The Hon Scott Buchholz MP

New road safety upgrades and improvements will be delivered in New England thanks to funding from the Australian Government.

Thirteen new road safety projects spanning 570 kilometres will be fast-tracked across South Australia, thanks to a $52.7 million package to enable upgrades to be completed in the 2021–22 financial year.

The Australian and Western Australian governments are fast-tracking 58 new road safety projects, thanks to a $100 million joint funding package to enable upgrades to be completed in the 2021–22 financial year.

The Australian and Victorian governments are trialling innovative new technologies to help reduce death and injury on regional roads in Victoria.

One of Queensland’s key inland road freight routes will get a massive boost from further safety improvements under a package of projects which is now underway.

A suite of projects rolling out along the Pacific Highway between Karuah and Middle Brother will deliver even safer, smoother journeys on the Mid North Coast.

Driver rest areas on major road corridors across South East Queensland have been upgraded to help improve road safety for motorists, encouraging them to take regular breaks.

More sections of Monto-Mount Perry Road will be sealed as part of an $8 million funding boost.

Funding under the Australian Government’s Black Spot Program will substantially improve 34 dangerous crash sites on Western Australian roads in 2021–22.

Funding under the Australian Government’s Black Spot Program will substantially improve 20 dangerous crash sites on South Australian roads from 2021–23.

Funding under the Australian Government’s Black Spot Program will substantially improve 51 dangerous crash sites on Victorian roads from 2021 to 2023.

Funding under the Australian Government’s Black Spot Program will substantially improve 97 dangerous crash sites on New South Wales roads from 2021 to 2023.

Funding under the Australian Government’s Black Spot Program will substantially improve 13 dangerous crash sites on Tasmanian roads in 2021–22.

Forty projects aimed at reducing road fatalities will benefit from a share of $10 million over the next three years under Round 2 of the Australian Government’s Road Safety Innovation Fund.