Annual Report - Australian Automobile Association

MOTORING FACTSBudgeted Commonwealth Government Expenditure on Roads1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-001 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05$ million $ million $ million $ million $ million $ million $ million $ million $ million $ millionExpenditureNational Highways 835 736 702.54 745.48 686.73 676 776.22 754.57 795.59 805.52Roads of NationalImportance .. 87 109 123 117 141 249.27 309.41 223.01 181.21Black Spots .. 36 36 37 37 40 48.85 0 0 0Other2 8 .. 6 8 15 15 20.89 30.19 -15.94 23.98State Financial AssistanceGrants Identified for Roads 369 384 391 397 409 0 0 0 0 0Local Govt FinancialAssistance GrantsIdentified for Roads 358 374 370 377 389 407 422.32 437.90 453.36 469.77Roads to Recovery Program .. .. .. .. .. 150 302.16 302.16 302.16 152.16Total Road Expenditureon Federal Roads 1570 1626 1614 1688 1653 1429 1819.71 1834.49 1758.45 1632.92Source: Commonwealth Government Budget Papers No.1 and 3, 1995 - 2001Department of Transport and Regional Services, Unpublished data, 1995 - 2000Senate Hansard, 20 August 2001, Question 3531 (data from 2001-02 to 2004-05)Funding Rate for the Australian Land Transport Development FundIndicative portion of fuel excise spent on the National Highway SystemExcise spent on the Excise Rate on ULP Proportion of ExciseNational Highway Systemspent on the NHSCents per litre Cents per litre %1994-95 3.40 34.01 10.00%1995-96 3.16 35.80 8.83%1996-97 3.20 36.75 8.71%1997-98 3.16 36.87 8.57%1998-99 3.32 37.18 8.93%1999-00 3.10 37.75 8.21%Note: Excise rates quoted are the Commonwealth Governments share and are averaged over each financial year.16Source: Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, Various