Cross River Rail Project

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Brisbanetimes --> Bailey defends $960 million Cross River Rail cost blowout, delays

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Couriermail --> Transport Minister Mark Bailey defends Cross River Rail budget blowout $

Anyone promising to build a mega project on time and on budget amid the turmoil of the last three years is a "bulls**t artist" Transport Minister Mark Bailey has declared, as he defended the $960m Cross River Rail blowout.

He was adamant also that the delays and cost blowouts miring Cross River Rail won't be repeated across Queensland's significant construction pipeline — which includes billions in dollars for Olympic Games, energy, housing, hospital and transport projects.

Mr Bailey also said the government did not expect "any further movement" on the timing and price tag of the 10.2 kilometre rail line from Dutton Park to Bowen Hills.

But the independent analysis ordered by the state government into Cross River Rail won't be released publicly.

The state government on Friday revealed the cost of Cross River Rail had increased by $960m, pushing the total budget from $5.4bn to $6.3bn. ...

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https://twitter.com/railbotforum/status/1642173626245054464




 

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Cross River Rail project blows the budget with cost of new network now more than $6 billion | 7NEWS

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https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tableOffice/questionsAnswers/2023/175-2023.pdf

Question on Notice
No. 175
Asked on 15 March 2023

MR R STEVENS ASKED MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND MAIN ROADS (HON M BAILEY)

QUESTION:

Will the Minister advise (a) if Ian Haug and Darren Middleton (or their representatives) were paid
for their recent performance in the Cross River Rail Albert Street station and (b) if so, the amount
paid?

ANSWER:

I thank the Member for Mermaid Beach for the question.

Neither Mr Ian Haug nor Mr Darren Middleton (or their representatives) were paid for their
performance.

[Stillwater]

This is a great (and honest) quote from Mr Bailey:

Anyone promising to build a mega project on time and on budget amid the turmoil of the last three years is a "bulls**t artist" Transport Minister Mark Bailey has declared, as he defended the $960m Cross River Rail blowout.

Self assessment is always edifying, sometimes humiliating.

[Jonno]

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https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tableOffice/questionsAnswers/2023/175-2023.pdf

Question on Notice
No. 175
Asked on 15 March 2023

MR R STEVENS ASKED MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND MAIN ROADS (HON M BAILEY)

QUESTION:

Will the Minister advise (a) if Ian Haug and Darren Middleton (or their representatives) were paid
for their recent performance in the Cross River Rail Albert Street station and (b) if so, the amount
paid?

ANSWER:

I thank the Member for Mermaid Beach for the question.

Neither Mr Ian Haug nor Mr Darren Middleton (or their representatives) were paid for their
performance.

so what if they were!! This is the level of transport debate in QLD!!!

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https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/events/han/2023/2023_04_18_DAILY.pdf

Queensland Parliament Questions Without Notice

Minister for Transport and Main Roads

Dr MacMAHON: My question is to the Minister for Transport. The CFMEU has labelled the
minister's management of Cross River Rail project as 'dysfunctional' and has called for the minister to
be replaced. What is the minister's response to the CFMEU's calls for him to be replaced?

Mr ACTING SPEAKER: The House will come to order. I call the minister.

An opposition member: Send them an email!

Mr BAILEY: Thank you, Mr Acting Speaker.

Mr Mander interjected.

Mr ACTING SPEAKER: Pause the clock. I am going to reset the clock to three minutes because
the minister had not even started and the interjections kicked off. Member for Everton, you are warned
under the standing orders.

Mr BAILEY: There are so many different ways I could answer that question. I have made it very
clear. I have made a range of comments in relation to this matter. The fact is that the safety record of
the Cross River Rail project is well below industry standards. There are very strong provisions on the
site.

Let me just say this: I will always work with all of the representatives and workers across the
unions when they raise safety issues. You can never be complacent about safety particularly on
construction sites. They are dangerous projects—construction. You always have to be on your guard.
I will always make sure that any safety concerns are appropriately looked at and investigated and
explored.

I will always work with the representatives of the workers. I will not undermine this project like the
member for South Brisbane does regularly. We are building a whole new underground rail line for
South-East Queensland in Brisbane—cut by those opposite when they were in power and promised to
be cut by them because that is all they believe in. It is in their DNA—you cut Cross River Rail and you
would do it again.

I will always make sure that safety is our top priority. The member for South Brisbane only needs
to look at the record of this project and it is well below industry standards. I want it to stay that way right through to the end. I might say to this point all of the tunnelling has been completed. We are doing the station boxes at the moment. We are closing up the station boxes, so there is still heavy work to be done. A lot of the heavy work has been completed, but there is still some to do. Safety will always be my No. 1 concern.

Everybody knows that I believe that this project is awesome. It is awesome. It will transform travel
in South-East Queensland and Brisbane with a whole new underground rail line. It has been important
for our population growth, as well as the games coming up. I will always make safety a top priority for me and for the delivery authority.

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PRIVILEGE
Correction to Record of Proceedings

Hon. MC BAILEY (Miller—ALP) (Minister for Transport and Main Roads) (11.10 am): I rise on a
matter of privilege suddenly arising from my previous answer. It has just come to my attention that I
may have misspoke. In my answer I meant to say that the number of injuries and safety instances were
well below what is usual in this standard. I think I misspoke. We are in fact well above safety standards, not below them. We have had a lot fewer instances on this project, Cross River Rail, than is usual in the industry and we are well above the standard. I just wanted to clarify that if I misspoke.

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[HappyTrainGuy]

Heard that there was cement demolition/removal works being undertaken at Normanby today without water suppression. I guess that would tie in with below industry standards

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CRR Tunnel & Stations Community Update April 2023

> https://backontrack.org/docs/crr/com_updates/crrcomupdate0423.pdf PDF 14.9mb

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We can't stop watching 🔁 Our twin tunnels now have track completely laid all the way from Boggo Road to the Northern Portal, and they look fantastic!

Posted by Cross River Rail on Friday, 21 April 2023

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Construction Update: Cross River Rail Underground Sites - Plus Boggo Road Bridge, Dutton Park
(Not official)

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https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tableOffice/questionsAnswers/2023/251-2023.pdf

Question on Notice
No. 251
Asked on 28 March 2023

MR R STEVENS ASKED MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND MAIN ROADS (HON M BAILEY)

QUESTION:

Will the Minister advise for each Cross River Rail station (a) if the station box has been designed
for a multi-storey development directly above and (b) if so, the size of that development?

ANSWER:

I thank the Member for Mermaid Beach for the question.

Consistent with the functions of the Cross River Rail Delivery Authority Act 2016, technical
planning for the delivery of the rail infrastructure has been integrated with Cross River Rail Priority
Development Area (PDA) regulatory planning to support appropriate precinct development.
For the Roma Street, Albert Street and Woolloongabba PDAs, development opportunities are
available directly adjacent to the Cross River Rail stations. At Boggo Road, specific provision has
been made to accommodate both direct over station and adjacent development, with direct over
station development designed to accommodate building loads equivalent to a 12-storey building,
with the most onerous loads for commercial/science/medical, or educational uses. Alternative
lighter weight building configurations can also be accommodated to achieve maximum Boggo
Road PDA development scheme heights at this location—of approximately 14 storeys.

To support development in the PDAs, in December 2019 the Honourable Kate Jones, then
Minister for Innovation and Tourism Industry Development and Minister for Cross River Rail
released the Cross River Rail Precincts Delivery Strategy. This strategy—the culmination of
comprehensive stakeholder engagement and global research—provides the guiding principles
for precinct development in each of the Cross River Rail PDAs.

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https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tableOffice/questionsAnswers/2023/295-2023.pdf

Question on Notice
No. 295
Asked on 29 March 2023

MS F SIMPSON ASKED MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND MAIN ROADS (HON M BAILEY)

QUESTION:

With reference to the Cross River Rail project—
Will the Minister provide details for any variations in the contracts with the PULSE consortium,
UNITY Alliance and Hitachi Rail STS in the last two years including the nature and cost of the
variation?

ANSWER:

I thank the Member for Maroochydore for the question.
The specifics of contract values and any variations within an overall funding envelope for delivery
of major infrastructure projects are commercial-in-confidence.

[kram0]

That's code for a cost blowout

[SurfRail]

No it isn't.

Variations are a contractual matter between the supplier and the client and price isn't the only reason why commercial enterprises and the State may not want that out in the public realm.

We get visibility on how much it all costs in the budget.

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Cross River Rail - Quick Exhibition Demolition and Construction Update | April 2023

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It's full steam ahead on construction of the Cross River Rail. We've finished laying all the tracks in both tunnels and here's a sneak peek.

Posted by Annastacia Palaszczuk MP on Sunday, 14 May 2023

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https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tableOffice/questionsAnswers/2023/381-2023.pdf

Question on Notice
No. 381
Asked on 18 April 2023

MR J BLEIJIE asked the Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development,
Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning and Minister Assisting the Premier on
Olympic and Paralympic Games Infrastructure (HON S MILES) –

QUESTION:

Will the Deputy Premier provide the date that he approved the expansion of the
Woolloongabba Cross River Rail Priority Development Area?

ANSWER:

On 17 February 2023, I announced that the current 21-hectare Woolloongabba Cross
River Rail Priority Development Area (PDA) would be expanded to deliver more
housing, shopping and dining precincts and public space.

The expansion of the PDA is subject to a statutory process under the Economic
Development Act 2012. This process has commenced and will involve declaration of a
new, larger PDA, preparation of an interim land use plan (ILUP), and preparation of a
development scheme that will be released for public consultation. Announcing plans
for these sorts of changes is important to ensure transparency with Queenslanders.

The Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and
Planning, through Economic Development Queensland, is currently undertaking further
investigations prior to resolving the optimal extent of a new expanded PDA boundary.
At this stage it is anticipated that a new, larger PDA could have final approval by the
end of 2023.

Upon declaration, an ILUP will be given effect until a Development Scheme is
finalised. Following declaration of a new, larger PDA, a Development Scheme will be
prepared. As part of this, the community will be invited to have their say through formal
public consultation.

Further information about the expanded Woolloongabba Cross River Rail PDA is
available at https://www.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/economic-developmentqld/priority-development-areas-and-projects/priority-development-areas/cross-riverrail-pdas/woolloongabba-cross-river-rail. This webpage will be updated as the process progresses.

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https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tableOffice/questionsAnswers/2023/408-2023.pdf

Question on Notice
No. 408
Asked on 19 April 2023

MR S MINNIKIN ASKED MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND MAIN ROADS (HON M BAILEY)

QUESTION:

With reference to the Minister's recent statement that $112m was spent for additional land
acquisition at the Roma Street Cross River Rail site—
Will the Minister advise the lot and plan number(s) for the additional land acquisitions and for
each, the acquisition date?

ANSWER:

I thank the Member for Chatsworth for the question.

The funding primarily relates to land acquisition of the former Brisbane Transit Centre, Hotel Jen
and associated sites and forecast cost recovery. Specifically, part of Lot 1 on SP207220 (an area
of about 1.242ha), Lot 34 on SP100560, Lot 6 on SP100562, Lot 32 on SP100555, part of Lot 5
on SP207221 (an area of about 1,592m2), part of Lot 1 on SP207220 (an area of about 5,418m2),
leasehold interest in Lot 50 on SP100647 (1/2 share in Term Lease 0/209661), lease interest in
Lot 23 on RP209358, Lot 2 on SP100562, Lot 3 on SP100562, Lot 4 on SP207222, part of Lot 5
on SP207221 (an area of about 334m2).

The transactions were gazetted on 7 December 2018.

With development rights now managed by the state's investment manager—Queensland
Investment Corporation Limited—the cost recovery has been recognised through a funding
allocation of $112 million to address accounting requirements in the budget process.

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Couriermail --> No train station for Ekka 2023 as Cross River Rail works power on $

The thousands of Queenslanders who rely on taking the train right into the heart of the Ekka will have to find another way to get to the iconic event with demolition of the station already under way as part of the Cross River Rail project.

The new Exhibition train station will be open all year round, but is not expected to be completed until 2025, meaning Bowen Hills and Fortitude Valley will be the closest stations for visitors to this year's Royal Queensland Show.

Although the government is remaining tight-lipped on exactly what other alternative transport options will be offered, it is understood extra bus services will be put on with more details will be revealed as early as tomorrow morning. ...

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Discussion on public transport for 2023 Ekka > https://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=15194.0

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https://twitter.com/MarkBaileyMP/status/1663720756457664513

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https://twitter.com/CrossRiverRail/status/1666664570545643521

[nathandavid88]

Here's a question - I vaguely remember seeing (and I thought downloading, but I can't find anything on my system) a set of detailed plans released for Exhibition Station? What I remember seeing was something more detailed than what I can find on the CRR or the State Development websites, and included details of surface finished, consideration for public artwork, etc.

Does anyone know what it was I saw and can point me towards it again?

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^ is this it?

https://eisdocs.dsdip.qld.gov.au/Completed%20Projects/Cross%20River%20Rail/EIS/EIS%2030%20Aug%202011/02%20Volume%202/4%20Station%20Site%20Plans%20and%20Cross%20Sections/Station%20Site%20Plans%201.pdf

[nathandavid88]

^^ No, it's not that one. It was for the finalised location of the station (that one was the earlier one up near O'Connell Terrace), and had a lot more content about the station's landscape and integration with the showgrounds.

[Ari 🚋]

^ is this it?

https://eisdocs.dsdip.qld.gov.au/Completed%20Projects/Cross%20River%20Rail/EIS/EIS%2030%20Aug%202011/02%20Volume%202/4%20Station%20Site%20Plans%20and%20Cross%20Sections/Station%20Site%20Plans%201.pdf

This seems to imply 4 tracks in the corridor, I thought the plan was for 3 (2 CRR, 1 bidirectional freight/long distance). Is that the case, or has this been changed since?

[nathandavid88]

^ is this it?

https://eisdocs.dsdip.qld.gov.au/Completed%20Projects/Cross%20River%20Rail/EIS/EIS%2030%20Aug%202011/02%20Volume%202/4%20Station%20Site%20Plans%20and%20Cross%20Sections/Station%20Site%20Plans%201.pdf

This seems to imply 4 tracks in the corridor, I thought the plan was for 3 (2 CRR, 1 bidirectional freight/long distance). Is that the case, or has this been changed since?

That's an old Anna Bligh-era plan, judging by the use of the old Qld Govt logo.

Also, judging by the scale of the drawings, I think the lines in this represent a single rail rather than a full track pair, and so only has 2 tracks in the corridor, not the three being delivered.

[timh]

I believe there are 4 being delivered. 2 crr tracks and freight track with passing loop. Someone correct me if I'm wrong though

[nathandavid88]

^^ According to the General Arrangement plans 21 & 22 listed under Project Change Application 8 (PDFs linked below), there are 3 lines through Exhibition - CRR Up, CRR Down and Exhibition Down. Beneath Campbell Street the three start dividing to filter into Mayne.


https://eisdocs.dsdip.qld.gov.au/Cross%20River%20Rail/project-change-8/Volume%202%20-%20Design%20Drawings/General%20arrangement%20drawings/general-arrangement-21.pdf

https://eisdocs.dsdip.qld.gov.au/Cross%20River%20Rail/project-change-8/Volume%202%20-%20Design%20Drawings/General%20arrangement%20drawings/general-arrangement-22.pdf

[minbrisbane]

That was the original plan, now it's three apparently.

[Gazza]

How come the 3rd track wasn't built as part of the main viaduct?

[nathandavid88]

^^ The right hand track IS the third track (CRR Down & Exhibition Down) - the Station and CRR Up are being built off to the left.

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Couriermail --> Cross River Rail road closure driving 40 The Gabba businesses to brink $

Three months into the closure of a crucial road for Cross River Rail works, owners of 40 small businesses say they are on the brink of collapse.

There is no end in sight for the closure of Gibbon St and to make matters worse, visible signs of work had not even started, worried traders say.

Coles was believed to be haemorrhaging about $15,000 a week in lost turnover and has reduced staff hours. Coles declined to comment.

While it could survive, small businesses from a laser clinic to cafes, restaurants and a flower shop did not have the cash reserves to keep going for much longer, particularly several which opened just before the intersection of Gibbon and Little Stanley streets was blocked off. ...

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That's not a train 🤔 This is one of the specially equipped rail-road trucks currently working in Boggo Road to...

Posted by Cross River Rail on Thursday, 22 June 2023

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Another major milestone, and this time it's at Roma Street station, with mezzanine install now complete. Roma Street is...

Posted by Cross River Rail on Monday, 26 June 2023

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Couriermail --> Cross River Rail project receives highest possible design rating $

Brisbane's game-changing new Cross River Rail station has received the highest possible design ratings from a peak infrastructure body. Watch the flythrough and find out why.

Crushed recycled glass for gravel works was just one of the innovative building techniques that earned the Cross River Rail project the highest possible design rating.

A digital fly-through of the new Roma Street Station as part of the Cross River Rail project reveals a minimalist and modern facility spanning several levels.

On Thursday the Cross River Rail's Tunnel and Stations works package received certification of its 'Leading' Infrastructure Sustainability (IS) design rating from the Infrastructure Sustainability Council (ISC). ...