MORE THAN $3 MILLION FOR HAWKESBURY ROADS SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS

Nine new life-saving roads projects across the Hawkesbury have been announced, to protect pedestrians and drivers, under the Australian Government’s Road Safety Program.

$3.3 million of funding will be used to for things like improve footpaths, provide pedestrian refuges, install lighting and construct barriers and will ensure greater levels of safety at each of project locations, reducing the risk of crashes that cause fatal or serious injuries. The Commonwealth funding is matched by the State Government.

The Hawkesbury projects are:

Riverview Street, North Richmond 

• • Design and Construction of Pedestrian Facilities
  • Footpath, pedestrian refuge, kerb blister
  • Commonwealth Contribution: $135,610

Rifle Range Road between Sirius Road and Colith Avenue, South Windsor

• • Design and Construction of Pedestrian Facilities
  • Pedestrian refuge x2
  • Commonwealth Contribution: $153,555

Bathurst Street, Pitt Town

• • Design and Construction of speed hump outside Pitt Town shops
  • Speed hump
  • Commonwealth Contribution: $29,950

Drummond Street and Macquarie Street, South Windsor

• • Design and Construction of pram ramps and protected pedestrian phases at existing signalised intersection
  • Pedestrian protection at existing signals
  • Commonwealth Contribution: $314,750

George Street, Bligh Park

• • Construct pedestrian refuge and median island
  • 75m shared path, raised median, pedestrian refuge
  • Commonwealth Contribution: $762,553

Intersection of Kurrajong Rd & Old Kurrajong Rd

• • Lighting improvements
  • Commonwealth Contribution: $261,926

Hawkesbury Valley Way near Percival St

• • Curve improvements
  • Widened centreline and audio-tactile line marking
  • Commonwealth Contribution: $172,000

Pitt Town Road and Schofield Road, Pitt Town

• • CHR treatment
  • Commonwealth Contribution: $1,041,534

Chatham St, Pitt Town

• • Install a pedestrian refuge
  • Commonwealth Contribution:$441,021

Both the Australian and NSW governments are providing significant contributions of $218.6 million, for a joint investment of $437.3 million. This adds to already allocated funds, which will see a total investment of $518.3 million by the Australian and NSW governments across 2023-2024 to 2025-2026, to deliver road safety treatments across the road network.

More information can be found here.

Quotes attributable to Federal Assistant Minister for Regional Development, Senator Anthony Chisholm:
“Our over half a billion dollars’ worth of roads safety funding for NSW is all part of our collective commitment  to significantly reduce the number of road deaths and serious injuries on our roads.

“It’s critical that we continue to support safety projects in regional and metropolitan areas across the country as Australia’s road toll is far too high, with 2024 on track to be one of the deadliest years on our roads.

“The wider Road Safety Program forms part of the Albanese Government’s ongoing commitment to work with state and territory governments to fund the priority road safety works they identify.

“These projects won’t just improve safety, they will also support thousands of construction jobs across the state and build on the 49 projects already announced in late May.”

Quotes attributable to Member for Macquarie, Susan Templeman:
“Everyone knows our roads need attention. There have been too many fatalities over many years, and not enough safety work done.

“I’m proud that the Albanese Government has prioritised investments in roads, whether that’s through restoring roads after a disaster, building major new infrastructure like Richmond Bridge, doubling Black Spot funding, or the Roads to Recovery program. People in the Hawkesbury will continue to see better investment in local roads under Labor.”