Joint Media Statement
**Reissued with list of projects**
The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to reduce crashes on Australian roads by fixing a number of the most treacherous Tasmanian roads through the Black Spot Programme.
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester, alongside Tasmanian Minister for Infrastructure Rene Hidding, today announced $4.2 million in funding for 29 Black Spot projects across Tasmania.
“The Australian Government is committed to building safer roads across the nation, and the 29 Black Spot projects being funded across Tasmania are an important investment towards reducing the national road toll,” Mr Chester said.
The Black Spot Programme targets road locations where crashes are occurring, reducing the risk of crashes through funding measures such as traffic signals and roundabouts at dangerous locations.”
Mr Hidding said this investment in Black Spot projects will deliver safer roads in 17 local government areas throughout Tasmania.
“Funding has been allocated to road locations that have been identified as a high priority, with 69 injury crashes recorded at these sites,” Mr Hidding said.
“The funding will help improve major ‘black spots’ such as the intersection of Argyle and Patrick streets in Hobart, which recorded 11 injury crashes in the five years to 2015.
“An expert panel has reviewed and recommended these locations, with representatives from the Tasmania Police, Tasmanian Motorcycle Council, Bicycle Network Tasmania, the Royal Automobile Club of Tasmania, the Tasmanian Transport Association and state and local government involved.”
The Australian Government has committed $500 million to the Black Spot Programme from 2014–15 to 2018–19, including an additional $200 million over two years from 2015–16 to improve road safety across the nation.
For more information on the Australian Government’s Black Spot Programme, or to nominate a black spot, visit http://investment.infrastructure.gov.au/funding/blackspots/.
Media contact for Minister Chester:
Brie Colley 0455 230 605
2016-17 BLACK SPOT PROJECTS – TASMANIA
Project Name | Treatment | Australian Government Funding | Local Government Area |
|---|---|---|---|
Boyer Road | Install a right turn lane | $300,000 | Brighton Council |
Lyell Highway | Remodel layout of junction | $150,000 | Central Highlands Council |
Mengha Road | Remodel layout of junction | $49,250 | Circular Head Council |
Back Tea Tree Road | Road widening, sight benching and roadside hazard removal | $300,000 | Clarence City Council |
Acton Road | Install a right turn lane | $250,000 | Clarence City Council |
Clarence Street | Remodel the layout of the slip lane | $150,000 | Clarence City Council |
Boyer Road | Seal the access | $6,000 | Derwent Valley Council |
Ronald Street | Install a roundabout | $195,000 | Devonport City Council |
Tarleton Street | Install a traffic island and kerb extensions | $95,000 | Devonport City Council |
Tarleton Street | Install a right turn lane and separate right turn signal phase | $95,000 | Devonport City Council |
Formby Road | Improve skid resistance and modify traffic signals | $70,000 | Devonport City Council |
Goulburn Street | Install traffic islands | $45,500 | George Town Council |
Elwick Road | Widen median to better accommodate cyclists | $33,000 | Glenorchy City Council |
Argyle Street | Install traffic signals | $275,000 | Hobart City Council |
Forster Street | Install traffic islands and kerb extensions | $45,000 | Hobart City Council |
New Town Road | Install right turn lane | $20,000 | Hobart City Council |
Macquarie Street | Install kerb extensions | $20,000 | Hobart City Council |
West Kentish Road | Improve skid resistance and delineation | $45,000 | Kentish Council |
Nowhere Else Road | Install safety barrier and upgrade delineation | $25,000 | Kentish Council |
Algona Road | Install a roundabout | $660,000 | Kingborough Council |
Parkers Ford Road | Improve skid resistance and delineation | $50,000 | Latrobe Council |
Charles Street | Improve sight distance | $10,000 | Latrobe Council |
Joffre Street | Install a roundabout | $60,000 | Launceston City Council |
Bryan Street | Install a roundabout | $60,000 | Launceston City Council |
Railton Road | Curve improvements | $155,000 | Meander Valley Council |
Carlton River Road | Upgrade road alignment | $250,000 | Sorell Council |
Mud Walls Road | Relocate junction | $133,067 | Southern Midlands Council |
Bass Highway | Install right turn lanes | $650,000 | Waratah-Wynyard Council |
Prolenna Road | Improve sight distance | $32,500 | Waratah-Wynyard Council |