THE intersection of Katandra Main Road and Labuan Road in Katandra West will be upgraded as part of the 2020/21 Black Spot Program funding round.
The southern leg of the intersection will be relocated to the west to create a staggered T intersection.
The project received funding of $407,103, and is one of two projects in the Nicholls electorate included in the project, with the intersection of McKinlay St and Sutton St in Echuca to be upgraded at a cost of $91,000.
Federal Member for Nicholls, Damian Drum, said the Black Spot Program made an important contribution in reducing the national road toll and community input was critical to identifying key black spots across the electorate.
Speaking at the intersection on Friday, Mr Drum said about 60 percent of Victorian road fatalities occurred in regional areas, with many more cases of hospitalisations and near-misses.
The intersection has been the site of a driver fatality in the last five years.
To date in 2020, 78 people have lost their lives on regional Victorian roads, including a three in Greater Shepparton after a man was killed in a car accident in Shepparton on Thursday, August 13.
Emergency services were called to Numurkah Road, near Balaclava Road, about 5.30am to reports a car had crashed into a tree.
The sole occupant of the vehicle died at the scene.
Investigations into the exact circumstances surrounding the crash remain ongoing.
