DELIVERING BETTER ROADS FOR QUEENSLAND'S BEEF COUNTRY

BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 25 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement:

Acting Minister for Transport and Main Roads

The Honourable Tim Mander

* Safer and more reliable roads are supporting communities and industry, with main construction now complete on the first early works project under the $500 million Central Queensland Beef Roads Program. * Athree-kilometre section of Clermont-Alpha Road north of Alpha has now been sealed, improving safety and reliability for drivers and freight operators. * The early works package targets four key freight routes in Central Queensland, with construction on three of these projects already underway. * TheAlbanese and Crisafulli Governments ar...