The Shire of Collie plans to spend more on infrastructure in the next financial year than it has in at least five years.
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Councillors this week approved the Technical Services Department's proposed infrastructure plan, which will see several road and construction projects incorporated into the draft 2019-20 budget.
They were told an emphasis had been placed on preservation and improvement works rather than expansion works.
Priority was also given to road projects that were already approved for funding by the area's Regional Road Group.
The total amount to be set aside in the budget for infrastructure construction expenditure in 2019-20 was $2,436,250.
But funding of $1,945,793 would be made available from various sources, including the Roads to Recovery and Building Better Regions projects.
The most expensive item on the plan was the $420,000 Stage Three construction of the River Walk, from Venn St to Lyons Park.
Stage Two, from Coombes St to the Coalfields Highway, had a price tag of $200,000, while Stage Four, from Lyons Park to Minninup Pool would cost $350,000.
A stretch of Wellington Dam Rd will get a full-width seal for $270,000, while part of Patstone Rd will get its shoulder widened, at a cost of $180,000, and a full-width seal to part of the same road will cost $90,000.
The amount expected to be spent on infrastructure construction in 2019-20 is higher than the $2,273,600 spent in 2016-17. The council spent $1,816,601 in 2015-16, $1,475,000 in 2018-19 and $1,952,594 in 2017-18.
There were also several smaller projects planned for 2019-20.
The council plans to spend $20,000 on cemetery roads, $50,000 on drainage improvements and repairs, and $100,000 on gravel road re-sheeting.
A total of $50,000 would be spent on road shoulders, $40,000 on the installation of road safety barriers on Ferguson Rd, $20,000 on surveying and designing the river crossing for Booth St and $12,000 on a bus shelter at Allanson Primary School.
