Qld: National highways need an extra $5.7 billion - RACQ

AAP General News (Australia)
04-24-2006
Qld: National highways need an extra $5.7 billion - RACQ

A peak motoring body says Queensland's national highway network needs an extra 5.7
billion dollars in federal funding .. to bring it to an acceptable standard.

RACQ chief executive ALAN TERRY'S welcomed any funding for Queensland's roads .. to
possibly be handed down as part of the May 9 federal budget.

News Limited papers have reported the notorious Bruce Highway would share in up to
one billion dollars in infrastructure funding.

Mr TERRY says an additional 1.5 billion dollars is crucial to improve safety and flood
proofing of the Bruce Highway alone.

And he says other sections of the national network in Queensland still require additional
funding.

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