People living in and around the Hunter will have a safer trip home thanks to more than 3.7 million in Albanese Government funding to improve seven known crash sites under the 2024–25 Black Spot Program.
The Blackspot Program will fund safety improvements to the roads in Hamilton South, Thornton, Chisholm, Taylors Beach, Morisset and Mount Vincent. These projects will make an important contribution towards reducing serious injuries and deaths for all road users in the Hunter.
| Project Location | Detail of Works | Federal funding |
| Hamilton South | Install wombat crossing, additional signage and speed humps on all approaches to the roundabouts at the intersection of National Park Street and Smith Street. | $469,560 |
| Thornton | Install a 400-metre-long raised median between Weakley’s Drive and Glenwood Drive. | $485,790 |
| Chisholm | Install a one-lane roundabout including all traffic calming, line marking, lighting and signage at the intersection of Heritage Drive and Tigerhawk Drive. | $567,678 |
| Taylors Beach | Install barrier, signage, wide painted profile line marking and raised median. Upgrade road seal to high level non-skid surface. Improve sealed shoulder on curve, and deflection of roundabout on Port Stephens Drive. | $945,000 |
| Morisset | Upgrade seal to high level non-skid surface, install barrier, wide painted profile linemarking and improve sealed shoulder on curve on Fishery Point Road. | $681,425 |
| Mount Vincent | Install motorcycle underrun, barrier, retro-reflective pavement markers, profile linemarking, guideposts, incremental traversable clearzone and signage on Sandy Creek Road. | $671,879 |
| Morisset | Install one-lane roundabout including all traffic calming, line marking, lighting and signage. Install wombat crossing on Bridge Street and Newcastle Street. | $372,025 |
The Black Spot Program funds a range of safety measures at locations where serious crashes have occurred, or are at risk of occurring.
The Australian Government has substantially increased Black Spot Program funding, which is progressively rising from $110 million to $150 million per year.
This is part of the Government’s response to the worsening road toll which includes progressively 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.
For more information on the Albanese Government’s Black Spot Program, to nominate a black spot and for the full list of NSW recipients visit : Black Spot Program | Infrastructure Investment Program.
Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Carol Brown:
“I am pleased to announce this latest round of Black Spot projects in NSW, which will improve roads across the state.
“Every death on NSW roads is a tragedy and could have been avoided.”
“Local communities know where their most dangerous road locations are and their ability to nominate projects under this program and work with state and local experts in reviewing nominations is why this program is so successful.”
“With the recent announcement of our increased commitment to this long-running program, I strongly encourage individuals, organisations, and local governments to nominate sites in their local communities for consideration in the next round of funding.”
Federal Member for Paterson Meryl Swanson:
“More funding for vital road improvements in our electorate of Paterson will continue to improve the safety of our community and save lives.
“This black spot funding will support our local Councils in delivering these much-needed upgrades now and into the future.”
Federal Member for Hunter Dan Repacholi:
“Living regionally, I know how dangerous our roads can be and these Black Spot projects will make our roads safer for everyone.
“Black Spot treatments help reduce serious injuries and deaths on our roads, and get people home safely.
“Working closely with our local Councils to fund these projects means that the Councils can focus on more road upgrades that are much needed across Lake Macquarie and Cessnock.”
Federal Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon:
“It’s great to see some much-needed funding for road safety improvements in Newcastle and across the Hunter.
“These upgrades to the two roundabouts on Parkway Avenue are sure to be particularly welcomed by the Newcastle High School and Newcastle Grammar School communities, whose access will now be much safer.
“The project will be undertaken by Newcastle Council, and I look forward to seeing the finished product.”