Northern Australia Roads Program

Funding by the Australian Government is up to 80% of total costs, with the remainder being met by state, territory and local governments. The initial funding allocation by the Australian Government was $600 million, most of which has now (in March 2022) been expended on the identified projects, most of which have been completed or are nearing completion.

In the 2022 Federal Budget a further $380 million over four years was allocated for projects yet to be determined.

The work undertaken includes bridge and culvert construction, road widening, sealing, overtaking lanes and pavement renewal.

The roads involved in the 20 projects are listed below.

• Flinders Highway (2 projects)
• Capricorn Highway
• Kennedy Developmental Road (2 projects)
• Barkly Highway
• Bowen Developmental Road
• Landsborough Highway
• Peak Downs Highway
• Bajool-Port Alma Road, {{QLDcity|Rockhampton}}

• Plenty Highway
• Tjukaruru Road
• Keep River Plains Road
• Arnhem Highway
• Buntine Highway

• Great Northern Highway (3 projects)
• Marble Bar Road
• Broome-Cape Leveque Road

Where there is an article about a road the project details have been included therein. For roads with no article the details are shown below.

The project for pavement widening and safety upgrades to the port access road was completed by January 2022 at a total cost of $14.5 million.{{cite web |url=https://investment.infrastructure.gov.au/projects/ProjectDetails.aspx?Project_id=067243-16QLD-NAR |title=Rockhampton (Bajool - Port Alma Road) Pavement Widening Port Access Road |publisher=Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications |date=28 January 2022 |access-date=31 March 2022}}

The project to upgrade and seal sections of the road and construct two new bridges over Keep River and Sandy Creek was completed in late 2020 at a total cost of $87.3 million.{{cite web |url=https://investment.infrastructure.gov.au/projects/ProjectDetails.aspx?Project_id=067233-16NT-NAR |title=Keep River Plains Road Upgrade |publisher=Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications |date=9 November 2020 |access-date=30 March 2022}}

The Northern Australia Roads Program is part of the White Paper on Developing Northern Australia, a $600 million commitment to upgrade high priority roads in northern Australia.{{cite web |url=https://northernrdaalliance.com.au/2016/03/01/northernaustraliaroadsprogram/ |title=Northern Australia Roads Program |publisher=Regional Development Australia |date=2022 |access-date=27 September 2022}}

The Parliament of Australia has produced a report on transport infrastructure that includes extensive details of the Northern Australia Roads Program, among others.{{cite web |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/NorthernAustraliaAgenda/NorthernAustraliaAgenda/Report/section?id=committees%2Freportsen%2F024637%2F76223 |title=Chapter 3 Transport infrastructure |publisher=Parliament of Australia |access-date=27 September 2022}}

The Roads and Infrastructure magazine has published details of the progress of a number of projects under the Northern Australia Roads Program.{{cite web |url=https://roadsonline.com.au/tag/northern-australia-roads-program/ |title=Northern Australia Roads Program |publisher=Roads and Infrastructure magazine |date=2021 |access-date=26 September 2022}}

As Queensland projects under the Northern Australia Roads Program reach significant milestones these are reported on the Department of Transport and Main Roads website.

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• [https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/nawp-fullreport.pdf Our North, Our Future: White Paper on Developing Northern Australia]

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