Road safety funding boost for community groups across NSW

Media Release from the NSW Minister for Regional Transport and Roads, and the NSW Minister for Roads

MEDIA RELEASE | 14 December 2023

Grassroots groups across NSW are set to share in more than $400,000 worth of new funding thanks to Community Road Safety Grants delivered by the Minns Labor government.

Supported through the Community Road Safety Grants program, 19 groups will each receive up to $30,000 to roll out projects that will increase road safety awareness and support safer road use.

Projects approved in round 9 of the grants program include:

  • free or subsidised driver education for disadvantaged and indigenous youths

  • a courtesy bus to reduce drink driving in Regional NSW

  • a program to help newly arrived refugees navigate NSW road rules

  • training to improve road safety for children with disabilities as passengers in motor vehicles

  • an 8-episode bilingual radio series on youth road safety.

The new projects funded by the Community Road Safety Grants program are among more than 200, worth a total of more than $3 million, that have now been delivered by Transport for NSW since the program was established in 2015.

For more information about the Community Road Safety Grants and the full list of projects visit Transport for NSWlaunch.

Sara Johnston