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There is limited provision of regional-level sporting facilities in the outer metropolitan areas of Perth, reflecting past undersupply that has not kept up with high population growth.
Strength limitations on the northbound Sheahan Bridge at Gundagai are constraining High Productivity Vehicle movements on the Hume Highway.
Insufficient or inadequate infrastructure to allow drivers of heavy vehicles to stop and rest across NSW.
Ensuring interoperability between the Country Regional Network and Inland Rail to maximise productivity and efficiency of freight movements from regional NSW to domestic and export markets.
Extreme congestion on the M1 Pacific motorway between the existing North Connex portal and Mt Colah.
Opportunity to co-ordinate delivery of infrastructure to support sustainable growth in Greater Parramatta and the Olympic Peninsula.
Opportunity to address challenges associated with congestion, forecast population growth and geographical limitations by improving active transport networks across the Brisbane River.
Limited energy transmission and storage infrastructure across the Pilbara in Western Australia.
As the frequency and severity of natural disasters increase due to climate change, early warning systems present an opportunity to improve the safety and wellbeing of communities in high-risk zones.
During severe natural disasters, regional and remote communities are often isolated due to corridor closures on the National Land Transport Network (NLTN).
Limited route choice and public transport options, as well as high car dependency will exacerbate existing congestion with population growth.
Existing intermodal terminals in SEQ are restricted in their ability to service Inland Rail trains (1800m long, double-stacked).
Strong population growth, a constrained road network, and limited transport options are contributing to congestion between Caloundra and Maroochydore.
Melbourne’s monocentric urban form is constraining the economic potential of Melbourne’s middle and outer suburbs.
Existing intermodal terminal capacity in Melbourne is unable to service Inland Rail trains (1800m long, double-stacked).
Increasing coastal erosion and inundation risks across Western Australia.
Deteriorating road conditions, increasing travel times, aging bridges and relatively high road maintenance costs on the Great Eastern Highway.
Opportunity to upgrade and extend irrigation channels to expand irrigated crops in the Ord River Irrigation Area in North-West Western Australia and the Keep River Plains in North-East Northern Territory.
Worsening road congestion, high private vehicle use and a lack of dedicated active transport connections that link key strategic centres in Perth.
Strong forecast population growth and a single river crossing is expected to place increasing pressure on the transport network in Ipswich.
Recommended for investment to support the New South Wales Government’s revitalisation of the precinct to enhance accessibility and safety, improve transit capacity and connectivity and improve passenger and visitor experience.
Opportunity to redevelop Government-owned land in Parramatta North, capitalising on the redevelopment of Westmead and the Parramatta Light Rail.
Opportunity to redevelop Sunshine Station and the surrounding precinct as a major future PT interchange linking Melbourne Airport, the CBD and regional Victoria.
Recommended for investment to support the Northern Territory Government undertake planning activities to demonstrate the value of freight rail and logistics capacity improvements along the north-south Darwin-Tarcoola rail corridor to enable the export of renewable energy and low emissions commodities.
The section through Mount Ousley is a key corridor for movement of freight between the Illawarra region, Greater Metropolitan Sydney via the Princes and Hume Highways (via Picton Road), and southern Sydney industrial precincts such as Moorebank Intermodal Terminal.
The NSW Government, in partnership with local government, has identified strategic cycleway corridor networks for the Eastern Harbour City, Central River City and Western Parkland City. Robust prioritisation, staging, governance and delivery of these networks will be critical to realising this opportunity. This will need to be underpinned by close collaboration with local governments.
Poor connectivity to and from precincts in Greater Parramatta and the Olympic Peninsula, limiting ease of movement.
The Armadale, Midland and Fremantle rail lines were built in the 19th Century and service well-established suburbs around Perth. The capacity of the heritage lines is insufficient to accommodate future growth. This will lead to crowding, passenger discomfort, unreliability and road congestion if people choose not to travel by rail.
Develop options for increasing public transport capacity to Melbourne Airport.
Greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, and noise pollution associated with diesel-powered public buses in NSW.
High levels of congestion and safety risks on Mulgoa Road in Western Sydney.
There are 30 level crossings on Perth’s electrified passenger rail network, which services 72 stations across five lines. Level crossings provide important connectivity for vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians across train lines, but also result in road congestion and safety risks.
The realignment of the Sturt Highway through the Truro Hills, including a bypass of the town of Truro, to improve safety and allow use of High Productivity Vehicles on the highway.
Infrastructure upgrades to support bus connections between the proposed Western Sydney Airport and the nearby centres of Liverpool and Penrith. It does not preclude direct rail access in the future.
Investigation, planning, and potentially corridor and site preservation for additional container terminal capacity to accommodate future demand in Perth.
South East Queensland’s Citytrain network includes 65 level crossings. Most of these level crossings are in urban environments, which can lead to congestion and safety issues.
Preserve the corridor for a high speed rail link between Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
Improve the connection between the Eastern Freeway and CityLink.
Provide high-capacity and rapid transport link between Sydney CBD and unserved parts of Green Square.
Provision of high-capacity, on-road bus transport to improve connectivity along priority corridors.
Relocation of the University of Tasmania’s Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology from the existing campus at Sandy Bay to a purpose-built facility for education, research and training in the Hobart CBD.
A portfolio of works focused on addressing congestion on urban road networks with comparatively high public transport and freight use across multiple corridors in Australian cities.
Improvements to road capacity along the Ipswich Motorway between Rocklea and Darra by providing additional lanes, upgrades of bridges and ramps and other provisions.
Identify and preserve a corridor for a fuel pipeline connection between the Sydney fuel pipeline network and Western Sydney Airport.
Development of a deep water port at Cape Hardy, and a 148 km heavy-haul, standard gauge rail connection between the mine and the port.
Preserve the rail corridor connecting the Western Sydney Airport to the Sydney rail network.
Conducting a planning study to identify a preferred alignment for a multi-modal transport corridor comprising a motorway, a north-south freight rail line, and where practical, passenger rail, and to preserve the preferred corridor.
A 10-year, network-wide program for upgrades to transport infrastructure in the corridor, including road, rail, cycling and bus improvements.
Improvement to several sections of the highway to support safe Higher Productivity Vehicle access, and improve safety and reliability
Upgrades to rail and station infrastructure to support passenger movement and interchange
A motorway connection from the Warringah Freeway and the Gore Hill Freeway at Artarmon to Balgowlah and Killarney Heights, and an upgrade of the Wakehurst Parkway.
Removal of priority level crossings to deliver a more reliable, convenient, productive and safer transport system in Melbourne.
Develop options to address demand for transport services in Melbourne's outer northern suburbs.
Deliver a motorway connection from the M1 at Waterfall to the Sydney motorway network.
A national program of works to improve safety on regional roads.
Introduction of modern road safety infrastructure technology and features, to improve road safety at high-risk locations.around NSW.
Improve capacity along the Centenary Motorway to support the rapid population growth of Brisbane's Western Corridor.
A package of inter-related road infrastructure improvements to increase network efficiency and improve access to the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal
An integrated transport solution through developing bus transit corridors between Belconnen and Queanbeyan to central Canberra.
Upgrade Picton road to improve the connection between The Princes and Hume Highways near Mount Ousley.
Improvement in rail freight access to Port Kembla, potentially through enhancements to existing lines, or the future development of an alternative rail alignment to the port.
Duplication of a 20 km section of track from Beerburrum to Landsborough, as well as passing loop extensions and station upgrades between Landsborough and Nambour, to improve the efficiency of passenger and freight rail services.
A package of improvements to passenger rail services between Newcastle and Sydney and Wollongong, including operational and fleet improvements, grade improvements and a new rail crossing of the Hawkesbury River and Illawarra Escarpment.
A range of activities, such as channel management to increase export capacity, upgrades to road and bridge infrastructure servicing the port, and new rail infrastructure to provide direct connections.
Upgrades to a 4.75 km section of the Cunningham Highway between Warwick Road at Yamanto and Ebenezer Creek, including the Amberley Interchange.
Additional tracks from West Ryde to Rhodes and from Thornleigh to Hornsby to support the future growth of rail freight movements.
Identification of potential options for the development of bulk commodity port capacity in the Spencer Gulf region.
A third runway to meet increased demand at Melbourne Airport, which is expected to reach capacity during peak periods between 2018 and 2022.
Reduce cruise terminal capacity constraints to support growth of the Australian tourism industry.
Enhancements to western sections of the Mount Isa to Townsville Rail Corridor and construction of a new 6.5km Townsville Eastern Access Rail Corridor.
A range of interventions aimed at reducing capacity constraints on the A3 and A6 corridors.
Upgrading the Dinmore to Helidon Spa section of the Warrego Highway to improve road safety, capacity and flood immunity.
Planning for and construction of additional container terminal capacity in Melbourne to cater for predicted increases in containerised freight volumes.
Developing a network of fast-charging stations on the national highway and policies and regulation to support charging technology adoption.
Improved connections between regions of the National Electricity market use of resources across the NEM in the medium term and ensuring system reliability and security in the longer term.
Improve interconnections between NEM regions to make better use of existing assets.
Building and operation of a 350 km railway in the Gawler Craton province, linking to the existing interstate rail network. Future connections to other potential mining plans will be possible.
A program of works focused on addressing capacity constraints and improving service levels on urban and regional rail networks.
Rationalise existing sewage treatment plants and upgrade and operate a reduced number of sewage treatment plants in Hobart, Launceston and Devonport.
Various upgrades to the Melbourne–Geelong rail line to enhance capacity, including electrification of the line and duplication of the existing single track pair.
A high capacity, rapid transport link connecting Fishermans Bend with the Melbourne CBD.
Widening the Mitchell and Kwinana Freeways and implementing Intelligent Transport System technologies.
Upgrades to 426 km of the Strzelecki Track between Lyndhurst and Innamincka, and 26 km of the Nappa Merrie Access Road
Construction of an additional runway at Perth Airport to provide capacity needed to meet increasing demand.
Improvements to Melbourne's rail network capacity.
Delivery of a wireless satellite communications-based train control system, that will replace line-side signalling to improve rail capacity, transit times and rail safety.
Investment in rural water storage and delivery infrastructure to enable large-scale, multi-user irrigation schemes in rural areas in Tasmania.
A broad package of works to progressively upgrade priority sections of the Bruce Highway to address specific capacity constraints, flood resilience and safety concerns.
The proposal proposes a program of works to improve road access to remote Western Australian areas.
Solutions to accommodate the strong future growth in rail patronage in the Sydney basin.
The Hawkesbury–Nepean Valley Integrated Flood Management Strategy presents a series of proposals and investments to reduce flood risk in the valley
Preservation of the corridor between Salisbury and Beaudesert in Brisbane's south-west region for the potential future development of passenger rail services.
Recommended for investment to support the Tasmanian Government to undertake planning activities for upgrades at Latrobe on the Bass Highway.
A number of potential developments, including bypasses of the towns of Singleton and Muswellbrook, and intersection upgrades.
The initiative would develop infrastructure to connect northern and/or western Australian gas reserves to the eastern gas markets
Preserve the corridor for the Outer Metropolitan Ring Road and E6 in Melbourne.
Recommended for investment to support the Northern Territory Government to undertake planning work to demonstrate how the Adelaide River Off-Stream Water Storage project can provide a water source necessary for the growth and prosperity of the territory beyond 2030.
Improve connectivity between the Port of Brisbane and freight terminals in the Brisbane region.
Reduce growth in truck movements on the Sydney road network and reduce delays to freight trains on the main Western Line through preservation of the corridor
Options analysis for the section between Daisy Hill and Loganholme aligns with the requirements of the Infrastructure Australia Assessment Framework.
The initiative is for a mix of infrastructure and non-infrastructure responses (such as demand management) to efficiently meet agreed service standards for water security in Australia’s towns and cities.
The proposal is for a mix of infrastructure and non-infrastructure responses (such as demand management) to efficiently meet agreed service standards for water security in Australia’s towns and cities.
The proposal is for a proactive infrastructure strategy in advance of the inundation risks materialising. Involving engagement with all levels of government, the strategy will need to consider which areas should be protected for continued use, modified to accommodate floods, or withdrawn from altogether.
The proposal is for addressing the road maintenance backlog across local, state and national roads.
The proposal is for a structured program approach to addressing the maintenance backlog for the NLTN in Queensland.
This initiative complements the national High Priority Initiative for Regional road network safety improvements. It involves treatments such as sealing shoulders, wide centre lines and audio tactile line marking to attain a safer road cross section on the State’s Highway and Main Roads regional and rural road network.
The proposal is for a program of water sourcing and water demand management interventions. This could include a mix of more conventional water sources, as well as more innovative reuse and recovery options, to provide additional sources of climate-independent potable water.
The proposal is to improve the availability and quality of mobile services in certain regional and remote areas.
Recommended for investment to support the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales Governments undertake planning activities to enable reduced travel times and increased service frequency on the Sydney-Canberra rail corridor.
The proposal is for infrastructure improvements which enable larger vessels access to Australian ports on the east coast. This could require channel deepening at existing ports, development of new port locations and enhanced land-side access infrastructure at ports.
The proposal is to complete the duplication of the Great Western Highway. Over 100 km of the highway has been duplicated so far, leaving a 33 km gap between Katoomba and Lithgow.
The proposal is for a program of works to make the corridor safer, and more efficient and accessible.
The proposal is to develop the South Creek Catchment in a way that maximises the opportunity for integrated land use and water cycle planning, to enhance the liveability and environmental quality of the area.
The proposal involves the provision of dedicated cycling infrastructure for key routes in Inner Melbourne to reduce congestion and improve safety and health outcomes.
The proposal proposes a strategy that prioritises investment based on the goals of improving productivity and safety on regional Queensland roads, and sustaining regional communities. The proposal includes improvements to address safety, surface issues, flooding, bridge strength and width, road alignments, widening and pavement sealing.
Recommended for investment to support the Western Australia Government to undertake planning activities for improving accessibility and highway safety, to facilitate economic growth and improved social outcomes.
The program is for assessing and prioritising sections of the Wheatbelt Secondary Freight Network.
The proposal involves upgrades to the South Coast Highway between Albany and Esperance.
The proposal involves network, generation and storage investment in the SWIS.
The proposal is for a national facility to develop and test new technologies with the potential to improve operational performance, as well as potentially increase process reliability and reduce production costs.
Recommended for investment to support the Western Australia Government to increase the capacity and resilience of Perth’s rail network.
Capacity for Brisbane's northern transport corridors to support residential growth in northern Brisbane, combined with employment growth primarily in the Brisbane CBD.
Traffic demand is exceeding the capacity of the Mooloolah River Interchange and the surrounding road network during peak periods.
Capacity and safety improvements on Queensland’s Inland Freight Route, from Mungindi (at the New South Wales border) to Charter Towers in North Queensland.
That make up a disproportionate amount of crashes on Queensland's road network.
Improving public transport connectivity along the 14km major transport corridor between Browns Plains and the South East Busway.
Capacity and safety issues along the corridor between Browns Plains and Beaudesert.
Providing digital infrastructure would enable the adoption of technologies that reduce travel times, reduce resource use and emissions, improve health and provide more ways for community members to access up to date information about services and developments in their city.
Potential options to address the proposal include: increasing shared use of the existing transmission network upgrading existing regional networks to allow faster digital connections investing in new transmission networks.
The National Electricity Market (NEM) will require significant investments in dispatchable energy storage to support growing renewable energy generation and the future retirement of coal-fired generators.
Enabling digital health technologies in regional and remote areas of Australia can improve equity of access and outcomes, reduce costs associated with delivering health care and reduce avoidable hospitalisations.
The National Electricity Market (NEM) will require significant new grid-scale renewable energy generators to replace retiring thermal generation facilities.
Options for improving capacity of Parramatta's Outer Ring Road
Currently there is no freight rail serving the Western Sydney Employment Area, which is located close to the new Western Sydney International Airport (due to open in 2026).
The proposal aims to deliver long-term water security, water quality, amenity, recreation and public health outcomes for Greater Sydney. Potential options to address the proposal include better-use and new infrastructure investments, as well as non infrastructure responses such as demand management to efficiently meet this need.
Increasing population growth in Adelaide is expected to increase congestion and travel times in the suburbs surrounding inner-Adelaide, to the CBD, as well as impact freight productivity and safety for pedestrians and cyclists.
There is a large and increasing backlog of maintenance on the national and state-owned roads in South Australia, which is increasing costs for road users.
The Beetaloo Sub‑Basin has been identified by industry as containing a significant quantity of gas that could be within economically feasible depths to extract.
The Melbourne to Adelaide freight rail corridor cannot carry double-stacked containers. This increases costs for operators and impacts on freight rail between Melbourne and Adelaide, and also to Perth.
There is a significant opportunity to develop supply chains in Australia to meet potential demand in domestic and export markets.
There is an opportunity to redevelop an existing sports and entertainment precinct five kilometres from the Newcastle CBD.
Heathcote Road is a 24.5-kilometre arterial road connection between the M5 Motorway and A1 Princes Highway. The current road capacity and design is leading to congestion, poor reliability and safety issues, particularly around key intersections. Several sections of Heathcote Road have minimal overtaking opportunities.
The proposal is for capacity improvements on the M1 Pacific Motorway interchange to Byron, which could include a range of configurations.
The current limitations of the terminal and runway impacts inbound and outbound flights to domestic destinations and restricts access to international destinations in Oceania. This leads some passengers to commute to and from Sydney Airport for air travel.
The number of containers handled by the Port of Melbourne is forecast to grow from 3 million twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) in 2019 to close to 9 million TEU by 2050. The majority of this growth in containers will need to be delivered at Webb Dock. However, with the existing infrastructure, all freight to and from Webb Dock is carried by road. This results in increased congestion on the surrounding road network.
Climate change, population growth and ageing assets present potential longer-term water security problems for Melbourne. Climate-independent water supply sources can help address the problem. Melbourne’s Eastern Treatment Plant produces over 130 billion litres of recycled water each year. Currently, about 95% (123 billion litres) of this water is treated and safely discharged into the Bass Strait.
A constrained water supply is limiting the growth of agricultural, industrial and mining productivity in and adjacent to the Bowen Basin. Increasing the water supply can unlock additional agricultural land and facilitate a more robust water trading market with potential flow-on price reductions for mining and industrial water users.
Limited high priority public transport services to connect employment centres and tourism hubs with major residential and commercial developments.
There is poor access to digital services in the regional and remote areas of Western Australia due to a lack of fit-for-purpose digital infrastructure and low service performance of existing infrastructure.
The AMC is an integrated marine and industrial fabrication complex established to support the construction, development and maintenance of major projects and assets in the oil and gas, mining and shipbuilding industries. The existing complex is home to over 150 businesses. However, there is limited infrastructure capacity at the complex and the common user facility to support growing demand.
The proposal could be addressed through a program to identify, prioritise and remove level crossings in Adelaide.
Mines in northern South Australia rely on groundwater from the Great Artesian Basin and other smaller local aquifers. This water is expensive to extract, as harvesting can be slow in low-pressure zones, and salinity and other water quality issues can affect its use.
The River Murray is currently the major source of irrigation water to the Barossa Valley Region. Smaller volumes of groundwater are available, although the quality in some areas is not fit-for-purpose or sufficient to meet increasing industry demand.
Recommended for investment to support the Tasmanian Government undertake planning activities to investigate how upgrades to the port will enable the expansion of the state’s commodity exports and enrich local communities.
In its existing condition, the port cannot accommodate the Australian Antarctic Division’s new purpose-built icebreaker, RSV Nuyina. It also cannot accommodate the Oasis passenger cruise vessels, impacting on tourism.
Recommended for investment to support the Northern Territory Government to advance planning and its business case to demonstrate how common user infrastructure will underpin industry development to create higher export value and economic diversification.
The Northern Territory Remote Power System Strategy set a target for 70% renewable electricity generation for Indigenous Essential Services communities. This is expected to improve resilience, flexibility, reliability, amenity and sustainability of power infrastructure in remote Aboriginal communities of the Northern Territory.
A proposal to supply renewable energy to Asia via a sub-sea cable
The Cairns Western Arterial Road provides important access for commuter, tourism and freight traffic. Approximately 42,000 vehicles use the busiest sections of the road each day, resulting in heavy congestion and queuing on the undivided sections of the road and at its intersections.
Public transport improvements between Ipswich and Springfield
The 2019 Australian Infrastructure Audit found that the performance of urban roads and urban public transport in Adelaide is a key challenge for South Australia.
This proposal is specifically focused on the section of the A8 corridor between Seaforth and Mona Vale. Specific sections that have been identified for potential works include the Mona Vale complex, Narrabeen complex, Dee Why town centre, Brookvale Oval, and the intersection between Condamine Street and Pittwater Road.