Qld’s budget plea: Billions needed for roads as death toll skyrockets

Listing a dozen infrastructure projects in its federal budget wish list, RACQ public policy head Rebecca Michael said an estimated $15bn over the forward estimates is needed to accommodate the state’s booming population. Already 98 people have died on Queensland’s roads this year, 32 per cent more than in the same period last year. The RACQ’s budget wishlist includes increased and fast-tracked funding for the Bruce Highway from Brisbane to Cairns, funding for the proposed “Second Bruce”…



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