ROADS and footpaths, traffic management, parking and the appearance of public areas are among the key areas for improvement following the Department of Planning and Community Development annual satisfaction survey.

The survey, by the Wallis Consulting Group, interviewed 350 Wyndham residents in February and March.

It showed more residents were dissatisfied with the council's traffic management, parking facilities and waste management services, while its overall performance rating was also slightly down.

It also found only 33percent of respondents thought the council's performance had improved, while 52percent said it stayed the same.

Only 49percent rated the state of the council's traffic management and parking facilities as average, good or excellent, while 73percent gave the same rating for the appearance of public areas.

Truganina Ward councillor Bob Fairclough said the council would spend $23million to improve roads and footpaths and $1.8million to improve the look of the city's image and parks and gardens this financial year.

Both areas were well down when compared to Victoria's 79 councils, however, 86per cent awarded Wyndham a satisfaction rating of average or above - 6per cent higher than the all councils average.

The municipality also outperformed this category and the outer metropolitan and interface group including Brimbank, Hume, Melton and Casey on advocacy, community engagement, recreational facilities, waste management, economic development and town planning policy.

The top six most important categories for respondents were roads and footpaths, followed by the appearance of public areas, advocacy, enforcement of local laws, recreational facilities and community engagement.

The council will establish a taskforce to review major construction in new estates to reduce litter and poor visual amenity, and support advocacy groups endeavouring to improve the muncipality's visual amenity.

The low rating on traffic management was blamed on areas outside the council's control such as ongoing congestion at the Werribee and Cottrell streets intersection, as well as Point Cook and Forsyth roads. With parking concerns, the council stated it was often wrongly blamed for the lack of spaces at the Werribee and Hoppers Crossing railway station car parks, which are the State Government's responsibility. Wyndham chief executive Peter Marshall said: ``This survey shows the overall satisfaction levels of our community places us close to the top five of Victoria's 79 councils.''