Queensland Inland Freight Route
# Queensland Inland Freight Route

Queensland Inland Freight Route is a proposal to upgrade the existing highways from Charters Towers to Mungindi in Queensland, Australia. It would be a quality two-lane alternative freight route to the Bruce Highway.

## Funding and program status

The estimated total cost in 2020 was $1.0 billion. The project was announced in October 2020 with an initial funding of $400 million from the Federal Government and $200 million from the Queensland Government. In the 2021 Budget the Queensland Government indicated that half of its funding had been allocated to a future priorities funding commitment. The project is at the detailed planning stage. Infrastructure Australia has set the project status as long-term (10 to 20 years).

## Type of work

Works to be undertaken would include pavement straightening, road widening, new alignments, overtaking lanes and new or upgraded bridges.

## Proposed route

The route would follow the Gregory Highway from Charters Towers to Springsure, the Dawson Highway to Rolleston, and the Carnarvon Highway to Mungindi, a distance of almost 1,200 kilometres (750 mi). The section from Charters Towers to St George is part of the Great Inland Way, a State Strategic Touring Route.

