The Federal and Queensland Liberal National Governments have approved a $635 million Warrego Highway Upgrade Package, with $110 million to be spent on the first stage of an upgrade for the Toowoomba to Oakey section. The Federal Member for Groom Ian Macfarlane, Queensland Transport Minister Scott Emerson, Member for Toowoomba South John McVeigh, Member for Toowoomba North Trevor Watts, and LNP candidate for Condamine Pat Weir, met with me in Toowoomba yesterday to announce the package. The project will duplicate 5.7 kilometres of the Warrego Highway, providing two lanes in each direction between Charlton and Cotswold Hills, to the west of Toowoomba. We are prioritising construction of this section of the Warrego Highway because it will intersect with the future Toowoomba Second Range Crossing. The economic potential of these upgrades is enormous, as the Highway connects the agricultural and resource regions west of Toowoomba to the Port of Brisbane. Every dollar spent on this project will return more than five times the cost of our investment to the economy. Construction will start early next year and is estimated to be completed by the end of 2016. The Australian Government has committed up to $88 million to the project, with the Queensland Government providing $22 million.
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 01:52:21 +0000
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