State Infrastructure Plan

Implementation actions
Finding the right solutions:
better planning and
assessment
1 Improved infrastructure and
land-use planning, coordination
and integration
An Infrastructure Portfolio Office (IPO) will be
established to plan and coordinate infrastructure,
and integrate the links between economic, regional
and infrastructure planning. The IPO will be located
within the Department of Infrastructure, Local
Government and Planning and will undertake a
program management function, including the
coordination of infrastructure projects across
government. Its functions will include:
a broad infrastructure coordination and
alignment role
monitoring implementation of the SIP
monitoring and reporting on the implementation
of major infrastructure projects and programs
integrating the development of key strategic
infrastructure assessments, in partnership
with delivery agencies, to inform future
regional plans:
Queensland future water security strategy
Queensland digital infrastructure plan
Queensland transport strategy
Queensland energy policy framework
Social infrastructure strategy
driving infrastructure innovation and bestpractice
within government
coordinating infrastructure engagement,
taskforces and external expertise
provide data analytics and modelling capability
to improve infrastructure demand forecasting.
The IPO’s coordination and integration functions
will include:
integrating regional land-use plans with
regional transport plans and economic plans,
commencing with SEQ and North Queensland
overseeing a program of infrastructure
coordination plans for SEQ local government
areas to inform the SEQ regional plan
coordinating strategic infrastructure corridor
plans focused on the long-term transport
needs for:
Queensland coast from Brisbane to Cairns
the Surat Basin
Mount Isa to Townsville
Central Queensland
key SEQ transport corridors.
2 Regional planning committees
Enhance the role of regional planning committees
to oversee the alignment of state and local
government infrastructure priorities.
James Cook University tropical research (image courtesy of James Cook University)
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