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Western Australia is expanding the use of traffic enforcement cameras after securing a new $8.7 million contract with Acusensus (ASX: ACE), representing a near doubling of the company’s existing deal with the state government.
Acusensus has signed an agreement with the WA Road Safety Commission to supply multi-function fixed-site enforcement camera programs, with the latest deal supplementing the existing $9.4 million trailer-based enforcement contract announced in October last year.
The latest program will see the deployment of Acusensus’ technology on Western Australian freeways such as the Mitchell Freeway and the Kwinana Freeway for an initial term of five years, with three one-year renewal options.
Acusensus fixed-camera technology will be deployed to detect a range of road traffic offences, including average speeding, mobile phone use, improper seatbelt use, speeding, “red X” lane violations and unlicensed vehicles.
“The deployment of our multi-function fixed cameras on the Mitchell and Kwinana Freeways will significantly enhance the WA Road Safety Commission's ability to enforce key road safety behaviours,” says Acusensus founder and managing director Alexander Jannink.
“Acusensus was first able to demonstrate its leading technological capabilities and attentive service to the WA Road Safety Commission through the initial pilot installation on the Kwinana freeway in 2022, and I am pleased to continue to deepen this relationship over time, expanding into this ongoing contract alongside the expansion into trailer enforcement announced in October last year.”
Acusensus says the new agreement was awarded after a “competitive tender process” and follows the trial agreement that began in January 2022.
“Sadly 2025 has seen high road casualties on Western Australian roads, emphasising the need for the driver behaviour change that will come from our existing trailer-based enforcement contract (which recently commenced active enforcement), and from this new freeway enforcement program,” says Jannink.
The Melbourne-based Acusenses posted a 20 per cent increase in revenue to $59.4 million in FY25, aided by gains in the Australian market including the earlier WA contract. However, higher operating costs led to a 12 per cent fall in adjusted EBITDA to $5.7 million.
The company is targeting revenue growth of up to 41 per cent in the current financial year, backed by increased acceptance of its seatbelt and mobile phone detection systems by international markets.
Acusensus says following the new agreement in WA, the company’s existing sites operating under the trial program on the Kwinana Freeway will now roll commercially into the new contract with more sites to be added to other freeway locations in the next few months.
Acusensus currently also has contracts providing traffic enforcement cameras in NSW, Queensland, South Australia and the ACT, while the company recently revealed its international markets, particularly New Zealand, are likely to support future growth.
The company's increased traction with road safety authorities is reflected in total contracted value since inception of $376 million currently tracking 84 per cent, or $172 million, higher than a year ago.
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