House of Assembly
Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
53
1
Parliament of South Australia
House of Assembly
published
Estimates Replies
Road Maintenance
Road Maintenance
In reply to Mr WINGARD
House of Assembly
Mitchell
Road Maintenance
In reply to Mr WINGARD (Mitchell) (23 July 2014). (Estimates Committee B)
The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN
House of Assembly
Lee
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure
Minister Assisting the Minister for Planning
Minister Assisting the Minister for Housing and Urban Development
Road Maintenance
The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Minister Assisting the Minister for Planning, Minister Assisting the Minister for Housing and Urban Development): I have been advised:
The estimated budget for 2014-15 state government funded road maintenance, rehabilitation and resurfacing is $83.1 million. The Australian government will also provide $27.9 million for the National Land Transport Network in South Australia and $2.1 million from Roads to Recovery.
In comparison the 2013-14 budget was $82.6 million from the state government and $36.3Â million from the Australian government plus $1.9 million from Roads to Recovery.
The breakdown between urban and rural roads is as follows:
| 2013-14 |
State |
Commonwealth |
Road to Recovery |
Total |
| Urban |
$24.8 m |
$13.8 m |
|
$38.6m |
| Rural |
$57.8 m |
$22.5 m |
$1.9m |
$82.2m |
| TOTAL |
$82.6m |
$36.3m |
$1.9m |
$120.8m |
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| 2014-15 |
State |
Commonwealth |
Road to Recovery |
Total |
| Urban |
$24.9 m |
$17.4 m |
|
$42.3m |
| Rural |
$58.2 m |
$10.5 m |
$2.1m |
$70.8m |
| TOTAL |
$83.1m |
$27.9m |
$2.1m |
$113.1m |
The federal Coalition government's recent budget made significant cuts to road maintenance funding for both state and local governments. Hence, the South Australian government's funding task for road maintenance has become increasingly difficult. Allocations for road maintenance from the federal government to South Australia has reduced from a total of $189.3 million over the five year period from 2008-09 to 2013-14, to a total of $139.6 million over the coming five years, a reduction of $49.7 million.
This is in addition to the decision to cut the supplementary road maintenance funding for local governments.