$1.7m boost to road safety

APRIL 4, 2018: Mackay residents have received a major road safety boost with the Coalition Government set to invest $1.7 million for three projects under the 2018-19 Black Spot Program. Road accidents come with a high cost, both financially and emotionally, but Black Spot Program funding has been estimated to reduce the number of crashes causing death and injury by 30 per cent.Mackay roads to receive Black Spot funding are:

• $641,000 to install a single lane roundabout at the intersection of Victoria and Tennyson streets;
• $615,000 to install a single land roundabout at the intersection of Victoria and Lawson streets; and
• $446,000 to install traffic signals at the intersection of Bridge Road and Goldsmith streets.

None of these projects would be delivered without the community’s vital input, and I’d encourage all residents and motorists in the region to nominate projects for future funding rounds.The Coalition Government has extended the Black Spot Program and is providing $60 million per year from 2021-22 onwards, building on the current $684.5 million investment from 2013-14 to 2020-21.For more information, or to make a nomination, visit http://investment.infrastructure.gov.au/funding/blackspots/