6Decisions concerning road funding

6 Decisions concerning road funding

6 Decisions concerning road funding

In deciding how money is to be applied in accordance with the statutory trust under section 5, regard shall be had to the following matters—

(a) the need for the benefits that flow from expenditure to exceed the expenditure involved,

(b) the need for safe roads and the need to encourage road safety,

(c) the need for roads that will increase the competitiveness of industries in the State, particularly industries producing goods for export or goods that will compete with imports on the Australian market,

(d) the need for roads that will facilitate and encourage travel in the State for tourist purposes,

(e) the need to improve road network efficiency,

(f) the need to reduce road maintenance costs,

(g) the need to preserve the integrity of communities,

(h) the need to develop and improve the efficient and effective operations of transport interchanges,

(i) the need to provide alternative off-road parking facilities adjacent to major arterial roads to enable bus lanes and transit lanes to be created,

(j) the need to improve the efficiency of movement of public transport along major arterial roads.

s 6: Am 1995 No 15, Sch 1 [8].