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$400 million additional funding for the Bruce Highway
$178.1 million for line capacity improvement on the Gold Coast Rail Line from Kuraby to Beenleigh
$126.6 million for stage three of the Gold Coast Light Rail
$240 million for the Cairns Western Arterial Road duplication
$400 million for upgrades to the inland freight route from Mungindi to Charters Towers
$160 million for the Mooloolah River interchange upgrade
$203.4 million for local road and community infrastructure projects, and $261 million for road safety projects
Total - $2 billion
BUDGET EXPLAINED:
NSW, SA snag lion’s share of budget infrastructure spending
By Fergus Halliday
11 May 2021
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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 Safety Program are being extended for another year at the cost of $1 billion each.
Federal Budget infrastructure boost to help build Western Australia s economic recovery
Media release
04 May 2021
Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Infrastructure, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations, Senator for Western Australia, Premier of Western Australia, WA Minister for Transport; Planning; Ports
The Western Australia economy will be boosted by a $1.3b infrastructure package, with record funding for major new projects to be announced in next week’s Federal Budget.
Key projects to be funded include:
$347.5 million for METRONET: Hamilton Street-Wharf Street Grade Separations and Elevation of Associated Stations, including Queens Park Station and Cannington Station and an enhanced METRONET Byford Rail Extension project, with new grade separated rail
Premier announces $1.3 billion federal cash boost to battle Perth congestion issues
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The Federal Government has pledged $1.3 billion ahead of next weekâs budget to upgrade West Australian roads and fund key infrastructure projects.
The funding will go towards 13 new projects, while 10 existing projects will receive a boost too ahead of the Federal Budget coming out next week.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the spend would improve public transport, make roads safer and support more than 4000 jobs.
Mark McGowan has demanded the Commonwealth to step in and help with quarantining returning Australians.