Flood damage costing Queensland

The cost of repairing roads, highways and bridges damaged by the recent flooding in Queensland is expected to cost around US$2.47 billion (A$2.5 billion).
February 20, 2012 Read time: 1 min
The cost of repairing roads, highways and bridges damaged by the recent flooding in Queensland is expected to cost around US$2.47 billion (A$2.5 billion). The state government of Queensland has published a report estimating that repairing the damage caused by the floods will require some $4.94 billion of spending in total between 2010 and 2013.
Asphalt milling, paving & compaction Concrete milling, paving & compaction Road Structures

Related Content

  • US$2bn repair bill for Texas roads damaged by drilling trucks
    July 6, 2012
    Texas has been left with a US$2billion bill to repair its drill damaged roads, according to a senior state transport official. John Barton, deputy executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation, said the estimated bill illustrated the toll gas and oil production had taken on the US state's roads. Judge for the DeWitt County in South Texas, Daryl Fowler, believes DeWitt alone will require as much as US$342million to repair or substitute roads stretching 392 miles.
    Read More
  • Extra cash to fix England's winter potholes
    March 5, 2012
    Councils in England will be given more than £100 million (US$161.7 million) of extra funding to spend on repairing potholes, Transport Secretary Philip Hammond has said.
    Read More
  • Cost of Britain's road deaths and injuries
    May 15, 2012
    The UK Government’s annual report on the number of road deaths and injuries shows that 2,222 people were killed in Britain in 2009 while, according to police statistics, 24,690 were seriously injured. However, the real figure is estimated to be closer to 80,000 when data from other sources are taken into account. For the first time the government has estimated the total cost of road deaths and injuries to the economy, taking into account under-reporting of injuries by police and using other data sources.
    Read More
  • Salini Impregilo shortlisted for Rozelle Interchange and Iron Cove
    May 23, 2018
    A Salini Impregilo consortium has been shortlisted to design and build the Rozelle Interchange and Iron Cove Link as part of Sydney’s WestConnex project. WestConnex, the biggest road development in Australia, is likely to cost around US$12.6 billion. At an estimated value of about $2.65 billion, the Rozelle Interchange and Iron Cove Link was commissioned by the New South Wales state government. It will include an underground motorway interchange to City West Link and underground bypass of Victoria Roa
    Read More

Highlighted Content