Roads of Strategic Importance
The Australian Government will invest $4.5 billion, including $1 billion of additional funding committed in the 2019-20 Budget, to the Roads of Strategic Importance (ROSI) initiative to help connect regional businesses to local and international markets, and better connect regional communities.
ROSI will ensure our key freight roads efficiently connect agricultural and mining regions to ports, airports and other transport hubs. It will deliver works such as road sealing, flood immunity, strengthening and widening, pavement rehabilitation, bridge and culvert upgrades and road realignments.
Improved access provided through ROSI will deliver substantial social and economic benefits, including opportunities for greater regional employment and business growth.
On 13 October 2018, the Government released the ROSI Investment Principles PDF: 1168 KB 
, which set out the objectives for investment through ROSI.
ROSI will support upgrades to the following 26 key freight corridors, and approximately 50 other ROSI initiatives across Australia:
ROSI Corridors
Northern Australia
- Adelaide River to Wadeye
- Alice Springs to Darwin
- Alice Springs to Hall Creek - Northern Territory
- Alice Springs to Hall Creek - Western Australia
- Cairns to Northern Territory Border
- Cooktown to Weipa
- Karratha to Tom Price
- Mount Isa to Rockhampton
- Newman to Katherine - Northern Territory
- Newman to Katherine - Western Australia
- Tennant Creek to Townsville - Queensland
- Tennant Creek to Townsville - Northern Territory
- Townsville to Roma
Southern Australia
- Ballarat to Ouyen
- Barton Highway
- Cockburn to Burra
- Echuca to Robinvale
- Great Northern Highway - Bindoon Bypass
- Green Triangle
- Hobart to Sorell
- Melbourne to Mildura
- Port Augusta to Perth – South Australia
- Port Augusta to Perth – Western Australia
- Renmark to Gawler
- Stawell to the South Australian Border
- Tasmanian Roads Package
- Bass Highway Upgrade – Marrawah to Wynyard
- Bass Highway Upgrade – Cooee to Wynyard
- Birralee Road Upgrade – Westbury to Frankford
- Illawarra Main Road Upgrade
- Lyell Highway Upgrade – Queenstown to Strahan
- Murchison Highway Upgrade
- Old Surrey Road/Massy – Greene Drive Upgrades
- Tasman Highway Sideling Upgrade
- Tenterfield to Newcastle
- Toowoomba to Ipswich
- Toowoomba to Seymour – New South Wales
- Toowoomba to Seymour – Queensland
- Toowoomba to Seymour - Victoria
- Wheatbelt Secondary Freight Network
Other ROSI Initiatives
Queensland
- Bargara Road Upgrade, Bundaberg
- Biloea Heavy Vehicle Bypass
- Burnnett Highway-Gayndah-Mount Perry Road-Wetherton Road Intersection Upgrade
- Delusion Creek Bridge Upgrade, Camboon
- Emu Swamp Dam Supporting Infrastructure, Stanthorpe
- Gogango Creek Bridge, Gogango
- Isis Overtaking Lanes
- John Petersen Bridge Upgrade, Mundubbera
- New England Highway Upgrade, Cabarlah
- Quay Street Upgrade, Bundaberg
- Rosedale Road and Winfield Road Intersection Upgrade, Watalgan
- Stanage Bay Road Upgrade, Shoalwater Bay
- Shute Harbour Road Upgrades
- Theodore Water Treatment Plant Supporting Infrastructure, Theodore
- Torbanlea Pialba Road Upgrade
- Urraween/Boundary Road Extension
- Willies Creek Royles Road Upgrade, Bingegang
New South Wales
- Bucketts Way
- Clarence Town Road – Raymond Terrace to Dungog
- Dixons Long Point Crossing
- Englands Road Upgrade, Coffs Harbour
- Hayes Road Bridge Upgrade, Kyogle
- Kyogle Bridges Package
- Lorne Road Upgrade – Kew to Comboyne
- Murrabrine Bridge Upgrade, Cobargo
- The Hatch Road Upgrade, The Hatch
- Warren Road Upgrade – Coonamble to Warren
- Whipstick Bridge Upgrade, Wyndham
Victoria
- Bannockburn Township Entrance Safety Project, Bannockburn
- Bonang Road upgrade, Bonang
- Buangor-Ben Nevis Road upgrade – Buangor to Ben Nevis
- McKoy Street-Hume Freeway Intersection Upgrade, Wodonga
South Australia
- Onkaparinga Valley Road-Tiers Road-Nairne Road Intersection Upgrade
- Long Valley Road Upgrade – Mount Barker to Strathalbyn