‘Finally doing something about it’: Partner dreading crash anniversary
News of an upgrade to the Bruce Highway comes at a bittersweet time for a young Queensland woman mourning her partner.
News of an upgrade to the Bruce Highway comes at a bittersweet time for a young Queensland woman mourning her partner.
Major Bruce Highway upgrades will be funded in the 2025-26 state budget and begin by the end of the year after both sides of federal politics committed to a $7.2bn cash injection, as the State Opposition tries to claim the credit.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says parts of the Bruce Highway in the region will be a ‘priority’ in its new $7.2 billion funding package, but no clear time frame exists on four-laning another key section of the notorious road.
In recognition of the Bruce Highway’s national importance, the federal government is funding 80 per cent of its upgrade, writes Catherine King.
In wake of three deaths on the Bruce Highway in the past 24 hours, new Premier David Crisafulli has vowed to have an advisory body up-and-running by the end of the year.
There will be serious action on the Bruce Highway if the LNP takes government, Opposition Leader David Crisafulli has vowed.
Premier Steven Miles says the state government is focused on the Bruce Highway after he was confronted by a voter in a Mackay shopping centre on day two of the election campaign.
Drivers are up to five times as likely to crash on parts of the Bruce Highway than those in remote areas of NSW and Victoria, new figures show.
The state government is adamant its federal counterparts will overturn a detrimental Bruce Highway funding decision despite repeated rejections from the Prime Minister.
Queensland’s deadliest highway would receive a major funding boost under a reinstated 80:20 split if the Coalition wins the federal election in 2025.
New state government modelling shows how the cost of fixing the Bruce Highway compares to that of building Olympic venues.
Steven Miles and Anthony Albanese are set to meet to discuss priority safety upgrades to the beleaguered Bruce Highway, but there’s still a major issue that could block the funds needed to get the jobs done.
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