Federal Member for Hume Angus Taylor has congratulated Young Shire Council on securing $175,000 funding under the Federal Government’s Black Spot Programme.

Mr Taylor said councils across the Hume electorate had secured funding for 20 new projects to a value of $7.25 million – 13% of all Black Spot funding across NSW.

Young Shire will receive funding for the following Black Spot:

$175,000 – installation of a roundabout at the Gordon Street and Wombat Street intersection

Mr Taylor said the funding would help to improve safety at this intersection which is known to have a high incident rate.

“This year’s projects are part of a record commitment of $500 million to the Black Spot Programme in the 2014 Budget, which included an additional $200 million from the Infrastructure Growth Package. An extra 110 projects will now be funded in NSW during 2015-16.”

Mr Taylor said councils across Hume, including Young Shire, had jumped on board to take advantage of the broader eligibility criteria for this and next year’s funding rounds, which will improve dangerous stretches of road and hazardous intersections.

“With 20 new Black Spot projects approved across Hume, we are again doing very well to secure a larger than average share of the funding pie. I am keen to continue working closely with local councils and provide support to get the best results from these major infrastructure programmes,” Mr Taylor said.

“There has been a big cash injection for the main artery through our electorate, the Hume Highway, to make the Hume safer, which is great news for many of us.”

He said four separate projects along the Hume would receive funding: at Paddys River near Wollumbi Rd and near the Remembrance Drive overpass at Yanderra in the Wingecarribee Shire, as well as a stretch at Yarra near the Old South Rd and east of Tyces Lane at Towrang, both in the Goulburn Mulwaree Shire.