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ALP promises Tasmanian & Queensland roads package

by Staff Writer
May 6, 2019
in Civil Construction, Congestion, News, QLD, Roads, TAS
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The Federal Opposition has promised that, if elected, it would invest $1.3 billion into a Tasmanian Roads Package across the state.

Labor has promised to invest in roads in all corners of the state, from replacing Hobart’s Bridgewater Bridge to major safety upgrades of the Bass, West Tamar, Frankford and Murchison Highways in the north and north-west, as well as projects that will reduce traffic congestion and expedite the movement of freight.

The package is aimed at improving safety for motorists and driving economic development in Tasmania’s agricultural and tourism sectors through a productivity boost.

Better roads will allow for swifter movement of produce and exports around the state, while also supporting growth in tourism, which generates more than $3 billion a year and supports nearly 40,000 jobs.

Federal Labor’s Tasmanian Roads Package includes:

North

The Glen Road Upgrade: $1.45 million

West Tamar Highway – Exeter roundabouts: $2 million

Palana Road Upgrade: $3.6 million

Dalrymple Road Upgrade: $2.1 million

West Tamar Highway Improvements: $25 million

Tasman Highway – Sideling Upgrade: $25 million

Frankford Highway Upgrade: $20 million

Bass Highway – Westbury to Latrobe: $50 million

Birralee Road Upgrade – Westbury and Frankford: $24 million

North-west and west coast

Murchison Highway Upgrade: $35 million

Old Surrey Road/Massy-Greene Drive Upgrade: $16 million

Lyell Highway – Queenstown to Strahan: $15 million

Bass Highway – Marrawah to Wynyard: $60 millionPort Sorell Main Road – Bass Highway to Port Sorell: $10 million

Henty Road Upgrade – Strahan to Zeehan: $10 million

South

Hobart Congestion Package: $75 million

Hobart Airport Interchange: $10 million

Sandfly Road and Huon Highway Intersection Upgrade: $12 million

Huonville Bypass: $7.5 million

Tasman Highway Intelligent Transport Solution: $10 million

Sorell to Tasman Bridge/Hobart Corridor (Tasman Highway): $130 million

Plenty Link Road: $20 million

Tasman Highway Upgrade – Orford to Bicheno: $20 million

Arthur Highway Upgrade: $30 million

In addition, a Shorten Labor Government will invest $666 million to continue the Midland Highway Ten Year Action Plan, which would deliver a replacement Bridgewater Bridge.

The announcement of Labor’s Tasmanian roads package coincides with promises for major transport infrastructure across Queensland, in a bid to win marginal seats.

Labor’s promised Queensland roads package includes the following projects:

Far North Queensland

Bruce Highway Upgrade – Extension to Smithfield (Cairns): $287 million.

Bruce Highway Upgrade – Cairns Southern Approach (Stage 5): $180 million.

North Queensland

Mount Isa to Townsville Rail Corridor Upgrade: $100 million.

Bruce Highway Upgrade – Townsville Ring Road (Stage 5): $144 million.

Central Queensland

  • Bruce Highway Upgrade – Rockhampton Ring Road: $852 million
  • Bruce Highway Upgrade – Mackay Ring Road (Stage 2): $280 million
  • Gladstone Port Access Road Extension: $100 million
  • Yeppoon Road Duplication: $64 million
  • Capricorn Highway – Rockhampton to Emerald (Extra Overtaking Lanes): $15 million
  • Stanage Bay Road Upgrade: $21.6 million
  • Bruce Highway Upgrade – Gladstone to Rockhampton (Four-lane planning): $2.1 million

Wide Bay Burnett

Bruce Highway Upgrade – Cooroy to Curra (Section D): $800 million

Darling Downs and Western Queensland

  • Inland Roads Package: $500 million
  • Cunningham Highway – Eight Mile Intersection Upgrade: $17.6 million
  • Continue the Warrego Highway Upgrade Program

South East Queensland

  • Cross River Rail: $2.24 billion
  • Extend Gateway Motorway from Bracken Ridge to the Pine River and upgrade Bruce Highway between Gateway Motorway and Dohles Rocks Road: $1.5 billion
  • Bruce Highway Upgrade – Linkfield Road Overpass: $100 million
  • M1 Pacific Motorway Upgrade – Eight Mile Plains to Daisy Hill: $374.5 million
  • M1 Pacific Motorway Upgrade – Daisy Hill to Logan Motorway: $500 million
  • M1 Pacific Motorway Upgrade – Varsity Lakes to Tugun: $515 million
  • M1 Pacific Motorway Interchange Upgrade: Exits 41 and 49: $50 million
  • Mt Lindesay Highway Upgrade: $30 million
  • Cunningham Highway – Yamanto to Ebenezer Upgrade: $170 million
  • Level Cross Removal Program:
    • Lindum Road (Wynnum West): $85 million
    • Cavendish Road (Coorparoo): $107 million
    • Boundary Street (Coopers Plains): $73.4 million
  • Rochedale Road-Priestdale Road Intersection Upgrade: $14 million
  • Duplication of North Coast Line – Beerburrum to Nambour: $390 million
  • Gold Coast Light Rail (Stage 3A): $112 million
  • Expanded Park and Ride facilities at Mango Hill, Ferny Grove, Narangba, Northgate, Geebung and Nundah

Federal Labor argued that in a state as decentralised as Queensland, all levels of government must work together to ensure our transport networks are up to the task of supporting economic development and facilitating the efficient movement of products, including those destined to be exported to international markets.

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