A $7.5 billion new investment in national transport infrastructure will boost the national economy, deliver safer roads and create thousands of jobs as part of the Federal Government’s COVID-19 economic recovery plan.

The funding to be delivered in Tuesday’s Budget builds on a series of infrastructure investments from the Commonwealth in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic which now total more than $11.3 billion.

There will be key investments across all states and territories including: 

• $560 million for the Singleton Bypass on the New England Highway in New South Wales;
• $528 million for the Shepparton and Warrnambool Rail Line Upgrades in Victoria;
• $750 million for Stage 1 of the Coomera Connector (Coomera to Nerang) in Queensland;
• $88 million for the Reid Highway Interchange with West Swan Road in Western Australia;
• $200 million for the Hahndorf Township Improvements and Access Upgrade in South Australia;
• $150 million for the Midway Point Causeway (including McGees Bridge) and Sorell Causeway as part of the Hobart to Sorell Roads of Strategic Importance corridor in Tasmania;
• $120 million to upgrade the Carpentaria Highway in the Northern Territory; and
• $88 million for the Molonglo River Bridge in the ACT.

Prime Minister said Tuesday’s Federal Budget would deliver funding for infrastructure which supports the Government’s JobMaker plan and helps the nation recover from COVID-19.

  covid recovery, infrastructure development, Nation Recovery