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Port of Brisbane - freight rail

Started by ozbob, October 17, 2023, 01:02:43 AM

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Couriermail --> Trucks to choke roads as Qld, federal governments dither on crucial rail link to Port of Brisbane $

QuoteNine years after it was first flagged, work is yet to start on a major rail link to Queensland's busiest industrial site – and it could lead to heavy-vehicle chaos.

Millions more trucks will choke Brisbane's roads as the state government pockets $16m in commonwealth cash supposed to be spent analysing how to link the Port of Brisbane with Australia's Inland Rail network.

A dedicated freight link to the Port of Brisbane was discussed for decades before it was listed by Infrastructure Australia in 2016 as an essential project that should be built by 2026.

Following nine years of delay, the project is again on hold while the federal government reviews its infrastructure priorities. ...
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HappyTrainGuy

Yet to start??? There's no point. Aurizon only ran a train there for the first time in years and inland rail won't be on the cards for at least another decade and by then another route could be selected.

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