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The federal government has today announced a $7.2bn funding injection for the Bruce Highway in Queensland – around 80% of the upgrades needed to make the 1600km stretch safer.
The transport minister Catherine King spoke with ABC News Breakfast just earlier about the announcement, which is aiming to get the road up to a three-star rating:
At the moment there are sections of this road that remain at one and two-star rating … When you have grade separation, when you have barriers, when you take out some of the dangerous curves, that really does reduce the road safety risk of a road and there are sections of this road – particularly up around the Mackay end – that are still at one star.
And we have seen over 40 people last year [lose] their lives … on the Bruce Highway, and this investment will go to lifting the road safety improvement and productivity of what is the single biggest artery right the way through Queensland.
