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Social investment In FY25, we invested $3.1 million in activities ranging from charity fun runs to driver training and community grants programs. This year we reached a milestone in our eight-year partnership with Kidsafe in Australia, with more than 10,000 child car seat safety checks since we began supporting this important cause. In FY25, 2672 child car seats were checked by experts at events in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane as part of the program. These checks found that more than 90% of car seats need some adjustment, reinforcing the need for ongoing education and public awareness campaigns. In Montréal, Canada, we supported our first car seat safety checks program with our partner, the CAA-Québec Foundation (Canadian Automobile Association-Quebec Foundation). Adjustments were needed on 77% of the 52 child seats checked. In Virginia, we teamed up with local first responders who checked 30 car seats at a community event in Stafford. We also continued our support of driver training programs this year, including the KARI Transurban Aboriginal Driving School in Sydney, the Transurban ARTIE #1 Driving School in Brisbane and six Transport Accident Commission (TAC) programs in Melbourne. Collectively, we spent $254,000 supporting learner driver programs FY25. To further support new drivers, we launched our Toll Road Ready pilot program – a short online course designed to help learner drivers prepare for toll-road driving. The course answers common questions and shares expert tips on topics such as how tolling works, trip planning, driving in tunnels, merging onto motorways and avoiding extra fees. During the year, we also continued to sponsor major charity fun runs and cycling events in each of our Australian markets including Run for the Kids in Melbourne, the annual Bridge to Brisbane fun run, the Sydney Marathon and Tour de Brisbane. Closing our roads for these events enabled charities to raise more than $3.6 million. Collectively, our in-kind support for fun runs and cycling events, in the form of road closures and forgone revenue, was worth more than $530,000.
Community grants In FY25, we provided 26 grants of up to $10,000 each to Australian community groups. The grants support their work in road safety, local environment and biodiversity, financial and social inclusion. We also continued our People’s Choice Award where the public voted to award a further $1,000 grant to a group in each state. This year we gave a total of $224,150 to groups including the Gujaga Foundation (NSW), Guide Dogs Queensland and the Victorian State Emergency Service Port Phillip Unit. 2024 marked a decade since the launch of our US grants program, with 416 grants totalling USD2.9 million given to communities in Northern Virginia during this time. Grants support communities across the region, including those providing educational programming, support to the vulnerable, environmental sustainability, and other critical services. Listening to the community Our annual Community Engagement Survey is key to helping us understand how we are progressing towards achieving those ambitions.
In FY25, over 5,000 people in our Australian markets responded to the survey, providing insights on what matters most to our stakeholders and where we can have the greatest impact. Consistent with previous years, most respondents (76%) said that Transurban had a responsibility to deliver value for all our stakeholders. 54% of respondents said that our infrastructure and activities delivered worthwhile benefits and supported community prosperity. A further 64% agreed that we provided jobs for local people. 59% of respondents said our operations had a positive impact by keeping trucks off local roads; however, there was room to improve the impacts of our operations in terms of biodiversity and traffic noise and to prepare for climate change. In response to previous surveys, we have undertaken projects such as planting more than 128,000 trees in Brisbane to improve habitat for koalas near our roads. Respondents also flagged a need for more clearly communicated toll pricing structures, which is front of mind as we continue to improve our digital offerings and transparency tools for Linkt customers.
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hectares of parkland delivered, maintained or under construction
community spaces including playgrounds and barbecues
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walking and cycling paths delivered or maintained by Transurban
artworks installed along our roads
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