People living in and around Hawkesbury will have a safer trip home thanks to more than $3.6 million in Albanese Government funding to improve 5 known crash sites under the 2024–25 Black Spot Program.
The Blackspot Program will fund $730,000 of safety improvements to Old Pitt Town Road at Oakville, installing curve alignment markers, flexible barriers on the roadside, motorcycle underrun on existing semi-rigid barrier and guideposts with reflectors and improving the sealed shoulder.
The Black Spot Program funds a range of safety measures at locations where serious crashes have occurred, or are at risk of occurring.
Other local black spot sites receiving funding are this round are:
- Freemans Reach Road at Freemans Reach will receive $680,000 for audio-tactile
centre line, curve alignment markers, guideposts with reflectors and flexible barrier
on roadside. Install motorcycle underrun on existing semi-rigid barrier and mark
barrier line. - Tennyson Road at Tennyson will receive $900,000 to install a flexible barrier on
roadside, guideposts with reflectors, curve alignment markers and motorcycle
underrun on existing semi-rigid barrier. - Spinks Road at Freemans Reach will receive $780,000 for a motorcycle underrun,
curve alignment markers, raised islands with additional stop, a flexible barrier on
roadside and guideposts with reflectors. This funding will also be used to seal a
section of the shoulder of Spinks Rd. - Hanckel Road at Oakville will receive $530,000 to install a motorcycle underrun,
guideposts with reflectors, raised islands with additional stop, a flexible barrier on
roadside and to remove sight distance restrictions at intersection
The Australian Government has substantially increased Black Spot Program funding, which is progressively rising from $110 million to $150 million per year.
This is part of the Government’s response to the worsening road toll which includes progressively doubling Roads to Recovery funding from $500 million to $1 billion a year and delivering a nationally-harmonised set of high-quality and timely data to inform road safety decision making.
For more information on the Albanese Government’s Black Spot Program, to nominate a black spot and for the full list of NSW recipients visit : Black Spot Program | Infrastructure Investment Program.
Quotes attributable to Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Catherine King:
“The 2023-24 Budget baked in significant increases to both the Black Spot Funding Program and Roads to Recovery because we are committed to supporting local and state governments to make our local roads safer.”
“This means more money for local roads and less pressure on rate payers.
“Every death on our roads is a tragedy and could have been avoided.”
“Local communities know where their most dangerous road locations are and their ability to nominate projects under this program and work with state and local experts in reviewing nominations is why this program is so successful.”
Quote Attributable to Susan Templeman, Federal Member for Macquarie:
“At these locations we’ve seen a high number of incidents. This makes them a clear case for the safety improvements that we’re announcing today.
“I know there is more work to be done to improve the safety of Hawkesbury roads and encourage anyone who knows of a dangerous road location near them to consider submitting a nomination for future funding rounds.”
“Road safety, of course, is a shared responsibility, and this is a timely reminder to be extra vigilant and to slow down on the roads so everyone can get home safely from every journey.”
