Thursday, 11 March 2021

Sunshine Coast Snub: Infrastructure Australia Overlooks Fast Rail Proposal

Infrastructure Australia has excluded the North Coast Connect fast rail proposal from its priority list, despite backing from Stockland, Urbis, SMEC, and KPMG. The Commonwealth authority with oversight of funding stated that the presence of environmentally sensitive sites near the proposed route was a factor that presented project delivery risks. According to Infrastructure Australia, the costs of the project would outweigh the social, economic and environmental benefits. 

The Fast Rail link would reduce travel time between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast from 75 to 50 minutes, with new connections for booming population centres at Caloundra and Maroochydore. Read more - Queensland Times




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