NSW Cattle Underpass Scheme

The Department of Primary Industries’ recently launched the Cattle Underpass Scheme (CUPS). The scheme will provide grants to farmers as a financial contribution towards the cost of constructing underpasses beneath public roads to allow cattle to move safely from paddock to paddock. A lower cost option included as part of the Scheme is to install cattle crossing warning signs with flashing lights to alert motorists.

The CUPS aims to achieve the following outcomes: • Reduced risk of fatalities and injuries due to vehicles colliding with farmers, farm employees and cattle at cattle crossing sites. • Reduced risk of near-misses where vehicles swerve or brake to avoid colliding with farmers, farm employees and cattle at cattle crossing sites. • Reduced traffic delays for commuters, freight vehicles and tourists at cattle crossing sites. • Improved productivity and profitability for farms with cattle crossing sites.

The CUPS will offer grants for one third (33 percent) of the cost of an underpass, up to a maximum of $70,000 (+ GST). The farmer is responsible for the remaining cost.

As an alternative to an underpass, grants for signs and flashing lights to warn motorists they are nearing a cattle crossing site, are available for one third (33 percent) of the cost of their purchase and installation, up to a maximum of $10,000 (+ GST). The farmer is responsible for the remaining cost.

Round 1 applications close Wednesday 31 October 2018

Department of Primary Industries - Cattle Underpass Scheme