Investments by the Miles Labor Government in our regions aviation, marine, health, policing, education, sport, tourism, reef, environment, roads and infrastructure guarantee the future growth and economic success of our region.
Ensuring ongoing investment guarantees strong demand from a Labor perspective which enables good long term jobs.
That’s an important goal of mine, and the Miles Government.
Completed, current and planned projects that the Qld Government has funded and contributed to include:
Cairns Water Security – Stage 1 Project.
Bruce Highway, Cairns Southern Access Corridor, (Stage 5) Foster Road.
Captain Cook Highway upgrade (Cairns Central Business District to Smithfield)
Cairns Western Arterial Road, Redlynch Connector Road to Captain Cook Highway.
Kennedy Highway (Cairns to Mareeba) and Kennedy Highway (Mareeba to Ravenshoe) upgrade intersection
Kennedy Highway (Cairns to Mareeba)
Barron River bridge, pre-construction.
Aviation Precinct Expansion, including Eastern Precinct, Common User Facility and Composites Hangar.
Cairns Marine Precinct.
Expansion including HMAS Cairns Upgrades and Common User Facility.
Far North Queensland Health and Innovation Precinct, including James Cook University’s Cairns Tropical Enterprise Centre.
Cairns Hospital Mental Health Unit.
Cairns Hospital Emergency Department expansion.
Cairns Hospital expansion, including 96 additional beds and a new surgical centre and the planned Cairns Health and Innovation Centre.
Cairns Ambulance Station and Operations Redevelopment. (Delayed due to COVID)
Great Barrier Reef International Marine College Expansion.
Wangetti Trail Stage 1 completed. Stage 2 underway.
Upgrade of Barlow Park with further announcements to come.
A new facility for Meals on Wheels.
490 new community and social homes for over 55’s to be completed in 2026.
The Miles Government has approved a record $500 million in council infrastructure grants for councils right across the state for 600 projects that include housing, critical infrastructure like roads and water, waste, parks and critical planning for future growth.
The funding is part of more than $2 billion in funding from the state government to councils right across Queensland.
I will continue to advocate strongly for our community ensuring we are getting what’s needed for our community.
