TWO Bathurst road projects will go ahead after winning funding in the latest round of the NSW Government’s Safer Roads Program.
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Bathurst MP Paul Toole said the $70.9 million investment to deliver 180 vital safety upgrades this financial year would help drive the number of deaths and serious injuries on our roads Towards Zero.
A total of $287,529 will be spent in the Bathurst local government area on two road safety projects.
“These include a 2.8km stretch of the Mid Western Highway near Robin Hill and an area close to the intersection of Suttor Street and Opperman Way at Windradyne,” Mr Toole said.
“Funding of $250,000 will go towards the Robin Hill safety upgrade which is aimed at addressing fatigue-related incidents with the installation of curve alignment markers and edge and centre audio-tactile line marking.
“These will be put in place on the highway, west of McLennan Close at Robin Hill.”
Mr Toole said the Suttor Street pedestrian refuge would be located east of the Opperman Way intersection at a cost of $37,529.
Other life-saving initiatives being rolled out across the state include re-engineering dangerous curves, installing rumble strips to alert tired drivers, widening shoulders and centre lines, and installing flexible wire rope barriers to help prevent run-off-road and head on crashes.
“Roads and Maritime Services will also be using proven engineering treatments to reduce the number and severity of crashes on the state’s roads,” Mr Toole said.
Mr Toole said 64 per cent of the investment would be directed to regional NSW, delivering 125 projects.
“Last year, 272 people killed on NSW roads were in the country, so this will go a long way to reduce the number of fatalities on regional roads,” Mr Toole said.
“The NSW Government has invested over $282 million in road safety in the current financial year, and this $70.9 million from our Safer Roads Program will deliver more important safety upgrades in 2018-19 for many of our most dangerous roads.”
Safer Roads projects are funded from the Community Road Safety Fund, which receives all revenue from speed and red-light cameras in NSW.