State and federal coffers have been cracked open to pull out $24.5 million for outback roads.

The newly-announced package will be a powerful shot in the arm for some of Queensland's most remote roads, which continue to claim hundreds of lives each year.

Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss has been touring Queensland with State Minister for Transport and Main Roads Scott Emerson, with the duo announcing the funding injection at a stop in Boulia.

The Federal Government will provide $11 million to upgrade the Queensland section of the Outback Way, improving the safety of the frequently used passage right up to the Northern Territory border.

Meanwhile, a new partnership has seen the Queensland Government provide a joint funding package with the Barcaldine, Barcoo, Blackall-Tambo, Boulia, Diamantina, Longreach and Winton Regional Councils.

The state will provide $10 million for improvements across the local government areas.

The group of council mayors is known as the Remote Area Planning and Development Board (RAPAD), and have also assigned $3.5 to the scheme.

Local Government Association of Queensland chief executive Greg Hallam said it was good to see value for money created through collaboration from all three tiers of government.

“Both the Federal and State Governments deserve praise for realising the value of contributing funds to this project but it is also the product of some tireless work by local mayors and the Remote Area Planning and Development Board in bringing attention to the economic benefits that flow from improving regional roads,” he said.

“This package not only keeps local road crews in work while the region endures a terrible drought but it will also help drive growth in the regional economy by delivering long term improvements to tourism and freight links.”

Helen Lewis from the Outback Highway Development Council said in an interview with the ABC that extra sealing will help both the tourism and trucking industries.

“The Outback Way project will be $512 million over 10 years to be sealed, however, this is a terrific start and because shires can do the work out here for $250,000 per kilometre, they can build a whole kilometre of road sealed, we can do a lot of work with the money being provided,” she said.

“The whole connectivity of the route will be enhanced, so over the next three years tourists can expect a much better travelling surface along the whole route and much better sections, so there will be sealed sections coming up throughout the route which will make the journey so much easier.”