Federal Parliament has today passed the legislation necessary to deliver the Rudd Labor Government's Nation Building Program, the largest ever investment in the nation's transport infrastructure and essential to supporting jobs.
The six year investment Program provides a record $32 billion in road and rail funding - more than twice what the previous government spent over a similar period. Nearly two thirds of this funding is earmarked for projects in regional Australia.
The Nation Building Program will fund routine maintenance as well as upgrades to poorly designed and congested sections of the transport network - which in turn will lower transport costs, tackle the escalating cost of urban congestion, cut travel times, reduce carbon emissions and saves lives.
The passage of the legislation followed the successful outcome of negotiations in April with all the state and territory governments, with each of them agreeing to become our partners in the Program's delivery.
With a relatively small population spread across a vast continent, Australia is heavily reliant on its transport infrastructure, particularly the highways and interstate rail network.
That's why upgrading Australia's transport network is central to the Government's nation building agenda and essential to the country's international competitiveness.
| PROJECTS IN NEW SOUTH WALES |
| F3 to Sydney Orbital |
| Freight rail upgrades between Sydney and Newcastle |
| Port Botany road and rail access and handling improvements package. |
| Moorebank intermodal freight terminal |
| Projects on the Hume Highway |
| F5 widening (Brooks to Narrellan) |
| Hume Highway |
| - Tarcutta bypass |
| - Woomargama bypass |
| - Holbrook bypass |
| Projects on the Pacific Highway |
| Ballina Bypass |
| Saphire to Woolgoola |
| Tintenbar to Ewingsdale |
| Banora Point deviation |
| Warrell Creek (Macksville) to Urunga - planning |
| Buladelah bypass |
| Devil's Pulpit |
| Herons to Still |
| Coopernook to Mooreland |
| Karuah to Bulahdelah stages 2 & 3 |
| Glenugie Upgrade |
| Projects on the Great Western Highway |
| Duplication of Great Western Highway (sections between Penrith and Katoomba) |
| Woodford to Hazlebrook |
| Wentworth Falls East |
| Great Western Highway upgrade (sections between Katoomba and Lithgow) |
| Safety improvements to the Barton Highway |
| Alstonville Bypass |
| Werrington Arterial |
| Bega Bypass |
| PROJECTS IN VICTORIA |
| Western Ring Road upgrade |
| West Gate Bridge |
| Princes Highway East (Traralgon to Sale) |
| Geelong Ring Road Stage 4A (Anglesea overpass) |
| Geelong Ring Road Stage 4B (Anglesea Road to Princes Highway) |
| Western Highway - Realignment of Anthony's Cutting between Melton and Bacchus March |
| Western Highway - Duplication from Ballarat to Stawell |
| Western Highway - Upgrade between Stawell and the South Australian border |
| Nagambie Bypass (Goulburn Valley Highway) |
| Kings Road Interchange (Calder Freeway) |
| Rail upgrades at Geelong Port and on the Melbourne-Adelaide Line |
| Altona/Laverton Precinct and the Dandenong Intermodal Terminal |
| Somerton Intermodal Terminal |
| Wimmera Intermodal Terminal at Dooen |
| Duplication of the Princes Highway from Waurn Ponds to Winchelsea |
| Springvale Road |
| Upgrade of the Colac-Lavers Hill Road |
| Clyde Road upgrade |
| PROJECTS IN QUEENSLAND |
| Projects on the Pacific Motorway |
| Coomera Interchange |
| Nerang south interchange |
| Mudgeereba Interchange |
| Robina and Varsity Lakes interchnages |
| Widening between Nerang )South) and Woronggary Interchanges and Safety Imrpovements |
| Logan to Daisy Hill |
| Daisy Hill to Springwood South |
| Springwood South to Gateway Motorway |
| Projects on the Ipswich Motorway |
| Dinmore to Goodna |
| Wacol to Darra |
| Interchange at Mains and Kessels Road |
| Gateway Motorway South ( Mt. Gravatt-Capalaba Road to the Pacific Motorway) |
| Gateway Motorway North (Nudgee Road to the Bruce Highway) |
| Projects on the Bruce Highway - Sarina to Cairns Section |
| Black Spots |
| Rest areas |
| Overtaking lanes |
| Upgrade southern approach to Cairns |
| Raise southern approach to the Mulgrave River Bridge |
| Duplication from Vantassel Street to Flinders Highway |
| Douglas Arterial duplication |
| Cardwell Range realignment |
| Townsville Port Access Road |
| Improved flood immunity at Gairloch Floodway |
| Upgrade the southern approach to Mackay |
| Realign and raise Highway from Sandy Corner to Collinsons Lagoon |
| Upgrade Burdekin River Bridge |
| Burdekin Road Safety Audit projects |
| Upgrade of the Southern approaches to Sarina |
| Projects on the Bruce Highway - Curra to Sarina Section |
| Black Spots |
| Rest areas |
| Overtaking Lanes |
| Yeppen flood plain study |
| Calliope Crossroads |
| Cabbage Tree Creek to Carman Road and Back Creek Range section upgrade |
| Upgrading of southern approaches to Gin Gin |
| New Isis River bridge |
| Projects on the Bruce Highway - Caboolture to Curra section |
| Cooroy to Curra section B project |
| Upgrade of Caboolture to Caloundra |
| Black Spots |
| Projects on the Warrrego Highway |
| Upgrade from Roma to Mitchell |
| Overtaking lanes |
| Rest areas |
| Road Upgrades in Cape York and the North West |
| Sealing of Peninsula Development Road |
| Sealing of Wills Development Road |
| Remote community road upgrades in Cape York |
| Peak Downs Highway study |
| PROJECTS IN WEST AUSTRALIA |
| Great Eastern and Roe Highway interchange |
| Upgrade of Great Eastern Highway from Kooyong Road to Tonkin Highway |
| Perth Bunbury Highway |
| Bunbury Port Access and Outer Ring Road Stage 1 |
| Port Hedland Roads (upgrade of Great Northern Road) |
| Perth Urban Transport and Freight Corridor Upgrade |
| Duplication of Dampier Highway |
| Mandurah Entrance Road |
| New Interchange at the Reid Highway/Alexander Drive Intersection |
| Improved Access to Esperance Port |
| PROJECTS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA |
| Northern Expressway & Port Wakefield Road upgrade |
| South Road Planning |
| South Road package works |
| Dukes Highway Upgrade |
| Victor Harbour, Main South Road, Seaford Road junction |
| PROJECTS IN TASMANIA |
| Brighton Bypass |
| Rail capacity improvements at Rhyndaston |
| Upgrade of Bridgewater Bridge |
| Planning for Bagdad Bypass and new Bridgewater Bridge |
| Upgrade of the Midland Highway |
| Improvement of Bell Bay Intermodal Terminal |
| Main North-South Line rail capacity improvements |
| Kingston bypass |
| Upgrade Derwent Valley rail line from Boyer to Karanja |
| Upgrade of North East Freight Roads |
| Wiltshire Rail Line Upgrade |
| Upgrade of West Coast Rail Spur to Hellyer Mine and from Melba Flats to Zeehan |
| Upgrade of Port Sorell Road |
| Upgrade of Illawarra Link Road |
| PROJECTS IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY |
| Tiger Brennan Drive - East Arm Port access |
| Tiger Brennan Drive - Stuart Highway intersection |
| Improve flood immunity, road safety and productivity on NT highways |
| NT Community, Beef and Mining roads package: |
| Improving flood immunity on Port Keats Road |
| Upgrade of the Plenty Highway |
| Sealing of the Buntine Highway |
| Upgrade of the Central Arnhem Road |
| Upgrade of the Tanami Road |
| High level bridge over the Macarthur River at Borroloola |
| Upgrade of the Maryvale Road and Hughes Stock Route |
| PROJECTS IN THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY |
| Road upgrade in Canberra Airport precinct |
| Tharwa Road/Lanyon Drive upgrade |
