List: the 50 projects to lose funding under Australian government’s infrastructure spending review
The Albanese government’s review of infrastructure spending was released on Thursday, with 50 projects worth $11.6bn to lose funding across the country.
The review process found some “projects that do not demonstrate merit, lack any national strategic rationale and do not meet the government’s national investment priorities”, according to documentation released by federal Labor.
Here is the list of projects which have lost a total of about $7bn in federal government funding.
New South Wales
$5.36bn in projects lost $3.5bn in federal funding
Blaxland Road/Balaclava Road intersection improvements
Bruxner Highway – Wollongbar to Goonellabah
Commuter car park upgrade – T1 North Shore, Northern and Western line – Kingswood
Commuter car park upgrade – T1 North Shore, Northern and Western Line – St Marys
Commuter car park upgrade – Woy Woy
Great Western Highway upgrade – Katoomba to Lithgow – construction of east and west sections
Gwydir Highway improvements – planning
M7-M12 Interchange
Mulgoa Road stage 2 – Glenmore Parkway to Jeanette Street, stage 5A – Blaikie Road to Jamison Road, and stage 5B – Jamison Road to Union Road
Northern NSW Inland Port – Narrabri
Oxley Highway stage 2 – planning
Remembrance Driveway corridor upgrade – Camden council
Southern Connector Road, Jindabyne
Sydney to Newcastle (Tuggerah to Wyong) faster rail upgrade
Toowoomba to Seymour – New South Wales – Moree Intermodal Overpass
Werrington Arterial stage 2 – planning
Western City Road Transport Network Development – planning
Victoria
$4.77bn in projects lost $2.59bn in federal funding
Business case for Melbourne Inland Rail Intermodal Terminal
Calder Freeway – Gap Road to the M80 Ring Road
Camberwell Road/Monteath Avenue/Redfern Road intersection upgrade
Frankston to Baxter rail upgrade
Geelong fast rail
Goulburn Valley Highway – Shepparton bypass stage 1
Improving connectivity to Port of Melbourne – business case
McKoy Street – Hume Freeway intersection upgrade
Mornington Peninsula Freeway upgrade
Rutherglen Heavy Vehicle Alternative Route
Victorian Faster Rail corridor investigations
Western Freeway upgrade – M80 Ring Road to Ferris Road
Queensland
$450m in projects lost $230m in federal funding
Beenleigh station commuter car park, Beenleigh
Emu Swamp Dam supporting infrastructure, Stanthorpe
High Road and Easterly Street, Waterford upgrade
Kenmore roundabout upgrade
Loganlea station commuter car park, Loganlea
Mooloolah River Interchange upgrade (packages 1 and 2)
New England Highway upgrade, Cabarlah
Nicklin Way-Third Avenue connection, Caloundra
Tennant Creek to Townsville corridor upgrade – Dingo Park Road intersection upgrade
Western Australia
$527m in projects lost $317m in federal funding
Future road and rail connections for Perth
Great Southern Secondary Freight Network
Marble Bar Road upgrade
Moorine Rock to Mt Holland Road upgrades
Pinjarra Heavy Haulage Deviation – stages 1 and 2
South Australia
$494m in projects lost $400m in federal funding
Hahndorf township improvements and access upgrade
Main South Road productivity package
Old Belair Road upgrade, Mitcham
Onkaparinga Valley Road-Tiers Road-Nairne Road intersection upgrade
Truro bypass
Tasmania
$20m project lost $16m in federal funding
Old Surrey Road/Massy-Greene Drive upgrade
ACT
$3m project lost $1.5m in federal funding
Inner Canberra corridor planning package
Northern Territory
None