Editor’s view: Proper commitment needed to finally fix deadly Bruce Hwy
An extra $259m for the Bruce Highway from the Commonwealth is welcomed, but we are demanding there be a proper commitment made to the people of Queensland who rely on this road.
An extra $259m for the Bruce Highway from the Commonwealth is welcomed, but we are demanding there be a proper commitment made to the people of Queensland who rely on this road.
Queensland MPs have ramped up funding calls for the Bruce Highway ahead of the federal election following a horror year in which 41 people were killed on the road.
A fresh push has been mounted for upgrades to keep the Bruce Highway high and dry, after it once again failed to help keep Queensland moving amid heavy rain along the east coast.
Three people a month have been killed on the notorious Bruce Hwy this year with the state government promising a “long-term strategy” which the Opposition says is “not going to save a single life”.
A 29-year-old truck driver, killed in a crash, has been identified and his long-haul colleagues are ‘in fear every night’ having to risk their lives on a 1400km death trap as industry experts slam the catastrophic cost of the bloody Bruce Highway.
After facing a Bush Summit grilling over the state of the Bruce Highway, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has hinted that finally an end may be in sight for suffering Queenslanders.
Several key priorities have emerged from today’s Bush Summit, but none greater than locking in a hard deadline for finishing off the Bruce Highway. LIVE UPDATES
The authors of a damning report that exposed significant safety failures on the Bruce Highway have begun discussions with state and federal politicians.
It’s hard to see how a Premier who continues to pick planes over cars can ever truly understand – or be forced to fix – the deplorable state of the Bruce Hwy, writes reporter Geordi Offord
The Opposition says it will fight “tooth and nail” for an 80/20 funding split with the federal government to finish the Bruce Highway, if elected in October.
A new campaign is pushing to revert the funding model for Bruce Highway upgrades back to a 80-20 split between the state and federal governments.
The section of the Bruce Highway where three people lost their lives in a horrific recent crash has been deemed the worst on the highway.
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