Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington says it will take 15 years to complete, but the plan will create 100,000 jobs and will begin with a 'detailed planning study'.
Queensland Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington has promised to expand the Bruce Highway if the LNP wins government at next month's election.She says the 15-year improvement work would create 100,000 jobsThe highway would be upgraded from Far North Queensland down to Gympie at the northern end of the Sunshine Coast, a project expected to take 15 years to complete.
"We will make Queensland's most important road, Queensland's best road, we'll make the Bruce safer, stronger and better for business," Ms Frecklington said."I'm quite sure there will be many people who look forward to a safer Bruce — particularly those families of the [people who] lose their lives each and every year," she said.Flooding is a major issue along stretches of the Bruce Highway in northern Queensland.
"[It] is hardly a world-class road in a world-class country and state like Queensland," he told ABC Radio Brisbane. "This announcement is just another unfunded Deb Frecklington fantasy with no Federal Government funding attached to it," Mr Bailey said.
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