The State and Federal Government have pledged an additional $120 million to the Road Safety Program.
The program, which seeks to support the fast rollout of lifesaving road safety treatments for all road users, including pedestrians and cyclists on regional and rural roads, will continue to invest its allocated $976 million from the 2023-24 and 2024-25 Federal Budget until its termination on June 30, 2025.
Member for McEwen Rob Mitchell welcomed the news.
“The Australian and Victorian governments are committed to improving road safety by significantly reducing the number of road deaths and serious injuries on our roads,” he said.
“The Road Safety Program is part of our ongoing commitment to this vision by funding works identified by state governments.
“These road safety upgrades will help to reduce the number of crashes across our state and prolong the life of Victoria’s roads for years to come.
“This investment will provide valuable road safety data which will inform future decision making so that we can make further improvements to our road network.”
In addition to the Road Safety Program, Black Spot Program funding has also increased, with Mr Mitchell praising the Government’s efforts in doubling the available funding.
“We have substantially increased Black Spot Program funding, which is progressively rising from $110 million to $150 million per year,” he said.
“This is part of the Government’s response to the worsening road toll which includes doubling Roads to Recovery funding from $500 million to $1 billion a year, and delivering a nationally harmonised set of high-quality and timely data to inform road safety decision making.”
