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Developed as part of the Australian Government’s Faster Rail Prospectus process, the North Coast Connect proposal is designed to provide a faster rail connection between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast.

In 2012, Infrastructure Australia moved the Cross River Rail (CRR) project in Brisbane from ‘Threshold’ (June 2011) to ‘Ready to Proceed’ on the Infrastructure Priority List.

On 9 February 2017, Infrastructure Australia positively assessed the Bruce Highway Upgrade – Mackay Ring Road – Stage 1 initiative as a Priority Project on the Infrastructure Priority List (IPL).

On 19 July 2017, Infrastructure Australia has retained Cross River Rail as a High Priority Initiative on the Infrastructure Priority List. Infrastructure Australia has not included the current proposal for Cross River Rail as a Project on the Infrastructure Priority List at this time. 

On 15 December 2017, Infrastructure Australia determined not to add the Haughton River Floodplain upgrade project to the Infrastructure Priority List.

In 2012, Infrastructure Australia recommended the Melbourne Metro initiative be rated as ‘Real Potential’ on the Infrastructure Priority List.

In 2012, Infrastructure Australia recommended that the National Managed Motorways Program was ‘Ready to Proceed’ on the Infrastructure Priority List.

The business case considers constructing a pipeline between the Burdekin River and the Haughton pump station to supplement water supply for Townsville. A stage 1 pipeline, between the Haughton pump station and the Ross River Dam (via the Toonpan Outlet), is currently under construction.

This is a proposal for the duplication of a 6 kilometre two-lane section of the Bruce Highway between Vickers Bridge and Shaw Road in the south west of Townsville.