Townsville

Regional delivery — Queensland Budget 2022-23

$996.3M
Capital program
2
Tracked initiatives

Highlights

  • •$996.3M on infrastructure and capital works supporting around 3,100 jobs
  • •$232M for the Townsville Channel Capacity Upgrade
  • •$1.2B on health for Townsville Hospital and Health Services
  • •First vanadium processing plant

Health & social services

Social housing

$49.7M investment

Capital works & projects

12 projects from the Regional Delivery Plan.

Health1 project
Townsville University Hospital Adult Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit reconfiguration$17.3M (2022-23, $54.3M total)
Education1 project
Pimlico State High School$7.2M (2022-23, $12.9M total)
Transport3 projects
Townsville Ring Road (Stage 5) duplication$83.5M (2022-23, $230M total)
Burdekin River Bridge rehabilitation program$4M (2022-23, $96.9M total)
Ayr Garbutt - Upper Ross Road (Riverway Drive, Stage 2) duplication$5M (2022-23, $38.8M total)
Safety1 project
Kirwan replacement police facility (Townsville police precinct, Stage 1)$1.1M (2022-23, $30M total)
Infrastructure3 projects
Townsville Channel Capacity Upgrade (Port of Townsville)$47.8M (2022-23, $232M total)
Cairns... Haughton Pipeline Stage 2 (Burdekin River to Tom Fenwick Pump Station)$50M (2022-23, $195M total)
Burdekin Falls Dam improvement project (planning)$19.5M (2022-23, $95M total)
Environment1 project
Kidston Hydro 275kV Transmission Network Connection$140.3M (2022-23, $258.2M total)
Economy2 projects
Lansdown Eco-Industrial Precinct (enabling infrastructure)$26M (2022-23)
Vanadium common user facilityat least $10M

Source: Regional Delivery Plan. Not all projects have published amounts.

Region-specific budget initiatives

Townsville Connection Road and Bowen Road Bridge Duplication$2MNewCapitalAnnounced

Townsville drivers get a duplicated Bowen Road bridge and connection road upgrade to ease congestion and improve safety.

2022-23: $2M2023-24: $2M2024-25: $3.1M2025-26: $27.1M

General Government capital and operating, $67.9 million over 5 years. $2M in 2022-23 combines the capital ($1.940 million) and expense ($0.060 million) components.

Department of Transport and Main RoadsTransport & RoadsRegional Queensland
Priority Regional Water Infrastructure$199.5M totalNewCapitalAnnounced

Regional communities get investment in water security infrastructure such as the Cairns Water Security Program and Mount Morgan Pipeline.

General Government. $199.5 million towards priority regional water infrastructure projects (Budget Highlights). The individual project lines in BP4 show no separately disclosed 2022-23 budget-year amount (largely held centrally), so the budget-year figure is recorded as null.

Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and WaterRegional QueenslandEnvironment

Statewide measures

Most budget measures are allocated statewide rather than to individual regions. The full budget overview lists all 50 tracked initiatives, many of which deliver services in Townsville. The Regional Delivery Plan (linked below) details specific capital works and programs for this region.

Source document

Regional Delivery Plan — Townsville (PDF)

Last updated: 2026-06-21. Factual information from published budget documents.