Penrith City Council has identified multiple roads in need of fixing and will submit an application for further funding to improve road safety in the community.
Council has successfully received $1.4 million in funding through the Road Safety Program and has identified a further six sites across Penrith that require remediation efforts to reduce accidents.
The $1.4 million will be used at Illawong Avenue and Caloola Avenue in Penrith to install two ‘wombat’ pedestrian crossings, a pedestrian footpath connection to the existing footpath on the southern side of Caloola, and construct a 1.8-metre-wide footpath with kerb ramps to provide missing links within the school catchment.
Council will now submit a report to Transport for NSW (TfNSW) for further funding to improve safety at the six sites under the Federal Government’s Black Spot Program and the NSW Safer Roads Program.
The sites have been identified by Council as the highest priority for remediation and include the intersection of Hobart Street and Melbourne Street in Oxley Park; Victoria Street between Burton Street and Lethbridge Avenue in Werrington; the intersection of Seventh Avenue and Terrybrook Road in Llandilo; Lethbridge Street between Evan Street and Colless Street in Penrith; Racecourse Road between Jamison Road and Batt Street in South Penrith; and Greygums Road between Andrews Road and Laycock Street in Cranebrook.
“Nominated projects were prioritised according to the number of injury crashes that had occurred over the five-year period, and the ability to successfully remediate the accident hazards at that location by way of an appropriate treatment,” the report to Council said.
Improvements at the identified sites would include traffic calming installation of safety barriers, street lighting, supplementary signage, line marking and median islands along with a suggested single lane roundabout at the intersection of Laycock Street with pedestrian facilities and other traffic calming.
Council will make a submission to TfNSW for their consideration.
Emily Chate
Emily Chate joined The Western Weekender in 2024, and covers local news - primarily courts and politics. A graduate of the University of Wollongong, Emily has contributed to The Daily Telegraph and worked as a freelance journalist.