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The interactive map of the Infrastructure Priority List presents a detailed view of projects and initiatives, and allows you to see which infrastructure solutions from around the country have been positively evaluated.
The map provides an up-to-date view of the nationally significant investments Australia needs to meet its infrastructure challenges, and is continually updated alongside the Priority List.
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Priority Initiative: A range of initiatives aimed at reducing capacity constrains on the A3 and A6 corridors.
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New South Wales
New South Wales
Transport
Priority Initiative: Upgrade a network of 284 km of dedicated cycling and shared cycling/walking paths, on existing radial and cross regional corridors within a 10 km radius of the CBD. Priority Initiative
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New South Wales
Transport
Priority Initiative: Upgrading the remaining sections of the north-south corridor, in Adelaide.
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South Australia
Transport
Priority Project: Upgrading 1.8 km of South Road to motorway standard from Regency Road to Pym Street.
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South Australia
Transport
Priority Initiative: Expansion of the tram network in Adelaide around the CBD and inner suburbs. The initiative also includes a link to Port Adelaide.
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South Australia
Transport
Priority Initiative: 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.
Priority Initiative
Transport
Priority Initiative: A new bridge and freeway interchange bypassing traffic around Cockburn Central, in order to provide easier access to the Kwinana Freeway and Armadale Road.
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Western Australia
Transport
Priority Project: Upgrading the Ballarat Line between Wendouree and Deer Park to improve reliability and service additional demand associated with the growing population.
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Victoria
Transport
Priority Project: Duplication of the existing track between Beerburrum and Nambour, as well as extend passing loops and improve stations, to improve the efficiency of passenger and freight rail services.
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Queensland
Transport
High Priority Project: Brisbane Metro proposes a set of infrastructure and non-infrastructure changes to public transport services in inner Brisbane.
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Queensland
Transport
Priority Initiative: A 10-year, network-wide program for upgrades to transport infrastructure in the corridor, including road, rail, cycling and bus improvements.
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Queensland
Queensland
Transport
Priority Initiative: A broad package of works to progressively upgrade priority sections of the Bruce Highway to address specific capacity constraints, flood resilience and safety concerns.
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Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Transport
Priority Project: Creating a four-lane highway between Edmonton to Gordonvale and significantly reducing interfaces with properties, the North Coast Railway and arterial roads.
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Queensland
Transport
Priority Project: Upgrade 26 kilometres of the Bruce Highway between Cooroy and Curra to bypass Gympie
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Queensland
Transport
Priority Project: New parallel bridges over the Bruce Highway, near Deception Bay, to increase the capacity of the intersection and improve traffic flow
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Queensland
Transport
Priority Project: Upgrade the Maroochydore Road interchange, including ramp upgrades and new service roads
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Queensland
Transport
Priority Initiative: Development of a ring road on the outskirts of Bunbury to separate regional traffic accessing the Port of Bunbury and local traffic.
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Western Australia
Transport
Priority Initiative: Development of a Burnie to Hobart Freight Corridor Strategy, which will prioritise areas for investment along the corridor, with a focus on improving intermodal freight productivity
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Tasmania
Tasmania
Transport
Priority Initiative: Road, bus and light rail upgrades to alleviate congestion in the Canberra CBD to north corridor.
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Australian Capital Territory
Transport
Priority Initiative: An integrated transport solution through developing bus transit corridors between Belconnen and Queanbeyan to central Canberra.
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Australian Capital Territory
Transport
Priority Initiative: Improvements to station accessibility and the adjacent road network
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Western Australia
Transport
Priority Initiative: Improve capacity along the Centenary Motorway to support the rapid population growth of Brisbane's Western Corridor.
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Queensland
Transport
Priority Initiative: Upgrades to rail and station infrastructure to support passenger movement and interchange
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New South Wales
Transport
High Priority Initiative: Improvement works to Chullora Junction to avoid any bottlenecks for freight movements in future
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New South Wales
Transport
Priority Initiative: The initiative would develop infrastructure to connect northern and/or western Australian gas reserves to the eastern gas markets
Priority Initiative
Energy
Priority Initiative: Duplication of 8 km of the Cranbourne Line to improve reliability and punctuality
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Victoria
Transport
High Priority Initiative: Provision of a north-south passenger rail line through Brisbane’s inner city.
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Queensland
Transport
Priority Initiative: Upgrades to a 4.75 km section of the Cunningham Highway between Warwick Road at Yamanto and Ebenezer Creek, including the Amberley Interchange.
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Queensland
Transport
Priority Initiative: Ensure secure water supply to support further urban, industrial and/or agricultural development in some parts of the country.
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Northern Territories
Water
Priority Initiative: The initiative identifies capacity constraints on Bridgewater Bridge.
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Tasmania
Transport
Priority Project: 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.
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South Australia
Transport
Priority Initiative: Deliver a motorway connection from the M1 at Waterfall to the Sydney motorway network.
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New South Wales
Transport
Priority Initiative: 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.
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New South Wales
Transport
Priority Initiative: 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.
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South Australia
Transport
Priority Project: Upgrade and electrification of the Gawler rail line, including installation of a new signalling system.
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South Australia
Transport
Priority Project: Extend the existing Gold Coast Light Rail line from Broadbeach South to Burleigh Heads
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Queensland
Transport
Priority Initiative: Additional capacity between Kuraby and Beenleigh, allowing for separation or inter-city and local services.
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Queensland
Transport
Priority Initiative: The Hawkesbury–Nepean Valley Integrated Flood Management Strategy presents a series of initiatives and investments to reduce flood risk in the valley
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New South Wales
Water
Priority Project: 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.
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Tasmania
Other
Priority Initiative: Duplication of single track sections of the Hurstbridge Line and other upgrades to increase capacity.
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Victoria
Victoria
Transport
Priority Initiative: A program of works to improve road access to remote WA areas, such as providing higher standard gravel roads, floodway improvements and upgrades to remote and regional airstrips.
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Western Australia
Transport
High Priority Initiative: Improve the connection between the Eastern Freeway and CityLink.
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Victoria
Transport
Priority Project: Construction of a freight rail line of approximately 1,700 km between Melbourne and Brisbane via inland Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
Priority Project
Transport
High Priority Initiative: Improvements to road capacity along the Ipswich Motorway between Rocklea and Darra by providing additional lanes, upgrades of bridges and ramps and other provisions.
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Queensland
Transport
Priority Initiative: Provision of a sealed road to improve access for local/remote communities and businesses
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Western Australia
Transport
Priority Initiative: Increasing water storage in the region by constructing a new weir at Rookwood on the Fitzroy River
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Queensland
Water
High Priority Initiative: Resolving capacity, efficiency and safety issues on four sections M1 Pacific Motorway between Eight Mile Plains and Tugun.
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Queensland
Transport
Priority Project: This business case proposes widening both directions of the M1 Pacific Motorway between Varsity Lakes Interchange and Tugun Interchange from four lanes to six lanes, and upgrading the majority of interchanges.
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Queensland
Priority Project: Resolving capacity, efficiency and safety issues on four sections M1 Pacific Motorway between Eight Mile Plains and Tugun.
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Queensland
Transport
High Priority Project: Redevelopment and expansion of M4 Motorway to cater for population grow and increasing congestion.
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New South Wales
Transport
High Priority Project: Additional capacity along three sections of the M80, which in total comprise 14 kilometres of the 38 kilometre M80 Freeway.
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Victoria
Transport
Priority Initiative: A third runway to meet increased demand at Melbourne Airport, which is expected to reach capacity during peak periods between 2018 and 2022.
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Victoria
Airport
Priority Initiative: Develop options for increasing public transport capacity to Melbourne Airport.
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Victoria
Transport
Priority Initiative: Planning for and construction of additional container terminal capacity in Melbourne to cater for predicted increases in containerised freight volumes.
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Victoria
Port
Priority Initiative: Removal of priority level crossings to deliver a more reliable, convenient, productive and safer transport system in Melbourne.
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Victoria
Transport
Priority Initiative: Develop options to address demand for transport services in Melbourne's outer northern suburbs.
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Victoria
Victoria
Transport
High Priority Initiative: Improvements to Melbourne's rail network capacity.
High Priority Initiative
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Victoria
Transport
Priority Initiative: Various upgrades to the Melbourne–Geelong rail line to enhance capacity, including electification of the line and duplication of the existing single track pair.
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Victoria
Victoria
Victoria
Transport
Priority Initiative: Upgrade the Melton Line to preserve corridor, duplicate and increase capacity of the Metro Line.
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Victoria
Transport
Priority Project: Extend the Thornlie Line to Cockburn Central, including the creation of two new train stations.
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Western Australia
Transport
High Priority Project: Extension of the Joondalup Line to provide more transport choices to Perth's growing suburbs to the north-west.
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Western Australia
Transport
High Priority Initiative: Widening the Mitchell and Kwinana Freeways and implementing Intelligent Transport System technologies.
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Western Australia
Transport
High Priority Project: Stage 2 of upgrading the Monash Freeway with additional lanes and managed motorway technology.
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Victoria
Victoria
Transport
Priority Initiative: A package of inter-related road infrastructure improvements to increase network efficiency and improve access to the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal
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New South Wales
Transport
Priority Initiative: Enhancements to western sections of the Mount Isa to Townsville Rail Corridor and construction of a new 6.5km Townsville Eastern Access Rail Corridor.
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Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Transport
Priority Project: Integrated above and below dam components, targeted at reducing salinity in Wellington Dam and the surrounding area, and increasing the efficiency of water distribution infrastructure.
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Western Australia
Water
High Priority Initiative: Developing a network of fast-charging stations on the national highway and policies and regulation to support charging technology adoption.
High Priority Initiative
Transport
High Priority Initiative: 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.
High Priority Initiative
Energy
Priority Initiative: Improve interconnections between NEM regions to make better use of existing assets.
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Energy
High Priority Initiative: Development of a National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy to provide framework to support end-to-end planning of key freight and supply chains.
High Priority Initiative
Transport
High Priority Initiative: A program of works focused on addressing capacity constraints and improving service levels on urban and regional rail networks
High Priority Initiative
Transport
High Priority Initiative: 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.
High Priority Initiative
Transport
Priority Initiative: A number of potential developments, including bypasses of the towns of Singleton and Muswellbrook, and intersection upgrades.
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New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales
Transport
Priority Initiative: 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.
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New South Wales
New South Wales
Transport
Priority Initiative: Improvement to several sections of the highway to support safe Higher Productivity Vehicle access, and improve safety and reliability
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New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales
Transport
High Priority Project: Development of a new motorway-standard connection between the Metropolitan Ring Road and Eastern Freeway to reduce congestion and capacity constraints.
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Victoria
Transport
Priority Initiative: Additional tracks from West Ryde to Rhodes and from Thornleigh to Hornsby to support the future growth of rail freight movements.
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New South Wales
New South Wales
Transport
Priority Project: Relocate existing campuses in Launceston and Burnie to new inner-city locations and deliver new associate degree programs.
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Tasmania
Tasmania
Other
Priority Project: Construct a new four-lane bridge to the west of the existing bridges at Nowra
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New South Wales
Transport
Priority Initiative: The construction of a bypass around Coffs Harbour, including an upgrade to an existing section of the Pacific Highway to motorway standard dual carriageway.
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New South Wales
Transport
Priority Initiative: Upgrades of the Pacific Highway to motorway standard between John Renshaw Drive and Raymond Terrace.
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New South Wales
Transport
Priority Initiative: Construction of an additional runway at Perth Airport to provide capacity needed to meet increasing demand.
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Western Australia
Airport
High Priority Initiative: Increase supply and manage demand of the northern corridor in Perth through a range of initiatives.
High Priority Initiative
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Western Australia
Transport
Priority Initiative: Investigation, planning, and potentially corridor and site preservation for additional container terminal capacity to accommodate future demand in Perth.
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Western Australia
Western Australia
Port
Priority Initiative: Additional rail network capacity, potentially through line and station upgrades, line extensions, train control and signalling upgrades, level crossing removals, and rolling stock upgrades.
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Western Australia
Transport
Priority Initiative: Upgrade Picton road to improve the connection between The Princes and Hume Highways near Mount Ousley.
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New South Wales
Transport
High Priority Initiative: Upgrading the capacity of the Port Botany rail line by completing a duplication of 2.8 km of the line.
High Priority Initiative
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New South Wales
Transport
High Priority Initiative: Improve connectivity between the Port of Brisbane and freight terminals in the Brisbane region.
High Priority Initiative
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Queensland
Transport
Priority Initiative: 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.
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Queensland
Port
High Priority Initiative: Preserve the corridor for a high speed rail link between Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
High Priority Initiative
Corridor Preservation
High Priority Initiative: Preserve the corridor for the Outer Metropolitan Ring Road and E6 in Melbourne.
High Priority Initiative
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Victoria
Corridor Preservation
High Priority Initiative: 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.
High Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
New South Wales
Corridor Preservation
Priority Initiative: Preservation of the corridor between Salisbury and Beaudesert in Brisbane's south-west region for the potential future development of passenger rail services.
Priority Initiative
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Queensland
Corridor Preservation
High Priority Initiative: Identify and preserve a corridor for a fuel pipeline connection between the Sydney fuel pipeline network and Western Sydney Airport.
High Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Corridor Preservation
High Priority Initiative: Preserve the rail corridor connecting the Western Sydney Airport to the Sydney rail network.
High Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Corridor Preservation
High Priority Initiative: 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
High Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Corridor Preservation
Priority Initiative: Upgrade 3.6 km of highway to a four-lane divided carriageway.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Transport
Priority Initiative: A portfolio of upgrades to road infrastructure, as well as a range of essential services and community infrastructure upgrades to support economic and social development in three remote regions of the Northern Territory
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Northern Territories
Northern Territories
Northern Territories
Other
Priority Initiative: A high capacity, rapid transport link connecting Fishermans Bend with the Melbourne CBD.
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Victoria
Transport
Priority Initiative: Provision of additional public transport to alleviate congestion on the road and public transport networks.
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New South Wales
Transport
High Priority Initiative: Provision of high-capacity, on-road bus transport to improve connectivity along priority corridors.
High Priority Initiative
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New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales
Transport
High Priority Initiative: Introduction of modern road safety infrastructure technology and features, to improve road safety at high-risk locations.around NSW.
High Priority Initiative
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New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales
Transport
High Priority Initiative: A national program of works to improve safety on regional roads.
High Priority Initiative
Transport
High Priority Initiative: Relieving overcrowding and improving quality in housing for people in remote areas
High Priority Initiative
Social
Priority Initiative: Identification of potential options for the development of bulk commodity port capacity in the Spencer Gulf region.
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South Australia
Port
Priority Initiative: Track duplications and additional passing loops on the line from Macarthur to Sefton in order to support the movement of freight by rail through the city.
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New South Wales
Transport
High Priority Initiative: Provide high-capacity and rapid transport link between Sydney CBD and unserved parts of Green Square.
High Priority Initiative
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New South Wales
Transport
Priority Initiative: Improving the crossing capacity of the Spencer Gulf at Port Augusta, which is currently provided by the Joy Baluch AM Bridge.
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South Australia
Transport
Priority Initiative: Upgrades to 426 km of the Strzelecki Track between Lyndhurst and Innamincka, and 26 km of the Nappa Merrie Access Road
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South Australia
Other
Priority Initiative: 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.
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South Australia
Transport
Priority Initiative: Considering options for renewing or replacing the Fremantle Traffic Bridge, or developing and improving alternative crossings and routes.
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Western Australia
Transport
Priority Initiative: Initiative to better use existing assets to improve their performance and capacity.
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New South Wales
Transport
Priority Initiative: Reduce cruise terminal capacity constraints to support growth of the Australian tourism industry.
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New South Wales
New South Wales
Other
High Priority Initiative: Connection from WestConnex at St Peters to Sydney Airport and Port Botany.
High Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Transport
High Priority Initiative: Mass transit between Parramatta and Sydney CBD.
High Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Transport
High Priority Project: High-frequency rail connection between Chatswood and Bankstown via Sydney CBD.
High Priority Project
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New South Wales
Transport
High Priority Initiative: Solutions to accommodate the strong future growth in rail patronage in the Sydney basin.
High Priority Initiative
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New South Wales
Transport
Priority Initiative: Investment in rural water storage and delivery infrastructure to enable large-scale, multi-user irrigation schemes in rural areas in Tasmania.
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Tasmania
Water
Priority Initiative: Rationalise existing sewage treatment plants and upgrade and operate a reduced number of sewage treatment plants in Hobart, Launceston and Devonport.
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Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania
Water
Priority Project: Staged upgrades to 35 km of The Northern road, with construction expected to be completed by 2020.
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New South Wales
Transport
Priority Initiative: Potential road widening, grade separations at intersections and extensions to reduce congestion and improve safety.
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Western Australia
Transport
Priority Initiative: Potential improvements include upgrades to the existing road network, improving bus service frequency and reliability or introducing new modes such as bus rapid transit or rail.
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Western Australia
Transport
Priority Initiative: Upgrades to improve flood immunity and resilience for the Tanami Road between the Stuart Highway north of Alice Springs, and the Great Northern Highway at Halls Creek.
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Northern Territories
Transport
Priority Initiative: Upgrading the Dinmore to Helidon Spa section of the Warrego Highway to improve road safety, capacity and flood immunity.
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Queensland
Transport
Priority Initiative: Delivery of a motorway crossing underneath Sydney Harbour, connecting WestConnex with the Warringah Freeway, and a motorway connection from the Warringah Freeway to Seaforth/Balgowlah on the northern side of Middle Harbour.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Transport
High Priority Project: Development of a Western Sydney Airport at Badgerys Creek to support growing air passenger demand. Stage 1 will provide a single runway with capacity for 10 million passengers per year.
High Priority Project
State:
New South Wales
Airport
Priority Initiative: 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.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Transport
Priority Initiative: A package of road works to support future growth in Western Sydney. This includes upgrades to The Northern Road, Bringelly Road and constructing a new M12 Motorway.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Transport