The Australian Government is investing $13.4 billion into Queensland to fund major projects including:

• the Bruce Highway, with 45 new projects or programmes including major upgrades, new overtaking lanes, rest areas and targeted safety improvements;
• Gateway Motorway North, which will ease congestion, enhance safety and increase access to and from the Bruce Highway from Northern Brisbane and the Port of Brisbane;
• Toowoomba Second Range Crossing, providing a 41 kilometre alternative crossing of the Toowoomba range that will remove traffic from the Toowoomba town centre and cutting up to 40 minutes of travel time;
• Warrego Highway, upgrades between Toowoomba and Miles;
• Ipswich Motorway, (Rocklea to Darra); and
• Cape York Regional Package, which will upgrade and weather-proof a range of community infrastructure projects in Cape York. Since the 2013 Federal Election, the Government has made significant commitments in Queensland as outlined in this map.

Through the Australian Government's Fix the Bruce Highway Policy, funding will be provided for new and existing projects, including major upgrade works, realignments, strengthening and widening of roads, plus a range of safety and efficiency measures to target crash black spots and to provide additional overtaking lanes and rest areas. The Commonwealth is providing up to $6.7 billion through to 2022‑23. This multi-billion dollar investment will go a long way towards addressing serious deficiencies that have plagued the Bruce Highway for too long. The investment will improve flood immunity, target congestion and capacity constraints by investing in more overtaking lanes, interchange upgrades and the construction of additional lanes. Major construction projects include the Mackay Ring Road, Cooroy to Curra ‑ Section C, Caloundra Road to Sunshine Motorway ‑ Stage 1, Cattle and Frances Creeks upgrade, Yellow Gin Creek upgrade and Sandy Gully Bridge upgrade, and the Cairns Southern Access Corridor ‑ Stage 2. The investment will also include construction of new overtaking lanes and rest areas and targeted safety improvements at known crash black spots along the highway.

The Gateway Motorway North project will provide substantial relief for motorists through reduced congestion, queuing and delays and reduced crash rates. It will provide significant productivity benefits for freight movements, particularly heavy vehicle movements to and from the Bruce Highway and the industrial/commercial precincts in Northern Brisbane and to the Port of Brisbane.

The project involves a major upgrade of the Gateway Motorway including:

• widening 11.3 kilometres of Brisbane's Gateway Motorway to six lanes between Nudgee and Bracken Ridge;
• reconfiguring the Nudgee Interchange;
• duplication of Deagon Deviation, including a new overpass and on-ramp incorporating ramp metering provisions;
• new bridges over Nundah Creek and widened bridges over the Bicentennial Road Interchange and Sandgate Road/Shorncliffe Railway line; and
• construction of off-road cycle/pedestrian facilities, Intelligent Transport Systems, and noise and amenity improvements.

The Australian Government is contributing up to $1 billion to the Gateway Motorway North project, with construction to start in late-2014 and expected to take around three years to complete.

The Australian Government has committed up to $1.285 billion towards the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing in southern Queensland. The Government will support up to 80 per cent of the public construction cost of the project, following private sector engagement.

The new link is expected to be a toll road and will provide a far superior range-crossing for freight vehicles to the existing Warrego Highway range-crossing, which will remain open for standard vehicles. The project is expected to be delivered as a public private partnership with construction expected to commence in mid-2015.

The approximately 41 kilometre long project is expected to include:

• a two-lane dual carriageway from Helidon to a tunnel on the eastern approaches to the range summit;
• a three-lane dual carriageway to the Warrego Highway at Charlton;
• two 695 metre-long tunnels;
• a single-lane dual carriageway from Charlton to the Gore Highway; and
• intersection works to link with the existing road network.

The existing Toowoomba route requires traffic to pass through the Toowoomba town centre and the associated 16 sets of traffic lights. It is estimated that the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing will cut up to 40 minutes off travel times for heavy vehicles.

The project will help drive Queensland and Australia's economic growth by creating jobs and providing a gateway to the state's resource-rich Surat Basin and the agricultural food bowls of the Darling Downs.