PEDESTRIAN and cyclist safety will be improved in Wodonga with the installation of 90 solar security lights between Willow Park and Belvoir Park.
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The project was the recipient of $192,000 from the second round of the Coalition's safer streets program on Friday.
The funding was announced during the visit to Indi by Liberal Party deputy leader Julie Bishop on Friday.
"Ninety solar lights will be placed there so the users of the parks, the cyclists, pedestrians, families, can feel safe and secure," Ms Bishop said.
The funding accelerates the rollout of safety lighting along the House Creek pedestrian-cycle path.
Fifteen lights were recently installed between Brockley Street and Willow Park.
Ms Bishop said the funding was drawn from the proceeds of crime account.
"It is money taken from criminal activities and reinvested into prevention of further crime," she said.
“For communities to be strong and prosperous, they must also be safe."