Member for Albury Greg Aplin announced he had secured an undisclosed amount of money for work on a 5.7-kilometre stretch of the highway east of Albury to Lake Hume.

The work will be completed in two stages.

Work on the first stage, from Sandy Creek to Lake Hume village, will begin next year and stage 2, to Bethanga Bridge, has been slated for 2016.

The project could top $15 million and would include road widening, expanded shoulders, resurfacing, installation of guard rails and potentially a speed limit reduction.

The section between Lake Hume village and Bethanga Bridge now has an 80km/h speed limit, but as part of community consultation beginning on Monday, that may be dropped to 60km/h.

Mr Aplin described the larger than expected upgrade as one of his greatest achievements.

“We’ve now doubled the amount of road work that was first envisaged,” he said.

“The work has been pledged and will be undertaken.

“It is a significant win for the Albury electorate.”

Improving the section of road between Lake Hume village and Bethanga Bridge has been a contentious issue in recent months.

It was overlooked in the state budget, which led to criticism from Albury mayor Kevin Mack and former Labor candidate Darren Cameron.

Premier Mike Baird confirmed $5 million would be spent on Riverina Highway improvements on his mid-year visit to Albury.

“The Premier recently reiterated he would be providing the money,” Mr Aplin said.

“But we’ve gone beyond that and completing the whole of the section.

“It is a huge win for Albury and has been one of my priorities for the last 11 years.”

Mr Aplin said the section between Sandy Creek and Lake Hume village was given priority in the project because it was used more.

Feedback on stage two will be done via a survey on the NSW Roads and Maritime Services website.

Mr Cameron said the announcement was an insult.

“Mr Aplin has been promising for months that the roads minister would be coming to Albury to sort out this mess,” he said.

“We are now being asked to believe that the Premier has promised to Mr Aplin that this project will go ahead at some indeterminate point in the future.

“They need to honour their commitment and spell out exactly when this work will be done, how much it will cost and ... where is the money coming from.”

Meanwhile, resurfacing work will start next week on the Olympic Highway between The Rock and Yerong Creek.

A total of $1 million will be spent on the one-kilometre section.