Roads of Strategic Importance (ROSI) is a $5.8 billion initiative of the Australian Government designed to help connect regional businesses to local and international markets, and to better connect regional communities. The source for this article is an Australian Government website titled "Roads of Strategic Importance". Funding by the Australian Government is up to 80% of total costs, with the remainder being met by state, territory and local governments. ROSI reserves $1.5 billion for projects in

Northern Australia The unofficial geographic term Northern Australia includes those parts of Queensland and Western Australia north of latitude 26th parallel south, 26° and all of the Northern Territory. Those local government areas of Western Australia and Q ...

, building on the benefits being delivered by the Northern Australia Roads Program and the Northern Australia Beef Roads Program.

Types of work

ROSI is ensuring that key freight roads efficiently connect agricultural and mining regions to ports, airports and other transport hubs. The work undertaken includes bridge and culvert construction, road widening, sealing, overtaking lanes and pavement renewal.

Strategic corridors

Most ROSI projects are grouped within defined corridors, which are listed separately in alphabetic sequence for each of Northern and Southern Australia. A corridor includes roads and related infrastructure associated with the efficient operation of the principal highway or road in the corridor. Each corridor listed contains zero to many projects, some of which pertain to a single road while others cover multiple roads and/or related infrastructure.

Northern Australia corridors

* to (2 projects) *

Alice Springs Alice Springs () is a town in the Northern Territory, Australia; it is the third-largest settlement after Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin and Palmerston, Northern Territory, Palmerston. The name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William ...

to (7 projects) * Alice Springs to (5 projects) * to

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...

(NT) border (3 projects) * to (3 projects) * to (1 project) *

Mid-west The Midwestern United States (also referred to as the Midwest, the Heartland or the American Midwest) is one of the four census regions defined by the United States Census Bureau. It occupies the northern central part of the United States. It ...

secondary freight network (1 project) *

Mount Isa Mount Isa ( ) is a city in the Gulf Country region of Queensland, Australia. It came into existence because of the vast mineral deposits found in the area. Mount Isa Mines (MIM) is one of the most productive mines in world history, based on co ...

to (2 projects) * to (6 projects) * NT gas industry roads upgrades (1 project) * to (7 projects) * Townsville to (11 projects)

Southern Australia corridors

* to (1 project) * Barton Highway (1 project) * to (1 project) * to Robinvale (2 projects) *

Great Northern Highway Great Northern Highway is an Australian highway that links Western Australia's capital city Perth with its northernmost port, Wyndham. With a length of almost , it is the longest highway in Australia, with the majority included as part of the ...

– bypass (1 project) * Great southern secondary freight network * Green triangle (2 projects) * to (4 projects) *

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

to (2 projects) * to (6 projects) * to (1 project) * to

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

(SA) border (1 project) *

Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...

n roads package (15 projects) * to (7 projects) * to (1 project) * Toowoomba to (17 projects) * Wheatbelt secondary freight network (1 project)

Non-corridor initiatives

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

(11 projects) *

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

(16 projects) * South Australia (1 project) * Victoria (4 projects) *

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

(1 project)

ROSI projects

For each corridor or project in the source document with a link indicator (underline) there is a linked Project Description web page or PDF document. The project description shows some or all of the following details: * Benefits * Funding * Timetable * Status One named corridor has no associated projects, and several named projects have no linked Project Description. This article will be updated when further details become available.

Queensland projects

Refer to Roads of Strategic Importance in Queensland for a list of ROSI projects in Queensland. The document shows which projects have been copied to relevant Wikipedia articles. The project "Cairns to NT border corridor – Ootann Road Sealing", which is not identified in the source document for this article, has been copied to the relevant Wikipedia article.

Parliamentary report

The Parliament of Australia has produced a report on transport infrastructure that includes extensive details of the Roads of Strategic Importance Initiative, among others.

References

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External links

Our North, Our Future: White Paper on Developing Northern Australia
Roads in Australia Lists of roads in Australia