Background

Roads and Maritime Services (formerly Roads and Traffic Authority) has completed safety improvements to the intersection of the Pacific Highway and Violet Town Road at Floraville.

These works were funded under the Australian Government's Blackspot program and have been developed to address the crash history at this location.

In addition to works at Pacific Highway and Violet Town Road, an upgrade was also carried out replacing the existing pedestrian crossing on Floraville Road at Floraville Primary School with mid block traffic control signals.

These works were funded by the NSW Government to improve safety for pedestrians, particularly school children.

The safety improvements at Violet Town Road were completed on 11 August 2008 and the pedestrian signals on Floraville Road were completed on 21 July 2008.

Features

Features of these projects include:

• Restricting the right turn from Violet Town Road onto the Pacific Highway.
• Removing the existing right turn lane within Violet Town Road.
• Providing a new concrete median island within Violet Town Road and new linemarking to reinforce the turning movement changes.
• Extending the existing median island on the Pacific Highway to stop traffic from Violet Town Road turning right onto Pacific Highway.
• Retaining the right turn into Violet Town Road from the Pacific Highway.
• Retaining the left turn into and left turn from Violet Town Road.
• Providing mid block traffic control signals at Floraville Primary School on Floraville Road.

Motorists who previously turned right from Violet Town Road onto the Highway can access the Highway via the intersection of Floraville Road and the Pacific Highway.

Benefits

These works have provided:

• Improved safety for motorists by removing a hazardous turn onto the highway.
• Improved pedestrian safety at Floraville Primary School, by providing traffic signals.

See below for a plan of the works.  

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