Media Releases
Saturday, 7th February 2009
Seven key roads have been added to the National Land Transport Network.
The inclusion of these roads on the national network is recognition that they will play an important role in the nation’s continuing economic development. They will now have access to Federal funding.
The roads approved for inclusion on the Network are:
Central to the Government’s nation building agenda, and essential to Australia’s international competitiveness, is the national road network.
Although the national network accounts for only 3 per cent of Australia’s total road length, it carries 15 per cent of all traffic and 18 per cent of the country’s freight – and the demands on it are predicted to grow significantly in coming decades.
That’s why the Government has announced a $24.2 billion roads budget for the period between 2008/09 and 2013/14 – a record amount of Federal funding and double what the previous government spent over a similar period of time.
Our much larger roads budget will fund routine maintenance as well as upgrades to poorly designed and congested sections of the network – which in turn will lower transport costs, cut travel times, reduce carbon emissions and saves lives.
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Electorate Office
334a Marrickville Rd
Marrickville NSW 2204
Phone: 02 9564 3588
Parliament House Office
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: 02 6277 7700
Phone: (02) 9564 3588
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