$80.3 million funding rolled out to fix country roads

An $80.3 million funding boost from the NSW Government (PDF, 82.42 KB) is hitting the bank accounts of regional councils, to allow 29 road projects to get underway to help improve freight connectivity.

Funding deeds for projects that have met prerequisite qualifications have now been signed for Round 6 projects of the Fixing Country Roads Program. It means councils can soon access money to deliver vital freight-related road projects, with construction expected to start next year.

So far, under the $543 million Fixing Country Roads Program funding, 293 projects have been completed across NSW. The Program helps councils repair, strengthen, widen and improve strategic freight routes in regional NSW, building upon a vision for a safer, stronger regional NSW.