Queensland’s Department of Infrastructure released on June the “Connecting Brisbane” strategy that will transform the entire public transport system in Brisbane and across South East Queensland. The vision is for a high frequency public transport ‘trunk’ service with feeder services, that promotes the complementarity of the Cross River Rail and Brisbane Metro projects. Projections for the coming four years see major infrastructure investment proposed in the center of the rail and busway systems unlocking capacity in the core of the city’s public transport networks.
The strategy includes two main reform tasks aim to provide infrastructure, particularly at the core of transport system, to unlock existing capacity and overcome current constraints and avoid congestion and to improve services with a network providing more frequent, integrated services on a ‘turn up and go’ high-frequency trunk network supported by feeder services.
These reforms will pave the way for future extension and improvement of the network in Brisbane and throughout the South East Queensland region, particularly in linking the identified growth corridors and areas.
The urban rail projects underlined in the strategy include the Cross River Rail and Brisbane Metro, the Gold Coast Light Rail from Broadbeach to Coolangatta, as well as Salisbury to Beaudesert Passenger Rail.
Connecting Brisbane has been jointly developed by Department of Infrastructure Local Government and Planning (DILGP), the Department of Transport and Main Roads (DTMR) and Brisbane City Council (BCC) in consultation with the Federal Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development (DIRD).
Connecting Brisbane’s plan is consistent with the federal government’s Smart Cities Plan to support productive, accessible, liveable cities that attract talent, encourage innovation, and create jobs and growth.
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