Investing in the N1

The Government has committed $8.6 billion to upgrade N1 through the Nation Building Program. In the 2009‑10 Budget, the Government is making a number of further strategic investments in the N1 including:

• $618 million for the Kempsey Bypass on the Pacific Highway in New South Wales
• $488 million to duplicate a 12‑kilometre section of the Bruce Highway in Queensland between Cooroy and Curra.
• $1.5 billion to build the Hunter Expressway — 40 kilometres of dual carriageway between the F3 and the New England Highway and near Branxton in New South Wales
• $884 million towards the Ipswich Motorway near Brisbane.

These additional commitments take the Government's investment in the N1 to $12 billion.