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794 - Regional Transport and Roads - REGIONAL ROADS AND TRANSPORT RECOVERY PACKAGE - MINISTERIAL SUPPORT

Farraway, Sam to the Minister for Jobs and Tourism, Special Minister of State, Minister for Roads, Minister for the Arts, and Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy representing the Minister for Regional Transport and Roads
REGIONAL ROADS AND TRANSPORT RECOVERY PACKAGE - MINISTERIAL SUPPORT

(1) Can the Minister advise whether they support Regional Roads and Transport Recovery Package?

Answer -

I am advised

The $312.5 million Regional Roads and Transport Recovery Package will fund the planning, development and delivery of priority local and state transport infrastructure resiliency works. The program will improve the resiliency of the regional transport network to the continuing impacts of natural disasters by:

 strengthening the regional transport network’s capacity to withstand natural disasters

 improving the reliability of the regional transport network for regional communities during and after natural disaster events

 enhancing the adaptability of the regional transport network during and after natural disaster events

 improving the regional transport network’s ability to respond and recover when natural disasters do occur.


Question asked on 5 July 2023 (session 58-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 41
Answer received on 26 July 2023 and to be published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 56