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Article: AUSTRALIA: AUSLINK DELIVERS $4.88 BILLION FOR NEW SOUTH WALES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 9, 2006
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The Australian Federal Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads issued the following news release:
The Australian Government has increased to $4884.9 million its total land transport funding to New South Wales over the first five years of AusLink, the National Land Transport Plan. This includes an additional $960.0 million to accelerate progress on key infrastructure projects on the AusLink National Network.
Of the $4.88 billion, $2.97 billion is directed to major land transport construction projects - an increase of 171.2 per cent compared with the preceding five years. The remainder is for AusLink Network maintenance, local road upgrades, elimination of crash 'black spots' ...