Travelling to Hervey Bay is About to Cost More
The Federal Governmetn has admitted that the cost of further improvements to the Pacific Highway will soon have to be borne by the users of the highway. The Government hopes to have converted the highway to four lanes all the way by 2016 but without the extra funding that would come from tolls that deadline may not be met.
The Minister for Transport cited increasing costs of raw materials, land resumptions and a lack of competitiveness between contractors as reasons for the increased cost in road building.
How many people in Hervey Bay have family who travel that highway every year when they come to visit?
