The four laning of the Bruce Highway to Gympie will be fast tracked under a plan that I announced this morning at Kybong, with LNP candidate for Gympie, Tony Perrett and the Queensland Transport and Main Roads Minister, Scott Emerson Liberal Nationals State and Federal Governments will bring forward the four lane 8.4km Cooroy to Curra Section C project by at least 12 months, with tenders to be called later this year. A number of local residents, including LNP Gympie candidate Tony Perrett have raised safety concerns about this stretch of Highway. Over the last decade, 82 crashes have occurred along this section, involving seven fatalities, underlining the importance of the project. When complete, the Bruce Highway will be duplicated all the way from Brisbane right through to a new interchange at Woondum Road. Additional intersection works at Venardos Avenue and the Six Mile Creek rest area will also be carried out. Today’s announcement follows our decision before Christmas to fast-track safety upgrades to the Keefton Road intersection and improve the access arrangements for the Golden Nugget service station, which will begin shortly. The Federal Coalition and Queensland LNP Governments are working together on an historic 10-year, $8.5 billion action plan to fix the Bruce Highway. These projects will increase the productive capacity of the economy and create jobs, and make the Highway safer, faster and less prone to flooding. The $624.3 million Section C Bruce Highway upgrade between Cooroy and Curra is jointly funded, with the Australian Government contributing $499.4 million and the Queensland Government contributing $124.9 million.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 06:13:12 +0000
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