Senator the Hon Carol Brown
$31 million to address Black Spots on New South Wales roads
Safety will be enhanced at 66 dangerous sites across New South Wales, with the Australian Government committing $31.9 million in 2023–24 to address known Black Spots.
The Black Spot Program improves safety at locations where crashes are occurring, or are risk of occurring, by funding treatments such as pedestrian crossings, guardrails and roundabouts.
Black Spot treatments help reduce serious injuries and deaths on our roads, and get people home safely.
Anyone can nominate a Black Spot for consideration. Consultative panels in each state and territory are responsible for considering nominations and recommending the highest priority sites for approval.
The NSW panel includes representatives from Transport for NSW, the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia, the Traffic Management Association of Australia, Local Government NSW, the NRMA, the NSW Police Force, the Centre for Road Safety and the Federation of P&C Associations.
For more information on the Australian Government’s Black Spot Program, including how to nominate a black spot, visit investment.infrastructure.gov.au/funding/blackspots. A list of funded projects is available below.
Quotes attributable to Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Carol Brown:
“I am delighted to announce this funding to fix 66 dangerous spots on New South Wales roads.
“This major investment is part of the Australian Government’s commitment to building safer roads, reducing road trauma, and supporting local jobs.
“We have committed $110 million per year to the Black Spot Program to work with state, territory and local governments to improve road safety across the nation.
“I would also like to acknowledge the Liverpool and Eurobodalla Councils, who have made co-contributions to projects in their areas.”
Quotes attributable to Federal Member for Gilmore and Chair of the New South Wales Black Spot Consultative Panel, Fiona Phillips:
“Every accident on our roads is one too many. I was pleased to recommend 66 sites across our State for these crucial road safety upgrades.
“This investment in Black Spot projects will deliver safer roads and safer journeys in New South Wales.
“I encourage anyone who knows of a dangerous intersection or road length that would benefit from safety improvements to consider nominating that site for investigation.”
NSW Black Spot Program 2023–24
|
Project Name |
Proposed Treatment |
Australian Government funding |
Council |
|
Burragorang Road |
Install transverse linemarking and raised islands with additional stop or Give Way signs. Seal road shoulder. Remove sight distance restrictions at intersection. |
$220,010 |
Wollondilly |
|
Bungendore Road |
Install flexible barrier and raised islands with additional stop or give way signs, CHRs, left turn deceleration lane, raised median and street lighting at intersection. |
$951,311 |
Queanbeyan-Palerang |
|
Tudor Street |
Install pedestrian refuge island, and raised islands with additional stop or give-way signs. |
$260,000 |
Canterbury-Bankstown |
|
Armidale Road |
Install barrier and motorcycle underrun, vehicle-activated signs and profile (audio-tactile) centre line. Improve sealed shoulder on curve, delineation and superelevation. Upgrade seal to high level non-skid surface. |
$1,551,000 |
Kempsey |
|
Kookora Street |
Install a one-lane roundabout, including all traffic calming, line marking, lighting and signage. |
$1,000,000 |
Griffith |
|
Clarke Street |
Install slow points, raised thresholds, and/or horizontal deviations at mid-block locations, intersections, and/or pedestrian crossings. |
$46,000 |
Canterbury-Bankstown |
|
Sanctuary Drive |
Move stop or give way lines forward using kerb extensions. Install protected right turn lane, S-lane and raised channelisation. Remove sight distance restrictions at intersection and upgrade intersection from give way to stop. |
$210,000 |
Hills |
|
Annangrove Road |
Install vehicle-activated signs, flexible barrier on roadside, slow point, raised threshold and guideposts with reflectors. |
$1,900,000 |
Hills |
|
Davey Road and Langford Road |
Install street lighting at intersection to reduce risk of night-time crashes. Install flexible barrier on roadside and guideposts with reflectors and mark road edge lines. |
$380,000 |
Hills |
|
Hat Hill Road |
Install flexible barrier on roadside, and a one-lane roundabout including traffic calming, line marking, lighting and signage. Improve delineation and sealed shoulder on curve. |
$500,000 |
Blue Mountains |
|
Wilson Way |
Install slow point, street lighting and raised threshold/horizontal deviation at mid-block location. Install one-lane roundabout, including traffic calming, line marking, lighting and signage. |
$700,000 |
Blue Mountains |
|
Queen Street |
Install retro-reflective pavement markers on centre or edge lines, slow point and street lighting at mid-block. |
$240,000 |
Canterbury-Bankstown |
|
Drummond Street |
Install slow points, raised thresholds, and/or horizontal deviations at mid-block locations, intersections and/or pedestrian crossings. Improve deflection angle of existing roundabout. |
$350,000 |
Hawkesbury |
|
Terrace Road |
Install flexible barrier on roadside, vehicle-activated signs, curve alignment markers, guideposts with reflectors, new curve and advisory speed signs. Improve sealed shoulder on curve. |
$940,000 |
Hawkesbury |
|
Rifle Range Road |
Install slow point, raised threshold/horizontal deviation at mid-block location. Install intersections and pedestrian crossings at conflict points. |
$200,000 |
Hawkesbury |
|
Alex Avenue |
Install a one-lane roundabout, including traffic calming, line marking, lighting and signage. |
$438,100 |
Blacktown |
|
Miller Road |
Install a one-lane roundabout, including traffic calming, line marking, lighting and signage. |
$350,000 |
Canterbury-Bankstown |
|
Northam Avenue |
Install one-lane roundabout, including traffic calming, line marking, lighting and signage. Install slow points, raised thresholds, and/or horizontal deviations at mid-block locations, intersections, and/or pedestrian crossings. |
$435,000 |
Canterbury-Bankstown |
|
Highview Avenue |
Install transverse line marking and raised islands with additional stop or give way signs. |
$84,000 |
Canterbury-Bankstown |
|
De Witt Street |
Install slow points, raised thresholds, and/or horizontal deviations at mid-block locations, intersections, and/or pedestrian crossings. Install raised islands with additional stop or give way signs. |
$145,000 |
Canterbury-Bankstown |
|
Wolseley Street |
Install a one-lane roundabout, including traffic calming, line marking, lighting and signage. |
$376,000 |
Blacktown |
|
Caringbah Road |
Install slow point, raised threshold / horizontal deviation at mid-block location and conflict points (intersections and pedestrian crossings). |
$100,000 |
Sutherland |
|
French Avenue |
Upgrade intersection from give way to stop and install raised islands with additional stop or give-way signs. Install raised median and transverse line marking. |
$109,800 |
Canterbury-Bankstown |
|
Hewitt Street |
Install flexible barrier on roadside and guideposts with reflectors. Upgrade traffic signals and introduce fully controlled right-turn phase with arrows. |
$380,000 |
Penrith |
|
Evan Street |
Install slow point, raised threshold/horizontal deviation at mid-block location. Install intersections and pedestrian crossings at conflict points. |
$80,000 |
Penrith |
|
Glenmore Parkway |
Install slow point, one-lane roundabout, flexible barrier, guideposts with reflectors, curve alignment markers, new curve and advisory speed signs and retro-reflective pavement markers on centre or edge lines. Mark road edge lines. |
$1,250,000 |
Penrith |
|
Third Avenue |
Install raised islands with additional stop or give-way signs, slow point and street lighting at mid-block. Install flexible barrier on roadside and remove sight distance restrictions at intersection. |
$470,000 |
Penrith |
|
Carpenter Street |
Install slow points, raised thresholds, and/or horizontal deviations at mid-block locations, intersections, and/or pedestrian crossings. Install pedestrian refuge. |
$100,000 |
Penrith |
|
King Street |
Install a one-lane roundabout, including traffic calming, line marking, lighting and signage. Install retro-reflective pavement markers on centre or edge lines. |
$305,000 |
Canterbury-Bankstown |
|
Crescent Road |
Install slow point, new curve and advisory speed signs, street lighting at mid-block, raised median, raised deflective, reflective and/or re-directive kerb. Upgrade seal to high-level non-skid surface. |
$235,920 |
Northern Beaches |
|
Cabbage Tree Road |
Install new curve, advisory speed signs, slow point, raised median, retro-reflective pavement markers on centre or edge lines and semi-rigid barrier on roadside. Install street lighting at mid-block. |
$199,140 |
Northern Beaches |
|
Singleton Road |
Install semi-rigid barrier on roadside. |
$220,000 |
Hornsby |
|
Perouse Road |
Install slow points, raised thresholds, and/or horizontal deviations at mid-block locations, intersections, and/or pedestrian crossings. Install wombat crossing. |
$272,944 |
Randwick |
|
Edensor Road |
Install slow points, raised thresholds, and/or horizontal deviations at mid-block locations, intersections, and/or pedestrian crossings. Improve deflection angle of existing roundabout. |
$295,128 |
Fairfield |
|
Ridge Street |
Install a one-lane roundabout, including traffic calming, line marking, lighting and signage. Install raised safety platform at unsignalised intersection. |
$372,000 |
Cumberland |
|
Morris Street |
Install a one-lane roundabout, including traffic calming, line marking, lighting and signage. Install raised safety platform at unsignalised intersection. |
$372,000 |
Cumberland |
|
Victoria Road |
Remove sight distance restrictions at intersection. Move stop or give-way lines forward using kerb extensions. Install curve alignment markers and upgrade seal to high-level non-skid surface. |
$160,000 |
Inner West |
|
South Liverpool Road |
Improve deflection angle of existing roundabout. |
$165,175 |
Liverpool |
|
North Liverpool Road |
Install slow points, raised thresholds, and/or horizontal deviations at mid-block locations, intersections, and/or pedestrian crossings. |
$130,400 |
Liverpool |
|
Woodhouse Drive |
Install slow point, vehicle activated signs, wombat crossing, and pedestrian crossing. |
$374,261 |
Campbelltown (NSW) |
|
Junction Road |
Install vehicle activated signs, slow point, protected right-turn lane, S-lane and painted channelisation. |
$205,500 |
Campbelltown (NSW) |
|
Emerald Drive |
Upgrade intersection from give way to stop. Install vehicle-activated signs, slow point and mark road edge lines. |
$200,000 |
Campbelltown (NSW) |
|
Leeds Street |
Install a one-lane roundabout, including traffic calming, line marking, lighting and signage. Install raised safety platform at unsignalised intersection. |
$252,000 |
Cumberland |
|
Clyde Street |
Install slow points, raised thresholds, and/or horizontal deviations at mid-block locations, intersections and/or pedestrian crossings. |
$85,000 |
Cumberland |
|
Fitzgerald Street |
Install retro-reflective pavement markers on centre or edge lines, painted median and street lighting at intersection. |
$37,950 |
Randwick |
|
Franklin Street |
Install slow points, raised thresholds and/or horizontal deviations at mid-block locations, intersections and/or pedestrian crossings. Improve deflection angle of existing roundabout. |
$180,303 |
Randwick |
|
Mitchell Street |
Install raised islands with additional stop or give way signs. |
$105,000 |
Randwick |
|
Clyde Street |
Install slow points, raised thresholds, and/or horizontal deviations at mid-block locations, intersections, and/or pedestrian crossings. |
$50,000 |
Cumberland |
|
Middle Street |
Install raised safety platform at unsignalised intersection. |
$205,000 |
Randwick |
|
Cook Street |
Install wombat pedestrian crossing. |
$125,000 |
Georges River |
|
Miller Road |
Install semi-rigid barrier on roadside, profile (audio-tactile) centre line and edge line. Improve delineation and sealed shoulder on curve. Upgrade seal to high level non-skid surface. |
$1,530,000 |
Lake Macquarie |
|
Mitre Street |
Install raised median, retro-reflective pavement markers on centre or edge lines. Upgrade seal to high level non-skid surface. Improve deflection angle of existing roundabout. |
$445,000 |
Bathurst |
|
Moulder Street |
Install a one-lane roundabout, including traffic calming, line marking, lighting and signage. |
$900,000 |
Orange |
|
Clarence Town Road |
Install profile (audio-tactile) centreline and edge line, flexible barrier, street lighting and vehicle activated signs. Improve delineation, superelevation and sealed shoulder on curve and straight. Remove sight distance restrictions. |
$1,330,000 |
Port Stephens |
|
Rous Road |
Install street lighting, pedestrian fencing on kerb, pedestrian refuge with kerb blisters and a flexible barrier. Improve deflection angle of roundabout and delineation. Remove sight distance restrictions at intersection. |
$843,875 |
Lismore |
|
Cowper Street |
Install wombat pedestrian crossing. |
$350,000 |
Wollongong |
|
Byron Bay Road |
Install a two-lane roundabout, including traffic calming, line marking, lighting and signage. |
$1,533,114 |
Ballina |
|
Nimbin Road |
Improve superelevation, delineation, clearzones, and sealed shoulder on curve. Install flexible barrier on roadside and audio tactile edge lines. Upgrade seal to high-level non-skid surface. |
$629,500 |
Lismore |
|
Kingstown Road |
Improve sealed shoulder on curve. Install curve alignment markers and flexible barrier on roadside. |
$788,423 |
Uralla |
|
Great North Road |
Install motorcycle underrun on existing semi-rigid barrier. Install curve alignment markers, vehicle activated signs, and semi-rigid barrier on roadside. |
$150,000 |
Cessnock |
|
Nimbin Road |
Improve superelevation and vertical alignment. Upgrade seal to high level non-skid surface. Install flexible barrier on roadside, sealed shoulder, profile (audio-tactile) edge line and delineation. |
$703,429 |
Lismore |
|
Sapphire Coast Drive |
Install flexible barrier, wide painted profile (audio-tactile) centre line, edge lines and delineation improvements. Widen shoulders and upgrade to high friction seal. |
$1,580,077 |
Bega Valley |
Projects with co-contributions from local councils
| Project Name | Proposed Treatment | Australian Government Funding | Co-contribution | Council |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Reilly Street Webster Road LURNEA |
Install slow points, raised thresholds, and/or horizontal block deviations at mid-block locations, intersections, and/or pedestrian crossings. | $70,000 | $80,150 | Liverpool |
| South Liverpool Road Whitford Road GREEN VALLEY | Install slow points, raised thresholds, and/or horizontal block deviations at mid-block locations, intersections, and/or pedestrian crossings. | $60,000 | $90,150 | Liverpool |
| George Bass Drive Broulee Road BROULEE | Install a one-lane roundabout, including traffic calming, line marking, lighting and signage. | $2,000,000 | $500,000 | Eurobodalla |
| Denham Court Road from Campbelltown Road to Fox Valley Road DENHAM COURT | Install guideposts with reflectors, retro-reflective pavement markers on centre or edge lines. Seal road shoulder. | $700,500 | $80,300 | Liverpool |