Real time traffic information will soon be available for motorists using local roads across NSW with data from an initial 22 regional Local Government Areas (LGAs) to be available from October.
Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke said the NSW Government is expanding the Live Traffic NSW website and app to provide more reliable information to drivers, especially during emergencies like bushfires or floods.
“The need for councils to feed information about local road conditions into a central hub has been raised with me by a number of constituents,” Ms Cooke said.
“It is fantastic to see a platform created following representations made on their behalf, which will allow councils to share real time live traffic information, improving the timeliness and accuracy of information contained on the Live Traffic app and website, making travel easier and safer.”
Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Sam Farraway said feedback from communities and recommendations from the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements Report were taken on board to develop ‘OneRoad’, a backend portal for councils to feed their data into Live Traffic NSW.
“The initial 22 LGAs have been chosen in consultation with the NSW Police, RFS and SES with the view to have all 128 LGAs across the state involved by 2024,” Mr Farraway said.
“LGAs will continue to come onboard in stages, with the priority given to the regional councils who have been impacted most by bushfires and floods.
“In the event of road closures through floods or fires, they will no longer have to piece together information from different sources to work out what roads are open and safe to use.”
The following local government areas are included in the initial rollout: Ballina, Bega Valley, Bellingen, Byron, Central Darling, Clarence Valley, Coffs Harbour, Gwydir, Inverell, Kempsey, Kyogle, Lake Macquarie, Lismore, Maitland City, Mid Coast, Moree Plains, Nambucca Valley, Port Macquarie Hastings, Richmond Valley, Tamworth, Tenterfield and Tweed.
