{"id":163111,"date":"2016-11-11T13:56:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T03:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=163111"},"modified":"2020-10-01T12:16:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T02:16:00","slug":"councils-call-for-1b-for-bottlenecks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/11\/11\/councils-call-for-1b-for-bottlenecks\/","title":{"rendered":"Councils Call For $1b For Bottlenecks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ALGA president David O’Loughlin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

November 11, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Councils have renewed their calls to the Federal Government for action on freight bottlenecks on local roads and are seeking $200 million per year for five years to address the issue.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the National Local Roads and Transport Congress currently being held in Toowoomba, Australian Local Government Association president David O\u2019Loughlin said the funding would help bring local road networks up to scratch to more effectively move freight and boost transport productivity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe majority of local roads were originally designed and built decades ago. Although they\u2019re not of horse-and-cart standard, they certainly weren\u2019t built for some of the higher productivity vehicles that are on the roads today,\u201d Mayor O\u2019Loughlin said.<\/p>\n

\u201cALGA\u2019s latest State of the Assets report estimates that it would cost in the order of $19.3 billion to fix all of the substandard roads across the local road network. That is just to restore them \u2013 not improve them to the higher standards that are required by many of today\u2019s trucks.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite Councils\u2019 hard work and continued spending, without a major upgrade on local and regional freight routes, many of these roads are unlikely to ever be fit for purpose.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor trucks, this means limited access and lower productivity, which will only get worse with the freight task expected to double by 2030 and treble by 2050. As a nation, we must come up with an effective strategy to address this problem.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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