Media Releases
Monday, 16th May 2011
Today I joined Minister for Defence and Member for Perth, Stephen Smith to reaffirm the Gillard Labor Government’s commitment to renewing and expanding Western Australia’s road, rail and public transport infrastructure.
We are determined to return the Budget to surplus in the short term without sacrificing long term investments vital to making the State’s economy more productive, its regions more prosperous and improve the quality of life for Perth residents.
Last week’s Federal Budget added to our record capital works program, providing new funding of up to $480 million to extensively upgrade the road network around Perth Airport and the nearby industrial estates.
The ‘WA Gateway’ project will put in place the modern, well-planned infrastructure necessary to support the mining industry’s future growth as well as the local communities that work for it.
We want a Western Australia that’s built to compete and prosper.
All up, the Gillard Labor Government is now investing a record $3.7 billion over the six-year life of our current Nation Building Program (2008-09 to 2013-14), with some $920 million being provided in the coming financial year alone to start, progress or complete a long list of large and smaller scale projects – see attached map.
This investment is almost twice what the former Howard Government spent over a similar period of time.
During 2011-12, work is expected to start on the following major upgrades:
Federal contribution: $280 million
Federal contribution: $154 million
Federal contribution: $236 million
Federal contribution: $118.6 million
Federal contribution: $350 million
Federal contribution: $60 million
At the other end of the construction cycle, work is expected to be completed on the following projects over the next twelve months:
Federal contribution: $48 million
Federal contribution: $10 million
Federal contribution: $5 million
Federal contribution: $350 million
Federal contribution: $30 million
We’ve also continued a range of initiatives designed to make our highways and local roads safer:
The 2011-12 Budget provides $152.1 million to assist West Australian local governments maintain and upgrade their local roads.
Since being elected, the Labor Government’s infrastructure priorities in the West have been all about positioning the State to take full advantage of the next resources boom as well as tackling the worsening congestion in and around Perth.
From Port Hedland in the north to Bunbury in the south, the Gillard Labor Government is reversing the neglect we inherited and begun putting in place the modern, well-planned infrastructure critical to making Western Australia even more prosperous and its economy even more productive.
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