Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I'm sure you will be pleased to hear that the town of Katherine, the gateway to the region, has a strong tourism sector, schools and health facilities that will all benefit from the investments that we're making. We haven't just stopped with expenditure on the projects I mentioned earlier. We've committed $139 million to upgrades to the Outback Way. We've got upgrades to roads that tourists use in some of the most spectacular parts of our beautiful nation, including the town of Alice. We have 26 projects under construction, and on those, together with the 12 we've completed, we've committed more than $395 million. We've also committed more than $30 million to build the Tiger Brennan Drive and Berrimah Road overpass to ensure a safer commute for the 20,000 motorists that use it. The project will see up to 155 jobs at the peak of the works, and it will take nearly two years to complete.