Of the council's $408,718 budget for minor safety works in the 2008-09 financial year, $150,000 will be spent upgrading an intersection and installing street lights at the corners of Channel Rd and Derwent St in the Maniototo town.
The intersection, at which the main road through Naseby turns off to the Maniototo International Curling Rink, the Maniototo Ice Rink, the natural curling rink, and the natural ice luge, is becoming increasingly popular.
The intersection's sharp turn and limited signage needed to be improved for increased use in the future, council roading manager Julie Muir said.
Funding for the project was approved at a council roading subcommittee meeting in Alexandra this week, where committee members were presented with a list of prioritised minor road improvements proposed throughout the district.
The council's $408,718 budget is subsidised 61% by the New Zealand Land Transport Agency.
Ms Muir said eight projects prioritised for last year's list had not been completed, and should automatically lead any other projects proposed for this year's budget.
Of the eight proposed, the Naseby development was the most costly.
Others included changing Alexandra's Ennis St to a one way thoroughfare and improving its parking space ($90,000), upgrading street lights at the Cromwell, Clyde, and Millers Flat bridges ($65,000), and extending seal from State Highway 8 to Maori Point Rd for improved safety at the intersection approach near Tarras ($50,000).
A $32,600 completion of guardrail installations at the Ida Valley-Omakau road's three bridges, and a $15,000 investigation of improvements at the intersection of Barry Ave, Inniscort St and Gair Ave in Cromwell, were also on the list.
Ms Muir said the council did not have to contribute funding for Transit New Zealand's design of the Tarbert St-Centennial Ave intersection in Alexandra, or for speed signs to be installed at Stuart Rd in Ranfurly.
Both projects were included on this year's priority list.
She said adjustments to the minor road improvements schedule could be adjusted in order to enable other activities on the roading network to be co-ordinated if necessary.
"It could be that there's something on our major improvements list that we've identified which could be tied in to a seal extension or road widening, so both the minor and major projects can be done at the same time," Ms Muir said.
