An intersection that has claimed at least one life in recent years will receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding to improve road safety.
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Four Canberra blackspots, including the intersection of Sternberg Crescent and Ashley Drive in Wanniassa, will share in $2.4 million of federal funding to reduce crashes, ACT Senator Zed Seselja announced on Monday.
More than $500,000 has been allocated to build a roundabout and improve median approaches at the intersection Sternberg Crescent and Ashley Drive in Wanniassa.
Cyclist James Thomas Keenan, 61, was killed in a crash with the side of Rhys Wilkins' car as Mr Wilkins turned left into Ashley Drive more than fve years ago.
Another $747,430 has been set aside to install traffic lights at the intersection of Sternberg Crescent and Langdon Avenue in Wanniassa and to improve median approaches to Comrie Street.
The lefthand slip lane of Kingsford Smith Drive onto Southern Cross Drive will receive $810,000 worth of funding to improve the angles of the approach, while a further $336,000 has been promised to add traffic lights to the southbound left turning lane on Benjamin Way as well as an extra lane.
Senator Seselja said the locations had been identified as "high priority" with 23 injury-causing crashes and one fatal accident between them.
Senator Seselja said a number of community organisations, including local cycling groups, were on the panel that decided which ACT roads blackspots would receive funding.
"They've been identified through a pretty exhaustive process and what we really hope to see is to avoid any future fatalities and significantly lower the crash rate at each of these," Senator Seselja said.
However none of intersections ACT Policing had highlighted as the worst for crashes in the ACT made the cut this time around.
The roundabout where Barton Highway-William Slim Drive and Gundaroo Drive converge was found to be the most dangerous, with intersections on Parkes Way, Hindmarsh Drive and Canberra Avenue also receiving dishonourable mentions.
Senator Seselja said that while ACT Policing was not represented on the panel, crash data from the ACT government was used.
However ACT Liberal and member for Ginninderra Vicki Dunne used the ACT Policing list to renew calls for a flyover of the Barton Highway.
"We believe the stop-gap measure with nine sets of traffic lights is only going to make the situation worse and the government actually recognises that's a short-term fix for a long-term problem," Mrs Dunne said.
She said the Commonwealth and the ACT government would have to work together to fix blackspots on Parkes Way.
"We need a fairly rapid response on this one because the roundabouts at Parkes Way are an increasing problem," she said.
"I think we've come to the conclusion that the roundabouts on Parkes Way are at their capacity and we're starting to see lots of congestion of a morning especially because of the slowdown when you get to those roundabout and that needs to be addressed, not just the congestion but also the increased lack of safety."
The federal minister for transport and infrastructure Darren Chester didn't rule out future funding to address crash hotspots on Parkes Way.
"There's always more work to be done and I've got a very open mind about projects in the future," Mr Chester said.
"We're always looking for new projects on blackspots and improvements we can make alongside other levels of government and we certainly take that advice form ACT Policing."
