An Albanese Labor Government\u2019s $200 million Northern Territory Strategic Roads Package will bring better economic and social opportunities to remote and regional communities across the Territory.
Road upgrades will be focused on all weather access, ensuring that remote communities have more reliable year-round connections to the services and opportunities that they need.
We have identified the Santa Teresa Road, Mereenie Loop Road, and all weather access to Maningrida, Ramingining, and the Milingimbi mainland barge ramp, as early priorities.
We will work closely with the NT Government to determine the final list of projects, ensuring Labor\u2019s investment brings the greatest possible benefit to communities across the Territory.
Not only will these upgrades bring jobs in the construction phase, they will also act as crucial enabling infrastructure, ensuring locals have more reliable access to health, education, social and sporting services across the Centre and the Top End. Labor also wants to see communities across the Territory benefit from increased tourism opportunities as the health crisis recedes.
This funding will be included in our first Budget, ensuring work can get underway as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLabor’s infrastructure investments are about creating jobs and extending opportunities to all Australians.”<\/em> “These investments will ensure local communities have year round access to the services they need.” \u201cThis is a great investment for remote communities across the Territory.”<\/em> An Albanese Labor Government\u2019s $200 million Northern Territory Strategic Roads Package will bring better economic and social opportunities to remote and regional communities across the Territory. Road upgrades will be focused on all weather access, ensuring that remote communities have more reliable year-round connections to the services and opportunities that they need. We have identified … Continue reading “Labor\u2019s $200M Northern Territory Strategic Roads Package”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15011,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15010\/revisions\/15011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201c Remote Australia is dependent on good, safe roads for accessing essential services, getting to work, or welcoming tourists.”
\u201cSadly, remote roads still have a death toll 11 times higher than those in major cities. These investments will give remote communities the connections they deserve, allowing more people to get around with greater safety.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nCatherine King, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development said:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnlike the Morrison-Joyce Government, Labor will work closely with state and territory governments to deliver the projects that bring most benefit to communities around Australia.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nMarion Scrymgour, Labor Candidate for Lingiari said:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis package of works will mean more locals can more easily access the work, education, health and recreational services we all rely on.”<\/em>
\u201cAfter the recent weather events we\u2019ve had, these investments are more important than ever.”
\u201cI know that not only will an Albanese Labor Government invest in our communities, but we\u2019ll get the work underway as soon as possible.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"