More roadworks will be coming to the Kidman this year as Griffith City Council has received funding to expand the intersections at Jack McWilliams Road and McGann Road.
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The upgrades will see new lanes being added to the East and West sides and the middle of the Kidman Way, before the turn offs to Jack McWillams Road and McGann Road.
On Tuesday Member for Farrer Sussan Ley met with mayor John Dal Broi, council's general manager Brett Stonestreet and director of operations Phil King.
Ms Ley announced council will be receiving $407,500 of state and federal money for the new intersection funded through the federal government's Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program.
Mr King said council has already done preliminary works, with the moving of a drainage channel, and the rest of the upgrade is to be directed Roads and Maritime Service and built by their internal construction staff.
"Works will be starting around winter this year probably preliminary initially and then works will be full blown by August, the program has to be completed by June 2020," Mr King said.
"There is a bit of infrastructure around, I don't think they have to do too much with (moving) electricity poles, those are the hardest to move, but there might have to be a slight adjustment with Telstra and gas.
"There will be some inconvenience to the local traffic but it shouldn't be significant, at times it may have to go to one way traffic but it won't be the entire time I would expect," Mr King said.
With Jack McWilliams Road being home to the Barter Enterprises feed mill and McWilliam's Wine the new upgrades are specifically intended to make it easier for trucks to turn onto the road.
The upgrade is the latest in a recent series of projects designed to keep trucks outside of the city centre including the Southern Industrial Link project and the Yoogali Road intersection.
"This upgrade will provide a much smoother traffic flow, as well as greater safety for the wide mix of traffic accessing the sites, as well as the busy winery," Ms Ley said.
"This is a really busy thoroughfare, delivering stock, freight and people into and out of the city, around 5,000 vehicles use the intersection daily, with 15 per cent of those being heavy vehicles."
Given the variety of the agricultural harvests and recent expansions in Griffith's surrounding poultry and solar farm industries that number is only expected to increase.
Councillor John DalBroi said,"It's part of the expansion of Griffith and our industry and it's good that government recognizes it and gives us money to do that."
Meanwhile General Manager Brett Stonestreet said the new intersection is recognition from the state and federal government that Griffith is growing.
"They realise that there some infrastructure issues with our growth, because our economy is diversifying they realise that there are different seasons and times of year when there is activity going on," Mr Stonestreet said.
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