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Government to Create Statutory Authority to Deliver Cross River Rail

Last updated: 24/01/23 at 1:46 AM
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The Queensland Government today announced plans to establish an authority to deliver Cross River Rail, which has been classified as the number one priority infrastructure project for Queensland.

The new rehashed version of the previous BaT tunnel proposal will be similar to the original 10.2 kilometre Cross River Rail proposal which was announced seven years ago.

Acting Premier Jackie Trad and Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe announced the Queensland Government was continuing to drive the delivery of Cross River Rail and build the much-needed inner-city rail link from Dutton Park to Bowen Hills.

At both a State and Federal level, Cross River Rail has been identified as a critical infrastructure project required to address capacity constraints in our rail network and avoid increased congestion and reduced productivity in the South East Queensland economy.

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“Cross River Rail is not only a critical infrastructure project but also a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reshape Brisbane through this major city-making initiative,” Ms Trad said.

“With South East Queensland’s population set to grow to 4.9 million by 2036, Cross River Rail is the state’s number one infrastructure project to boost network capacity in the region and unlock economic opportunity and productivity for our state.

“Almost half the state’s total jobs growth will occur in Brisbane and without an effective transport system to accommodate growth, Infrastructure Australia estimate the cost of congestion in the region could total $9 billion each year.

“Once operational, Cross River Rail will provide the equivalent capacity of a 30-lane highway and will provide faster and more effective connections to jobs throughout the region.

“The Queensland Government has also agreed to establish a Cross River Rail Delivery Authority to take the politics out of delivering this critical infrastructure project.

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“As our Government has said publicly many times, major infrastructure projects of this scale require cooperation, support and funding from all three levels of government.

“That’s why we have asked the Federal Government and Brisbane City Council to partner with us, along with private capital, to deliver this vital second rail river crossing that will ensure our city has the rail infrastructure it needs to accommodate future population growth.

“We want every level of government to have a seat at the table to drive collaboration, innovation and coordination so that along with delivering much needed transport infrastructure, we also reshape our city with places and spaces for our growing population to live, work and play.”

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Mr Hinchliffe said the updated business case based on the new alignment would be completed in mid-2016.

“The new 10.2 kilometre alignment announced today, including 5.9 kilometres of tunnel, is built on planning from previous projects and will unlock network capacity to meet forecast passenger demand and accommodate future growth,” Mr Hinchliffe.

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Proposed Cross River Rail Alignment

According to the Queensland Government, the alignment is proposed to be similar to the original proposal in 2010, with stations at Boggo Road, Woolloongabba, Albert Street, Roma Street and Exhibition at Brisbane Showgrounds.

“Over the next 20 years rail demand will increase threefold in South East Queensland and without major investment in the inner-city rail network by 2021, there will be no capacity to increase services during our busiest times and passengers will face overcrowding on platforms and trains.

“The Queensland Government has fast-tracked the business case for our number one priority infrastructure project and announced plans to establish a delivery authority to ensure the project is built.

“The Queensland Government is serious about investing in major public transport infrastructure that will ease congestion and drive economic productivity and growth and will establish an authority to ensure this project is no longer hostage to political point scoring.

“The plan we’ve announced today will also engage all levels of government, along with the private sector and local community to drive innovative planning.

“The Cross River Rail project is expected to provide 1,600 jobs each year during construction and, with an anticipated construction timeframe of five years, the project could generate more than 8,000 jobs for Queenslanders.”

The new delivery authority will lead the development, procurement and delivery of Cross River Rail and support wider economic and social outcomes for the transformational project.

The authority will seek federal, state and local government co-investment and private sector participation as funding, financing and delivery partners.

The Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning and the Department of Transport and Main Roads are co-sponsoring investigations to finalise the preferred delivery model and specialist advisers from KPMG and Clayton Utz have been engaged.

A full range of options are being canvassed including using a dedicated government office, establishing a Statutory Authority or a Government Owned Company (enabled by Corporations Act). These options will be presented to government for consideration shortly.

The Cross River Rail project team will engage with the community later this year.

A new website has been set up and can be accessed here.

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  • Charles Brown says:
    7 April 2016 at 5:12 pm

    Surely these endless rehashes of essentially the same tunnel are costing tax payers a fortune? And besides, what about the metro? Will it never be heard of again? This route is almost exactly the same.

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  • Jo says:
    17 April 2016 at 5:20 am

    The Metro will never happen, it was proposed by LNP council purely to win votes with the knowledge that it would never be anything more than a thought bubble. The plan sought to cannibalise the existing state owned busways, replacing them with an inferior service in terms of capacity and dwell times and forcing passengers to change from bus to metro less than a kilometre from there destination. Cross river rail has always been the best solution for the city, but successive governments have derailed its progress and withheld funding for political purposes, This decision will hopefully go some way to ensuring it finally gets built.

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