Coolalinga road safety upgrades

The Northern Territory Government is undertaking detailed design for a long-term traffic management solution for Coolalinga.

This project has been underpinned by several rounds of community consultation, as well as technical investigations.

Objectives

These upgrades will serve as a long-term solution, addressing road safety, improving accessibility and allowing for future growth in the area.

The project will:

• improve road safety for all road users, including pedestrians and cyclists by incorporating signalised pedestrian crossings at popular crossing points, and inclusion of footpaths
• improve accessibility to and from both sides of the Highway by creating 2 new intersections which facilitate safe signalised access in all directions
• support future planning and growth by ensuring that future roads and developments can easily connect to the road network.

Current status

• Detailed design is underway.
• To inform the 2025-26 Budget, the Northern Territory Government conducted a review of all capital works programmed projects which focused on managing budget constraints to rebuild the Territory economy and prioritising infrastructure that’s needed now.
• Based on this review, this project has been re-prioritised with no present timeline for delivery.
• The Northern Territory Government will consider re-prioritised work packages for future budgets.