The Warry (also spelt Warri) Gate road is in Bulloo Shire Council area which is wanting to raise awareness of the state of the road.

Bulloo Council said that it had long made representation to the federal and state governments, seeking support to construct the remaining 149km of the Warri Gate Road to sealed standard.

This road extends from Noccundra to the Queensland/NSW border where it connects to the Silver City Highway which the NSW government is currently sealing.

"The Warry Gate road is a connector road to this highway which will see the eventual sealing of a route that would connect Darwin, Mount Isa, the Tablelands and Central Queensland to Broken Hill, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney," Bulloo Shire said in a media statement.

Bulloo has put its Roads to Recovery money into this highway as well as considerable maintenance money from its revenue.

"Council currently have an application into the Federal Infrastructure Investment Program for $5m to supplement the 8m seal work we are currently undertaking," they said.

"This would give us an additional 13 kilometres of seal this financial year."

Council's proposal to the Federal Government was to seek funding for $74 million dollars over 10 years which would sustain Council as well as the regional contractors working in this remote area of south-west Queensland.

"We believe this project is integral to the country's economy and provides us with the ability to reduce freight costs for produce across the North of Australia and Central Queensland. Council has undertaken a costs analysis and a CSIRO Transit modelling report to support this fact," the Council said.

"Council believes this road can help not only the people in Mount Isa and the Gulf regions but also the whole of Australia with the movement of commerce and defence access."

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