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| Less talk more action on roads, says Leighton chief Addressing 200 road industry leaders at the Australian Road Forum annual lunch in Sydney, Leighton Holdings Chief Executive, Wal King, has called on state and federal governments to stop talking and start delivering major infrastructure projects such as roads. He said lack of action on the backlog of infrastructure projects, coupled with poor co-ordination between governments on the scheduling of these projects, was a significant roadblock to prosperity and job security. "The backlog in investment in water, energy, land transport and other major infrastructure that CEDA puts at $25 billion is denying us higher productivity and wealth creation, " King said. "The problem is not a lack of capacity in the construction industry, but the lack of co-ordination between state and federal governments to ensure that as each stage of a major project is completed - from the bid to construction to delivery - another is ready to go, " he said. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |