An important heavy vehicle route – particularly for grain transporters – has received $168 million in safety upgrades.
Completed as part of the national Road Safety Program, shoulder sealing, pavement rehabilitation and safety barriers have been installed on Upper Yorke Road in the Yorke Peninsula – on the section of road between Kulpara and Arthurton.
Road pavement between Port Broughton and Bute has also been resealed and road shoulders constructed.
Further shoulder sealing is currently being carried out on sections of the road just north and south of Arthurton as part of maintenance work to improve road safety.
Audio Tactile Line Marking – also known as rumble strips – will be installed between Kulpara and Arthurton and between Port Broughton and Bute this year as part of a state-wide scope of works.
There were five recorded crashes on this stretch of road between 2019 and 2023, which resulted in one fatality and two serious injuries.
On average, more than 130 vehicles travel between Kulpara and Arthurton each day, and over 1000 vehicles travel between Port Broughton and Bute each day, with 180 of them being heavy vehicles.
These works have been jointly funded by the state and federal governments, on a 50:50 split.