This government has built bridges at Carrathool, Gobarralong near Gundagai, three bridges on Wee Jasper Road near Tumut and promised to replace Eunony bridge.

We’ve also updated Kapooka bridge, which was a bridge people said would never be built.

We’ve tripled Roads to Recovery funding, which totals more than $77 million just across the Riverina.

In the recent budget there was nearly $600m for Melbourne to Brisbane inland rail, for the pre-construction work and land acquisition.

I've also been able to assist the process, which will hopefully result in the Riverina Inland Freight and Logistics (RIFL) Hub being built. 

I would like to see high-speed rail but I won't be promising it in this campaign.

Tim Kurylowicz, Labor: 

Labor's got a plan to put a cycleway on every new highway.

We’re a cycle-mad city, but some of our key cycling routes like Oura Road and the Olympic Highway are deathtraps.

High-speed rail is essential, just imagine what it would mean for Wagga to be 90 minutes from Sydney and Melbourne and just 45 minutes from Canberra. 

Experts say high-speed rail could be operational in 10 years if we gave it the green light and proper investment.

I welcome the Coalition’s first decent contribution to inland rail, but they’ve committed $500 million of a $10 billion project and at that rate it would take 80 years to complete.  

Kevin Poynter, Greens:

Rail is the cleanest and most efficient form of transport and although it requires capital upfront, we need to make that commitment to the future.

It’s important we look at the Wagga bypass, which is about the efficiency of freight and safety of locals.

The (NSW) Liberals announced they were doing a study on the most appropriate bypass route last year, which was the last we heard about it and the federal government needs to get involved.

An inland freight route is important and the federal government needs to fund the whole project, when essentially what they’ve committed to is thinking about it.