ALC welcomes infrastructure budget announcements

The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) has welcomed the Budget announcement relating to Infrastructure Australia, which they claim will lead to a national approach to the finding and construction of logistics infrastructure.

“ALC is particularly pleased that Infrastructure Australia’s (IA) funding will be increased by nearly 40 per cent to $36 million over four years”, said ALC CEO, Michael Kilgariff.

“ALC agrees this should allow IA to expand its work to include providing independent policy advice on national infrastructure reform, while working with governments and the private sector to develop a deeper ‘pipeline’ of priority infrastructure projects in the Australian market.

“ALC is pleased the Government has decided that Infrastructure Australia will be the Productivity Commission for infrastructure and so lead the development of the infrastructure necessary for the Australia of the 21st century,” he said.

Mr Kilgariff also noted that funds have been set aside to assist the implementation of the National Port and Freight Strategies in 2011-12 to develop a seamless national freight network to increase Australia’s competitiveness, lower costs and minimise congestion on road and rail networks.

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