The Palaszczuk Government has announced $32.9 million in new, accelerated funding for North West Queensland roads as part of a $400m package to supercharge the state economy through COVID-19 recovery.
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The funding boost was announced as part of the Queensland Economic Recovery Strategy with a focus on backing Queensland jobs.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the boost would see new projects added to the state's $23 billion, 21,500-job pipeline of transport and road upgrades.
"This is about investing in Queensland infrastructure to create Queensland jobs as we unite and recover from COVID-19," Ms Palaszczuk said.
"There is $100 million to seal dirt roads all over Queensland-roads like May Downs Road, the Burke Developmental Road and the Cloncurry Dajarra Road."
Works in our region covered under the scheme include
Gregory Developmental Road (Charters Towers - The Lynd): Major culvert upgrade worth $5.1 million
Richmond - Winton Road: Replace heavily damaged culvert with new reinforced concrete box culvert worth $2.7 million
Wills Developmental Road (Julia Creek - Burketown): Major culvert replacement worth $1.40 million
Burke Developmental Road (Cloncurry - Normanton): Butcher Creek: Bridge replacement worth $10.7 million
Gregory Downs - Camooweal Road: Progressive sealing worth $3.5 million
Cloncurry - Dajarra Road: Progressive sealing worth $8.5 million.
The funding above is new funding in addition to the $111 million in joint funding with the Federal Government announced last month under the Roads of Strategic Importance scheme for roads in North and North West Queensland.
That $111m funding includes projects like:
- sealing parts of the Kennedy Developmental Road between The Lynd and Hughenden
- new overtaking lanes on the Flinders Highway between Townsville and Charleville
- major maintenance on the Flinders Highway between Julia Creek and Cloncurry
- and major maintenance on the Gregory Developmental Road between Charters Towers and The Lynd.
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Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
