A sealed road to Cape Leveque - a good or bad move?
Submitted: Thursday, Mar 09, 2017 at 11:26
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Motherhen
Two days out from a state election, I heard current Premier Colin Barnett talking about his government's promise to built a sealed all seasons road from
Broome all the way to to
Cape Leveque. This was announced at the start of the election campaign last year.
Sealed road pledge for Cape Leveque and
Funding for Broome to Cape Leveque Road.
The road from
Broome to
Cape Leveque is 200 km, of which 110 km is already sealed. The remaining 90 km will be sealed in stages at a cost of $65 million.
That's right - at a cost of $65 million; $52.5 million of Commonwealth Government funding will come from the Northern Australia Roads Programme, with the remaining $12.5 million being funded by the state government.
Will this enhance tourism in the area? Will having an all season's road benefit the communities? Will it open up opportunities for more tourism income for the communities?
Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Thursday, Mar 09, 2017 at 12:15
Thursday, Mar 09, 2017 at 12:15
Good move.
I think there's a limit to how often you can grade a sandy road - the surface must be 2 metres below the level of the land in
places.
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Reply By: Malcom M - Thursday, Mar 09, 2017 at 12:35
Thursday, Mar 09, 2017 at 12:35
They'll get a payback pretty quickly from the vastly reduced dirt road maintenance.
Exactly why
Cape York etc etc are being paved.
Bloody expensive to move men and machines into the area knowing full
well that their efforts are pretty
well ruined after the first drop of rain.
Countries run by accountants now.
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Follow Up By: Member - mechpete - Sunday, Mar 12, 2017 at 17:51
Sunday, Mar 12, 2017 at 17:51
when we were in
Bamaga in 1997
the locals were all talking about the road will be sealed from the
Jardine
to
Bamaga with in 6 mths .
Don,t hold your breath when the government starts flapping their gums
cheers mechpete
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Follow Up By: Malcom M - Monday, Mar 13, 2017 at 06:12
Monday, Mar 13, 2017 at 06:12
Yeah but since then the locals have put land claims on everything up there and the Gov has said roads are therefore their problem...
That argument has been sorted out now and sealing is going ahead below the
Jardine at a fast pace, including replacing the ferry with a
bridge.
No one said it would be quick but it is happening. Even a 100Km per year will see development and therefore a speed up of progress. Inevitable.
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Reply By: KiwiAngler - Thursday, Mar 09, 2017 at 12:43
Thursday, Mar 09, 2017 at 12:43
A cynic might argue that sealing the rest of the road would help the oil/ gas hub project go ahead at
James Price Point too !
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Follow Up By: Motherhen - Thursday, Mar 09, 2017 at 23:41
Thursday, Mar 09, 2017 at 23:41
Hi KiwiAngler, I understand that the
James Price Point Gas facility is permanently off the agenda. While the people power appears to have had a victory, Woodside withdrew because it was not financially viable.
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Follow Up By: KiwiAngler - Tuesday, Mar 14, 2017 at 13:54
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2017 at 13:54
Hi MotherHen
Yes you are correct, but history will tell us, that where there is the possibility of someone making money they will.
Whilst Woodside and more importantly their foreign financiers have stopped current negotiations (due almost entirely to the continuous actions of the people who set up and manned the "tent city" in the area) it would not surprise me to hear in the future that the subject is back on someone's board room table.
I hope i am wrong
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Reply By: Alloy c/t - Thursday, Mar 09, 2017 at 12:50
Thursday, Mar 09, 2017 at 12:50
Election promises not worth the oxygen used to expouse them , same sort of promises made in QLD on various outback 'tourist' roads , Eg .
Aramac to Torrens creek , the 30km still unsealed has been promised to be sealed by every form of politician for the last 5 elections …..less than 25mm of rain and its impassable for upto 3 days.
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Follow Up By: Member - Robert1660 - Friday, Mar 10, 2017 at 14:37
Friday, Mar 10, 2017 at 14:37
Remember the immortal words,
No Cuts to the ABC, No Cuts to SBS, No Cuts to Health and Education.
We all know what happened next!!!!!
Then again if the Commonwealth is paying or most of it promises are even easier to make!
The road is indeed more like a trench than an actual road. Opening up the peninsula would have its positives and of course its negatives. I am sure those that live there would be very pleased by an all weather route to and from
Broome.
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Reply By: Member - Rod N (QLD) - Sunday, Mar 12, 2017 at 18:01
Sunday, Mar 12, 2017 at 18:01
So now that Premier Colin Barnett is no longer in power, what will happen? Which roads did Labor promise???
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