The Black Spot Program will fund safety improvements to the intersection of Jobs Gully and Avery Rd (Eaglehawk) and Garsed St and Arthur St (Bendigo).

These projects will make an important contribution towards improving safety for all road users, with the Black Spot Program funding a range of safety measures including raised crossings, speed humps and improved kerbing.

The City of Greater Bendigo will deliver these projects.

The Federal Labor Government has substantially increased Black Spot Program funding, which is progressively rising from $110 million to $150 million per year.

This investment is part of the Labor Government’s response to the worsening road toll, which includes progressively doubling Roads to Recovery funding from $500 million to $1 billion a year.

More information on the Black Spot Program, including a full list of projects recently announced in Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria is available here.


QUOTES ATTRIBUTABLE TO ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ANTHONY CHISHOLM:

“This investment in Greater Bendigo roads demonstrates the Albanese Government’s commitment to building safer roads, reducing the crushing impacts of road trauma and supporting local jobs.

“We recently announced our significant boost to road safety funding, which included a commitment to increase annual Black Spot Program funding to $150 million from next year.

“Removing black spots across Australia’s road network forms a major part of our ongoing promise to work with state and territory governments to fund the priority road safety works they identify.

“The Program is also driven by communities, for communities. So, I encourage anyone who knows of a Black Spot near them to consider nominating that site for investigation.”


QUOTES ATTRIBUTABLE TO FEDERAL MEMBER FOR BENDIGO, LISA CHESTERS MP: 

"I want to acknowledge and thank the City of Greater Bendigo for nominating these two projects for Black Spot funding. These improvements will slow cars down and improve crossing safety for pedestrians and cyclists."

"Since the last Federal election, the Bendigo Electorate has received $7,631,765 via the Federal Labor Government’s Black Spot Program. Our Government's significant boost in funding to the program is making a real difference to improving local road safety.

"I am delivering for our electorate, and I will continue to be a strong voice for Bendigo."