Residents of the Durack electorate received a major road safety boost today with the Australian Government announcing it will invest $2.4 million towards three new projects under the 2022–23 Black Spot Program.
The Black Spot Program funds safety measures such as traffic signals and roundabouts at locations where a number of serious crashes are known to have occurred or are at risk of occurring.
Federal Member for Durack, the Hon. Melissa Price said community input was critical to identifying key black spots in the electorate.
“Road crashes place major emotional strain on all affected communities but particularly the families and friends of the victims. I am pleased to see that these worthy projects have received the funding they require to make driving in Durack safer,” she said.
The Durack projects in this round of the 2022–23 Black Spot Program include;
Toodyay - Julimar Road, $711,000
Karratha - DeWitt Road Coolawanyah Road, $900,000
Dowerin-Dowerin-Meckering Road, $801,922
“Motorists living within and visiting these regions in Durack will be pleased to know these notorious black spots in the electorate will be fixed with funding from the program. None of these projects would be delivered without the community’s vital input and I encourage all residents and motorists in the region to nominate projects for future funding rounds,” Ms Price said.
This funding is part of the Government’s $1.3 billion commitment to the Black Spot Program from 2013-14 to 2025-26 to improve road safety across the nation.
For more information on the Australian Government’s Black Spot Program, or to nominate a black spot, visit investment.infrastructure.gov.au/funding/blackspots
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