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Minister for Transport and Main Roads The Honourable Mark Bailey A $24 million upgrade is under way to widen and seal more than 30 kilometres of the Richmond-Winton Road. The upgrade will also and replace key structures, including culverts, and improve road safety and travel times on the key regional connector, as part of an $364.68 million Australian Government to enable the fast roll-out of safety treatments on roads across Queensland. This includes $5.39 million to seal additional sections of the Richmond-Winton Road, helping reduce deaths and serious injuries as part of the $3 billion nat...

Date Time Budget 2021-22: Federal Government expands life-saving road safety investment The Federal Budget commits an additional $1 billion to the Road Safety Program, as part of the Australian Government’s ongoing commitment to improving road safety and getting Australians home sooner sand safer. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Michael McCormack said the $1 billion funding injection will back two additional six-month tranches, extending the program from June 2022 to June 2023. “This investment builds on the previous $2 billion ove...

Premium Content Subscriber only Three new shared bike and walking paths are being constructed in Rockhampton and are due to be complete by mid-year. The infrastructure is meant to encourage physical activity and improve road safety. The new paths will be located at: Jellicoe Street to Prospect Street, worth $6.16 million) Neville Hewitt Bridge to Musgrave Street, worth $6.6 million Carlton Street to Yeppoon Road, worth $3.3 million Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack said work on the $16.6 million projects began in April and was part of the jointly-funded $293 million first tranche of the...

NSW, SA snag lion’s share of budget infrastructure spending By Fergus Halliday 11 May 2021 | 1 minute read SHARE NSW, SA and Victoria have snagged the lion’s share of infrastructure spending in the latest federal budget. As revealed in the 2021 budget, the government is committing an additional $15.2 billion to infrastructure projects over the next ten years. This will bump the total federal commitment to $110 billion, with the additional spending said to account for 30,000 new jobs over the decade.  At a federal level, both the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program and Road...

Dungog Shire Council has welcomed the announcement that it will receive $1.79M for safer roads in the shire under the NSW Government's Road Safety...