Mr Holland, who has lived in Stoneville for 40 years, said the delays stemmed from changes required by Main Roads WA when the Shire of Mundaring sought to complete resurfacing works between Anketell and Traylen Roads earlier this year.

“The crucial part is the fact that Mundaring council were told by Main Roads they needed to upgrade the line marking requirements and had to submit a plan, but there was nobody qualified to do the survey the Main Roads required for them to do the line marking, so the line marking was put off until Mundaring Council could submit a plan,” he said.

“The delay, which as I said was over three or four months ago, was put off.

“Now the problem without line markings is that even the regular ratepayers don’t know where to overtake in accordance with the law and the possibility of accidents is prevalent in that section which covers about a kilometre and a half of a very busy road that goes from 60kmh through to 80kmh.”

He said while plans had now been submitted and approved, the work still had not been carried out.

“The problem was finally fixed according to shire officers, and they’ve submitted the plan which has now been approved by Main Roads, but it still hasn’t been performed yet,” he said.

“We still don’t know when it’s going to be performed.”

Mr Holland said he had also raised concerns about a number of intersections along Stoneville Road, where white line markings and speed limit signs were absent.

“Those intersections all the way from Traylen Road should be marked by lines across the intersections of those roads that lead on to Stoneville Road,” he said.

“And there should also be speed signs telling those people that are coming out of those roads what the speed limit is onto the section of Stoneville Road that they’re pulling onto.

“For example, on Anketell Road when you pull on to Stoneville Road it doesn’t tell you that the speed limit that you’re pulling onto is in an 80kmh zone, which it is.

“The lowlanders all drive up here on the weekends for a drive around the hills and so forth and they don’t know Stoneville Road from the back of their arm.

“So those people are at risk.”

He recalled an incident decades ago that highlighted the risks of unmarked intersections.

“About 35 years ago I was booked by the police because one morning on the way to work at 5am in the morning I pulled slightly into the intersection because I couldn’t see around the bend and a policeman came past,” he said.

“I pulled out into the main road and I was booked for failing to stop at the intersection.

“I lost three points or so but that’s an aside and the main point is those intersections all the way from Traylen Road should be marked.”

Mr Holland said it was frustrating that problems he had raised with Main Roads decades ago had still not been addressed.

“About 30 odd years ago I rang Main Roads because it wasn’t signed to tell you when you came off Toodyay Road what the speed limit was, and there was no sign from down in Stoneville near the post office as it was back then to let you know where it changed to 110.

“I complained to Main Roads about this but they’re still not marked 40 years on.”

He said Main Roads bore responsibility for the current situation.

“Main Roads obviously planned this but failed to tell Mundaring that their requirements had changed,” he said.

“You don’t wait three or four months to put lines on a major road which is 80kmh when somebody could get killed in the meantime.

“Who’s going to be responsible for that?”

A Shire of Mundaring spokesperson said resurfacing works on Stoneville Road were otherwise complete, with only the final line marking outstanding.

“The resurfacing works on Stoneville Road between Anketell and Traylen Roads are now complete, with the exception of the final line marking,” a shire spokesperson said.

“Shire of Mundaring is working closely with Main Roads WA to finalise this stage.

“Main Roads WA has requested a review of the barrier line design, which requires additional assessment before permanent line marking can be installed.

“Temporary centre line flagging and markings are currently in place to guide motorists until the permanent line marking is completed.”

The works were undertaken in two stages, with the first completed in March 2025 and the second in June 2025.

“We are working with Main Roads WA on the line marking as a priority,” the spokesperson said.