A total of $202 million is being invested by the NSW state government, for 72 separate road safety projects across regional, rural and remote parts of the state.
Regional communities account for about a third of the state’s population, but deaths on regional roads make up approximately two thirds of all road deaths in NSW.
The funding is being delivered as part of the NSW government’s $2.8 billion road safety budget, as round two of the Towards Zero-Safer Roads Program.
The Towards Zero – Safer Roads Program is a road safety infrastructure upgrade and speed management program that aims to address high risk locations.
The upgrades will include things like installing safety barriers and shoulder widening to help reduce the risk of crashes on higher speed country roads.
Projects receiving the largest chunk of spend include:
- $24.3 million for shoulder widening, wide centreline, and safety barrier installation on Mitchell Highway, Geurie
- $18.8 million for roadside safety barrier and delineation improvements on Lachlan Valley Way, Cowra
- $17.64 million for median and roadside barrier installation and intersection upgrades on Mitchell Highway, Dunkeld West
- $16.17 million for median and roadside barrier installation with overtaking lane on Mitchell Highway, Vittoria
- $8.15 million for shoulder widening and safety barrier installation on Kings Highway, Mulloon
- $6.5 million for an intersection upgrade at Oxley Highway and King Creek Road, King Creek
- $6.5 million for shoulder widening, safety barrier installation, and intersection upgrades on Mitchell Highway, Neurea
- $6 million for shoulder widening, wide centerline, and clearzone improvements on Mitchell Highway, Minore
- $5.09 million for shoulder widening and wide centerline installation on Mitchell Highway, East Narromine
- $4.96 million for intersection upgrades at Burrawang Station Lane and Burrawang Station Road, Burrawang
- $3.14 million for shoulder widening, wide centerline, and an intersection upgrade on Princes Highway, Frogs Hollow
For full list of projects being funded under round two of NSW’s Towards Zero-Safer Roads Program can be found here.