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The federal government will double funding for the roads to recovery program aimed at improving road safety by allocating more money for local councils.

Several projects will be merged to streamline investment programs, and funding for federally recognised black spots will rise from $110 million to $150 million per year.

Big roads and metropolitan highways might get a lot of the attention, but we spend most of our driving lives on local roads around where we live and where we work.

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