category | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| 10 or more working days to approval requirement | Non-urgent | $200.00 |
| Less than 10 working days to approval requirement | Urgent | $300.00 |
| City sponsored works | No charge |
Important note: selection of ‘non-urgent’ when there is less than 10 working days prior to the works, will result in the in the application being rejected, noting the application fee is non-refundable and subsequent applications will be subject to further fees.
Please note applicants should allow sufficient time for the City to assess, comment on, and endorse the proposed TMP.
Holiday periods affect these lead times and should be taken into consideration.
The following lead times are requested for TMP submissions:
| Description | Lead time |
|---|---|
| Where the works do not restrict or impact on roadways, footpaths or cycleway and do not involve any construction or excavation work. | 10 business days |
| Where partial closure of a roadway, footpath or cycleway is required. | 10 business days. |
| Where works or events will impact access by residents to their properties or to access by customers to a business premises during trading hours.* | 10 business days |
| All other types of work/events involving contra flows, partial or total road closure, works near traffic signals and large public events, complex traffic arrangements.* | 10 business days |
| Notification of work for previously approved generic, or in principle approved long term works. | Five business days |
| *All works or events in these categories will require a public notification strategy that will need to occur a minimum of 7 days prior to implementation and noted in the TMP. Evidence of public notification may be requested as a condition to approval. | |
Your responsibilities once a SAA permit has been issued
Once an SAA is issued, the applicant is responsible for:
- Safe and compliant implementation of all TTM
- Ensuring accredited personnel are used
- Maintaining safe aftercare outside work hours (no unattended hazards)
- Keeping records, diaries and incident logs as required by MRWA Codes of Practice
- Removing all signs and devices when no longer required.
Failure to comply with approved Traffic Management requirements may result in the City issuing notices or infringements, directing works to stop immediately, or recovering costs for any required rectification.
Contacts
Roadworks Traffic Management Team
Email TTM@stirling.wa.gov.au
Phone (08) 9205 8555
