Greater Brisbane

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Investing in our health

$105.1 million to continue the new $1.283 billion Queensland Children’s Hospital
$29.5 million for the $52 million expansion of the Princess Alexandra Hospital’s emergency department to deliver an additional 30 beds
$27 million ($81.1 million over three years) for faster emergency care at Logan, Redland and QEII hospitals
A newborn drop-in clinic at Redcliffe and Deception Bay

More than $170 million toward the Northern Busway, which will completed in 2012
$142.3 million to start work on the $322.3 million roundabout on Airport Drive
$138.24 million toward the Buranda to Coorparoo section of the Eastern Busway and $37.8 million for the Princess Alexandra Hospital to Buranda section
$125 million to continue work on the new $315 million Houghton Highway bridge between Brighton and Redcliffe
$125 million toward the Darra to Springfield rail line and $57 million toward the construction of a third rail track between Corinda and Darra
$119.7 million to continue work on the $414.6 million duplication of the Centenary Highway between Springfield and Darra, in conjunction with the Darra to Springfield rail extension, due for completion in 2011‑12
$93.5 million in joint Queensland-Australian Government funding to begin work on stage one of the Pacific Motorway Upgrade between Springwood South and Daisy Hill, at a total cost of $421.6 million

$155.3 million to improve State schools at Bayside, Bremer, Bundamba, Durack, Glenala, Silkstone, Wynnum and Wynnum North. This is part of a significant investment in the region under the State Schools of Tomorrow initiative
$22.7 million to continue the $62.1 million upgrade of the SkillsTech Australia trade campus at Acacia Ridge
Funding for new kindergartens at Stretton, Everton Hills, Yeerongpilly, Beachmere, Forest Lake, Deception Bay, Crestmead, Rochedale South and an extended kindergarten at Carina

$32.4 million to complete the new $110.5 million courthouse, police station and watchhouse at Ipswich
$3.68 million to complete the new $4.19 million police station at Springfield, $1.96 million to complete the new $6.47 million police station at Carseldine, $2.24 million to complete the $2.8 million refurbishment of the heritage-listed Fortitude Valley Police Station and $2.44 million to progress a $2.5 million replacement police station for Camp Hill/Carina
$2.3 million to complete the $2.8 million Redland Bay Fire Station
$2.2 million for an ambulance station at Springfield
$1.8 million for the new $2 million ambulance station at Ashgrove/The Gap

$69.47 million towards the $130 million expansion of the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
$22.5 million for the South East Queensland Cycle Network
$8.4 million to complete construction of the $63.3 million Kurilpa Bridge in Brisbane’s CBD
$6.8 million for the $8.8 million redevelopment of the old Kangaroo Point TAFE site, which will provide almost 10,000 square metres of public parkland

For more information about your region, read the Greater Brisbane Regional Budget Statement (PDF 775 KB).