More than $5 million will be spent on Picton Road safety improvements over the next 10 months.
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The state and federal governments are providing $4.6 million for two accelerating lanes from the rest areas.
Work on the lanes has started and will take place between 7am and 5pm weekdays until August next year. Some night work will also take place in November.
The westbound rest area will be closed for the duration of the work.
On top of this the NSW government will spend $859,000 to widen shoulders and install a median safety barrier along a 500-metre stretch of Picton Road between the two rest stops.
Lane closures and a reduced speed limit will be in place.
Glen Humphries
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
