The future

In 2004-05, the Department plans to:

• Make Perth a better place to live by integrating Dialogue with the city recommendations into planning decisions.
• Roll out a new computer system for driver and vehicle licensing.
• Improve the service to our licensing customers by relocating Licensing Centres and upgrading Licensing Centres to accept EFTPOS transactions and possibly credit cards.
• Put more taxis on the road, including multi-purpose, peak period and outer area cabs.
• Reduce heavy vehicle impacts around metropolitan Perth by continuing to improve our freight network.
• Commence the first trial of hydrogen fuel cell buses in the southern hemisphere.
• Construct a land-backed wharf at Carnarvon to service the commercial and fishing maritime industries.
• Improve marine safety by developing a compulsory competency training framework for recreational boaters.
• Provide a sustainable land tenure solution for Aboriginal people by implementing flexible Aboriginal Land Title.
• Negotiate Aboriginal peoples' agreement to land developments.
• Commence implementation of the Government's 'Shared Service Centres' initiative.
• Complete pastoral land exclusions.
• Complete acquisition of land for widening of the South West gas corridor.
• Have the Geographe Bay seaweed build up effectively managed under the agreement.
• Establish a Departmental office in Carnarvon to implement the Ningaloo Strategy.
• Implement the recommendations of the Functional Review of the Department.
• Improve the efficiency of planning approvals, in cooperation with the Western Australian Planning Commission, local government and industry.

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