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Significant Rail Infrastructure Upgrade Programs 2010-2011
• Significant rail infrastructure upgrade projects for 2010-2011 are shown below.
WA
• Re-railing the line between Koolyanobbing and Kalgoorlie
and building two new passing loops, to reduce
transit times and delays - $95 million, 11 months.
• Upgrading grain freight network, to improve
grain transport efficiency - $352 million,
48 months.
SA
• Re-railing the lines between Whyalla and Broken Hill
and between Parkes and Broken Hill, to allow both lines
to be used by heavier trains - $312 million, 25 months.
Source: Departmant of Infrastructure and Transport [34]
QLD
• Line straightening between Maitland and the
Queensland border, to help reduce transit
times along the eastern seaboard
- $170 million, 14 months.
NSW
• Building three double track passing loops near
Goulburn, Moss Vale and Glenlee, to provide
more overtaking opportunities and reducing
delays - $24 million, 20 months
• Replacing wooden sleepers with new
concrete sleepers on the line between
Parkes and Broken Hill, to improve
capacity, transit time and eliminate the
need for temporary speed restrictions
during summer - $253 million, 13 months
• Complete the detailed planning on the
Moorebank Intermodal Terminal Project in
Sydney’s southwest. The terminal is set
to handle container traffic from interstate rail
freight and Port Botany - $70.7 million,
6 months.
VIC
• Re-railing the line between Albury to Melbourne to Geelong, to reduce transit times
and allow use by heavier trains - $110 million, 13 months.
• Building four new passing loops between Gheringhap and Maroona, to provide trains
with more overtaking opportunities and reduce delays - $32 million, 16 months.
Significant Road Infrastructure Upgrade Programs 2010-2011: SA, ACT and QLD
Below are road projects in South Australia, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory.
SA
Projects commencing in 2010-11
• The South Road Superway in
Adelaide, the second stage of
the north-south corridor
upgrade, scheduled to be
completed in late 2013 - $812
million, the biggest single
investment in a South Australian
road project.
Projects completing in 2010-11
• The Northern Expressway between
Gawler and Adelaide, opened for traffic in
September 2010 - $564 million.
Source: Departmant of Infrastructure and
Transport [34]
ACT
Projects completing in 2010-11
• Tharwa Road/Lanyon Drive
Extension Stage 2 - $19 million.
QLD
Projects commencing in 2010-11
• Bruce Highway - Cardwell Range realignment in
North Queensland, scheduled completion in 2012 -
$115 million.
• Ongoing improvements to the Warrego Highway,
including the upgrade of sections of the road
between Roma and Mitchell, expected
completion by 2012 - $70 million.
• An upgrade of the Bruce Highway across
the Cardwell Range, scheduled completion
in 2012 - $115 million.
• Safety improvement on the Bruce
Highway between Curra to Sarina and
Sarina to Cairns, expected completion
by 2014 - $24 million.
Projects completing in 2010-11
• Upgrade to the Bruce Highway, southern
approaches to Mackay - $57 million.
• Pacific Motorway - Mudgeereba interchange - $47million.
• Pacific Motorway - Coomera Interchange - $31million.
• Pacific Motorway - Varsity Lakes Interchange - $80 million.
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