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The Australian Government\u2019s Regional Level Crossing Upgrade Fund (RLCUF) will boost upgrades to railway crossings in Victoria and Western Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n The RLCUF aims to improve railway crossing safety in regional areas and reduce serious and fatal accidents that have a devastating impact on communities.<\/p>\n The Australian Government has committed $160 million over four years to state and territory governments to fund up to 50 per cent of the cost of delivering railway crossing upgrades.<\/p>\n The Victorian Government will fund 50 per cent of projects costs and receive $5 million in the first round of funding, which will go towards a proposed program of works across regional Victoria.<\/p>\n The proposed list includes five priority areas for railway crossing improvements to tourist and heritage projects in regional and urban areas.<\/p>\n These upgrades include installing boom barriers, axle counters, and a pedestrian maze with automatic gates and electromagnetic latches on the emergency exit gates.<\/p>\n Give-way signs at two sites will also be upgraded to boom barriers and flashing lights.<\/p>\n The WA Government will fund 50 per cent of projects costs and receive $7.1 million in the first round of funding, which will be directed to works across regional areas of the state\u2019s road network.<\/p>\n The proposed list includes 14 priority projects for railway crossing improvements across regional areas of the WA road and rail systems.<\/p>\n These upgrades include installing flashing lights, audible warning devices, enhanced signage along with a pedestrian maze upgrade to increase the visibility of crossings on both sides of the roadway in response to approaching trains.<\/p>\n Acting Victorian Public and Active Transport Minister Melissa Horne said the railway crossing upgrades would deliver a huge boost for the priority locations that have been identified across the state.<\/p>\n \u201cThese upgrades will reduce the risk of serious and even fatal incidents and crashes, and improve the overall safety of our railway crossings for years to come,” she said.<\/p>\n \u201cThis funding builds on the Victorian Government\u2019s signature level crossing program that is removing dangerous and congested boom gates across the state.\u201d<\/p>\n WA Transport and Tourism Minister Rita Saffioti said the State Government placed a high priority on improving level crossing safety in regional WA.<\/p>\n “That is why we have established a program to upgrade high priority level crossings to active controls and replace all give-way controlled crossings with a minimum of a stop sign,” she said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe $7.1 million contribution from the Australian Government in the first round of the Regional Level Crossing Upgrade Fund is a major boost to improving level crossing safety and will allow us to expand our existing program of work.<\/p>\n \u201cI welcome the Australian Government\u2019s contribution and commitment to improving the safety of level crossings in regional Western Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Level Crossing Fund boosts regional upgrades<\/a> appeared first on Rail Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 The Australian Government\u2019s Regional Level Crossing Upgrade Fund (RLCUF) will boost upgrades to railway crossings in Victoria and Western \u2026 <\/p>\n The post Level Crossing Fund boosts regional upgrades<\/a> appeared first on Rail Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[165,879,166,163,880],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-infrastructure","category-level-crossing-removal","category-operations-and-maintenance","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand","category-regional-level-crossing-upgrade-fund"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t