The road where actress Jessica Falkholt was fatally injured and her family killed will be given an emergency safety upgrade.
The Home and Away star died in hospital three weeks after the crash on Boxing Day as she travelled with her family along the Princes Highway in southern New South Wales.
The state’s roads minister has announced the road will be upgraded with a new safety barrier by Easter to prevent more deaths on the killer kilometre stretch.
Jessica Falkholt, the Home and Away actress, died three weeks later in hospital after she went into a coma
The car burst into flames after colliding with a car over the centre line on the Princes Highway
The carriageway will be divided in a bid to improve safety between Bendalong Rd and Luncheon Creek Rd, the Daily Telegraph reported.
Work is due to start on Wednesday with a wire rope barrier being installed and a rumble strip.
The stretch of road was included in a state government program to create a priority list for projects throughout NSW.
But the plan has now been moved up, roads minister Melinda Pavey announced.
The Falkholt family – from left: Lars, Vivian, Annabelle and Jessica were killed after a Boxing Day collision
She said: ‘Almost eight in 10 fatalities on country roads where the speed limit is 100km/h or higher involves the vehicle crossing the centre line or running off the road to the left.
‘Many of these crashes can be avoided with simple road infrastructure upgrades.’
The Falkholts were killed when a drug driver crossed the white line and collided with their car head-on.
Jessica was due to star in a new film called Harmony which is set for release later in March
Vivian and Lars, aged 60 and 69, Jessica’s parents, were killed instantly when their vehicle collided with another car near Sussex Inlet.
The star’s 21-year-old sister Annabelle succumbed from her injuries three days later in hospital and Jessica passed away a week after relatives made the decision to switch off her life support.
Craig Whitall, 50, the drug-addict driver who hit the Falkholts as they returned home to Sydney, also died at the scene.
Craig Whitall was driving home from a methodone clinic when he collided with the Falkholt’s car
He was driving home from a methadone clinic when he veered across the road and into the path of the Falkholt’s car.
A Falkholt family relative, who asked to remain anonymous, told the Telegraph: ‘It is fantastic that the government has decided to put in some safeguards for people who are using that road. Something needed to be done.’
At Jessica’s funeral, her emotional uncle, Paul Ponticello, paid tribute to his niece.