A lack of progress on major infrastructure projects is further proof that the government is all talk and no action when it comes to infrastructure investment.
Shadow Minister for Infrastructure Shane Broad said the government's track record of infrastructure underspending and continual delays is hurting the state.
"How can the government spruik a COVID recovery building blitz, when they consistently fail to deliver big projects?
"The Liberals have failed to spend almost a quarter of their budgeted infrastructure funds, on average, each year they have been in government. That's putting a handbrake on job creation.
"Today, the government is out celebrating the first year of the Hobart City Deal, when all the progress report shows is another year of projects going nowhere fast.
"One of the key elements, the Hobart airport roundabout upgrade, has hit further delays, with the Government treating nearby landowners with contempt and walking away from negotiations over land access.
"Other projects outlined in the deal, including the Macquarie Point redevelopment and Bridgewater Bridge replacement, are fodder for cartoonists and comedians, with continual relaunches but little or no real progress. As well as this, Michael Ferguson is still sitting on a report about the future of Light Rail.
"Michael Ferguson is applying his trademark incompetence to the infrastructure portfolio.
"For the sake of our state, for the sake of communities relying on these projects and for the sake of badly-needed jobs, the government needs to get on with it."
Shane Broad
Shadow Minister for Infrastructure
