Work has started to deliver $36 million in road safety improvements on the Snowy Mountains Highway between the Hume Highway and the Princes Highway.
Jointly funded by the Albanese and Minns Labor governments under the Road Safety Program, the first of four projects stretching almost the full 330-kilometre length of the Snowy Mountains Highway will start in April with all projects expected to be completed by mid-2026.
The Snowy Mountains Highway is an important freight and tourism link, connecting regional NSW with the South Coast, and the local timber industry with the Hume Highway and ports of Sydney and Melbourne.
Multiple safety treatments will be installed at various points along the highway including audio tactile line marking (also known as rumble strips), widened centre line and safety barriers, and roadside hazards will be removed.
Later this year, Transport for NSW will also start work on upgrades to the intersection of Black Creek Road, west of Adelong, by realigning tight radius curves, widening shoulders, improving drainage and installing new safety barriers.
Work on the first two projects that form part of the $36 million package of work has started with the other two projects set to be carried out later this year, weather permitting.
Safety improvements on the way for the Snowy Mountains Highway start:
- Monday 7 April between Monaro Highway and the Princes Highway
- Monday 7 April between Tumut and Cooma
- From mid-May between the Hume Highway and Tumut
- From October at Sandy Gully (Black Creek Road intersection)
The community will be notified of any changes to the work schedule as work progresses.
