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The Government has announced the next round of Bruce Highway safety upgrades, with several key projects set to benefit the Ingham and Hinchinbrook region.
As part of the half-billion-dollar investment into the Bruce Highway Targeted Safety Program, two major packages of work will be delivered locally.
Pavement strengthening will take place across five sections of the Bruce Highway between Ingham and Innisfail, improving skid resistance and stability, particularly during wet conditions. A further series of strengthening works are planned on the stretch between Townsville and Ingham, supporting a safer and more reliable journey for motorists travelling into the Hinchinbrook district.
These projects form part of the broader $9 billion Bruce Highway program, designed to reduce run-off-road and head-on collisions through resurfacing, widening, and targeted treatments across high-risk areas of the highway.
Federal Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Catherine King, said the Australian Government was deeply committed to improving road safety.
Minister King said that this is "the biggest ever investment in the Bruce Highway because we want to ensure it is safer for all Queenslanders.”
“With significant progress already made in delivering the $300 million early works package this next wave of work will ensure these priority safety improvements continue to roll out on the Bruce Highway.”
Queensland Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Brent Mickelberg, said Queenslanders were beginning to see the benefits.
“We are delivering a major boost to safety along the Bruce with rubber hitting the road on another 22 projects,” Minister Mickelberg said.
The new works continue the momentum of the first 16 priority projects, six of which are complete and eight are currently under construction. Further rounds of upgrades will be announced as part of the ongoing program.
“We’re delivering the critical safety upgrades needed between Gympie and Cairns, to service the spine of our State.
“Queenslanders are starting to see the benefits as we accelerate these upgrades, and we’ll continue to drive forward delivering them across the regions.”
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