Department of Infrastructure

Queensland Infrastructure Plan – Building Tomorrow’s Queensland

Where We Have Come From• Premier’s Growth Management Summit in March 2010• Strong engagement – around 1400 ideas • Government responded in May 2010 with 22 new initiatives and

25 supporting actions• Growth Management Queensland established • Queensland Infrastructure Plan and Queensland

Regionalisation Strategy two key initiatives from Summit

Growth Management Queensland• Growth Management Queensland (GMQ), is part of the

Department of Local Government and Planning

• GMQ leads a coordinated Queensland Government approach to growth management

• GMQ oversees the delivery of growth management initiatives in the department and across government

Way To Grow Engagement

• Released for consultation – 12 July 2011 to 9 September 2011 • Queensland Regionalisation Strategy• Queensland Infrastructure Plan• Bruce Highway Upgrade Strategy

• 13 Ministerial led forums across Queensland• Strong engagement

• 482 attendees• 356 submissions• Over 5,800 website hits

• Engagement highly valuable• Different feedback fromdifferent communities

Consultation Submissions

Government

Resident

Community group

Local Government

Business

Industry

Other

Submitter type Data

Government 8

Resident 236

Community Group 15

Local Government 44

Business 18

Industry 28

Other 7

Total 356

Key Themes From Consultation

Skills and training – Skills development – Provide opportunities for locals – Desire for young people not to move

to continue their education

Attraction and retention of staff– Competing with resources sector for limited skills– Impacts of fly-in/fly-out and drive-in/drive-out

Liveability – Character and qualities of regional centres – How transient workforces fit in to communities

Mining boom impacts– Fly-in fly-out workforce trends impacting on

regional centres – Housing affordability and availability,

cost of living pressures

Key Themes From Consultation (cont’d)Economic diversity– Concern around reliance on a narrow industry base– Capitalise on regional natural strengths and opportunities

Resilience – Improvement in community resilience in the face of growth

and change, natural disasters and economic factors

Inter-regional accessibility– Providing local public transport,

including rail and bus services – Safety, amenity and congestion – Pricing and availability of air services

Service provision– Appropriate infrastructure and services

that match demand and growth (including the impacts of transient workforces)

Queensland’s Population Predictions• Qld is already the most decentralised

mainland state in Australia

• Qld population to increase from 4.5m to 6.6m by 2031

• SEQ population increase from 3m to 4.4m by 2031 – 66% of Qld population

• SEQ population to grow by 67 000 people per year – almost 1 300 people per week

• Population growth offers opportunities and challenges for SEQ and the whole state

Queensland Regionalisation Strategy (QRS)

• Encouraging sustainable growth in all regions

• Sharing benefits of growth across Qld• People will move to regional Qld for a

well paid job, stay for the lifestyle• 7 regions, 31 actions• 4 strategic directions:

– infrastructure and services– people– business – partnerships

Seven Regions1. Far North Queensland – Cairns,

Cape York Peninsula and Gulf region

2. North Queensland – Townsville and Mount Isa

3. Central Queensland – Rockhampton, Gladstone and west to the Northern Territory and South Australian borders

4. Whitsunday – Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday

5. Darling Downs South West6. Wide Bay-Burnett7. South East Queensland

Current Economic Zones

Some of the dominant economic zones of Queensland’s economy today

• Minerals• Coal• Gas• Agriculture• Tourism

Future Economic Trends

Emerging opportunities:

• Expansion of gas corridor

• Extending tourism corridor northwards

• Transformation of coal corridor into an energy corridor

• Emergence of tropical expertise

Queensland Infrastructure Plan (QIP)• Inaugural QIP launched by Premier

on 3 November 2011

• The QIP:• Is state-wide, with a 20 year horizon• Replaces regional infrastructure

plans like SEQIPP and FNQIP • Aligned to directions and vision of

the QRS• Includes key local government and

private sector projects

• Infrastructure delivery to address:– Economic development priorities– Population growth

Infrastructure Challenges• Infrastructure funding harder to find

• Infrastructure demand not reducing

• Infrastructure prioritisation essential across whole-of-government

• QIP adopts a principles-based approach to Queensland’s infrastructure planning direction

Examples of QIP ProjectsSpringfield passenger rail – stage 2$400 million extension of the passenger rail network from Richlands to Springfield by 2015

Gold Coast Rapid Transit$1.2 billion section from GriffithUniversity to Broadbeach underconstruction to be completed by 2015, with future stages planned

Moreton Bay Rail Link$1.15 billion 12.6 km dual track raillink and stations – North of Brisbane

Cross River Rail – inner BrisbaneMulti-billion dollar project for proposed18 km rail track and undergroundstations

Examples of QIP Projects (cont.)

North-west rail: Strathpine to Cross River RailNew rail link being planned to provide an alternative connection from Strathpine to Alderley via Chermside after 2021

Mount Isa to Townsville rail corridor$330 million upgrade of the existing Mount Isato Townsville rail line, including the Townsvilleeastern access rail corridor to improveconnectivity to the Port of Townsville

Surat Basin rail corridor$4.48 million planning study for the proposed214 kilometre Surat Basin rail line

QIP Regional Focus• Infrastructure is not just road, rail and

dams• Infrastructure also means

– Investment in community and emergency services

– Housing, health and education– Resilience and security

• Infrastructure assists– Managing growth pressures– Encouraging investment– Creating and maintaining liveable

communities

Contact Details

Free call number 1800 093 903

Website www.dlgp.qld.gov.au

Post State Infrastructure Planning

Department of Local Government and Planning

PO Box 15009

CITY EAST QLD 4002