Federation Way will receive $4.4 million of upgrades as part of funding awarded under the Fixing Country Roads program.
Liberal for Albury Justin Clancy welcomed the funding, one of 21 new projects to receive investment from the NSW Liberals and Nationals Government to improve freight movements across rural and regional NSW.
“The Fixing Country Roads program is one of the largest undertakings ever seen across regional NSW and these new projects will mean we have 302 individual upgrades either completed or being delivered,” Mr Clancy said.
“Restart NSW Fixing Country Roads is helping regional communities by upgrading worn out bridges, sealing often unpassable roads, building and upgrading truck washes and offering alternatives for people needing to travel between freight facilities, regional communities and main state roads.”
“It’s great to see Federation Way being added to that success story,” Mr Clancy said.
The project will include widening and resealing of pavement north of the Riverina Highway at Buraja, reducing travel time for heavy vehicles, improving safety outcomes and reducing maintenance and repair costs for vehicles and the Council. As costs come down consumers benefit at the till of their local supermarket and exporters become more competitive. These are important benefits for all the community, from producers to tourists, or the local school bus who all share these roads.”
Federation Council General Manager Adrian Butler said it’s very pleasing for Council to receive this significant funding.
“Council has Federation Way as a major upgrade priority as it’s a significant north south arterial through the Council area linking from the Hume Highway in the south near Wangaratta to the Newell at Morundah,” Mr Butler said.
“Around 50% of the vehicles are heavy vehicles and this funding will go towards continuing to improve pavement quality and road width, greatly enhancing ride and safety, whilst bringing efficiency and productivity gains also.”
The NSW Restart Fixing Country Roads is a $543 million program targeted to improve regional interconnectivity and productivity.