Regional Queensland has again been dudded in the latest infrastructure pipeline released by Labor’s new infrastructure bureaucracy Building Queensland.
The brochure shows just one quarter of infrastructure proposals identified were located in regional Queensland.
LNP Deputy Leader Deb Frecklington said the report also showed the delivery date of many projects had now been delayed – again raising questions over the do-nothing, go-slow approach of the Palaszczuk Labor Government.
“The new brochure from Building Queensland shows just five projects have progressed in the last six months, while five projects have been delayed and one project has dropped out of consideration altogether,” Ms Frecklington said.
“In a state that has seen billions of dollars cut from infrastructure spending, this just isn’t good enough and shows Labor can’t be trusted to build the roads, bridges and dams Queensland needs.
“All we’ve seen in the last three years is a lot of talking and hot air about a $15.4 billion rail project in Brisbane with a secret business case Labor has so far refused to release.”
Ms Frecklington said regional Queensland had been shafted in this latest pipeline from Labor’s infrastructure advisory bureaucracy.
“It’s not good enough considering the vast size of Queensland that Building Queensland has only identified six projects outside of the south-east as warranting consideration,” she said.
“This government has slashed infrastructure spending from the majority of regions, including Townsville, Wide Bay and Outback Queensland.
“Sadly this infrastructure pipeline brochure shows there is very little on the horizon for the people of regional Queensland, who once again lose out to a south-east centric government that only talks about delivering infrastructure instead of actually building projects.”
