AusLink
AusLink is a former Government of Australia land transport funding program, that operated between June 2004 and 2009. The former program was administered by the former Department of Transport and Regional Services. In 2009, the program was replaced with the Nation Building Program under the Nation Building Program (National Land Transport) Act 2009. The Nation Building Program was administered by the Department of Infrastructure and Transport and that program was replaced by The National Land Transport Network, as determined by the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development under the National Land Transport Act 2014. Legislative Framework AusLink was administered under the AusLink (National Land Transport) Act 2005, until the 2005 legislation was superseded by the Infrastructure Australia Act 2008, the Nation Building and Jobs Plan (State Infrastructure Delivery) Act 2009, the Nation-building Funds Act 2008 and the Nation Building Program (National Land Transport) Act 2009. Road funding Major projects completed as part of the AusLink program and information on the funding projects in the states and territories Sydney to Melbourne Hume Highway Holbrook bypass ($320m: $110m contribution by NSW) - completed in August 2013. Hume Freeway Craigieburn bypass ($320m: $110m contribution by VIC) - completed in December 2005. Brisbane to Sydney Pacific Highway Bulahdelah bypass ($315m: $11m contribution by NSW) - construction completed in 2013. Pacific Highway Kempsey bypass ($618m) - Construction completed in 2014. Pacific Highway Sapphire to Woolgoolga upgrade ($700m: $88m contribution by NSW) - 25 km upgrade north of Coffs Harbour, construction completed in 2014. Pacific Highway Ballina bypass ($640m: $114 contribution by NSW) - Construction completed in 2012. Pacific Highway Banora Point upgrade ($360m: $60m contribution by NSW) - Construction completed in 2012. Hunter Expressway ($1.7bn: $200m contribution by NSW). Construction completed 2013. Melbourne to Adelaide Western Highway Melton to Bacchus Marsh Freeway ($450m) - Construction completed in 2012. Brisbane to Darwin Toowoomba Bypass ($43m) - Planning commenced in 2008. Dubbo to Sydney Great Western Highway Woodford to Wentworth Falls duplication - due for completion in 2014 Canberra connectors Barton Highway duplication - construction start date not announced (as of June 2014) Murrumbateman Bypass ($20m) - project funding not yet approved. Rail funding Rail funding has been announced for the following projects (Auslink project search) $550 million from AusLink and additional Australian Rail Track Corporation funds for an upgrade the 684 km of AusLink Network track and signalling along the North Coast railway line from Maitland to Brisbane to reduce transit times substantially and to permit more trains to operate safely on the largely single track line. $192 million through the Australian Rail Track Corporation for a new access route for freight trains through the south-western Sydney metropolitan area from Macarthur to Chullora, the Southern Sydney Freight Line project. $110 million on the RailCorp metropolitan track system towards improving rail access for freight trains on the Main Northern railway line between Strathfield and Hornsby as part of the Northern Sydney Freight Corridor project. Some of these funds will be available during the later part of the