The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) has proudly announced the five shortlisted nominees in the running for the prestigious 2024 iRAP Gary Liddle Memorial Trophy to be presented next Monday in Marrakech, recognising the world’s best performing road authority/s eliminating high-risk roads.

Selected from 12 competitive nominations from 11 countries, the nominees include:

• Himachal Pradesh Road and Infrastructure Development Corporation – ‘Safer Roads in Himachal Pradesh, India’
• Main Roads Western Australia – ‘Tonkin Highway Extension’
• Municipality of Lima – Enhancing School Zone Safety: Colecaminos Program’
• Roads General Authority – ‘Safer Roads in Saudi Arabia’
• Tanzania National Roads Agency (TANROADS) – ‘Ten Step Plan Tanzania’

The perpetual iRAP Trophy honours the lifelong public-sector and transport contribution of the charity’s former Board Chairman Gary Liddle AO who passed away in 2023.

The winner will be announced during the Ten Steps to 2030 for Safer Road Infrastructure Side Event of the 4th Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety next Monday 17 February at Palais des Congres, Marrakech.

For more information on the Trophy and previous winners, visit irap.org/irap-gary-liddle-memorial-trophy/.

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About Gary Liddle and the Memorial Trophy
Gary Liddle was a deeply respected transport industry leader, volunteer Trustee of the iRAP charity for nine years and Chair of the iRAP Board from 2017-2022. Prior to his passing with MND in 2023, his leadership and wisdom helped grow the charity’s impact to the point where more than 400,000 deaths and injuries had been saved by partners worldwide. Gary served the transport industry for more than 40 years. In that time, as well as supporting iRAP, he occupied senior leadership positions in the Australian and global road sector, including as Chief Executive of VicRoads, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure (Vic), Chair of ARRB, Chair of Austroads and Chair of iMOVE, Board Member of Roads Australia and governing roles in both PIARC and REAAA. In 2017, Gary was made an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) for “distinguished service to public administration in the Victorian transport sector through leadership in policy direction, infrastructure development, road safety and regulatory reform.” He was a strong and steadfast leader, generous and supportive mentor and committed advocate for road safety. Given his lifelong contribution to the public-sector and transport, iRAP honours Gary’s legacy with the Gary Liddle Memorial Trophy awarded since 2023.  Nominations are open to any national, state or local road authority in the world that has utilised the iRAP methodology and/or tools to make their roads safer and communities more liveable. Infrastructure safety programs/activities and associated evaluations must have been completed within the last 5 years. The award recognises life-saving impact, leadership in governance and public service, relevance, innovation, sustainability, collaboration and transferability to other jurisdictions. Twelve nominations were received from road authorities in 11 countries in the 2024 award program.
https://irap.org/irap-gary-liddle-memorial-trophy/

About the 4th Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety
The 4th Global Ministerial Conference of Road Safety is being hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco and World Health Organization (WHO), from 18-20 February 2025, with Side Events from 15-20 February. With the theme #CommitToLife, the Conference and Side Events are bringing together ministers, heads of national road safety agencies, government representatives from road authorities at all levels, as well as representatives from the United Nations, civil society, industry and academia. With just five years left in the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030, participants at the Conference will assess progress; identify priorities; share knowledge; forge and strengthen alliances; and advance commitments and actions to accelerate action towards the Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDG) target of halving global road deaths and injuries by 2030. iRAP, together with the International Road Federation (IRF) and World Road Association (PIARC), hosted the Ten Steps to 2030 for Safer Road Infrastructure Side Event on 17 February 2025.
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