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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.
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A range of initiatives aimed at reducing capacity constraints on the A3 and A6 corridors.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
New South Wales
Transport
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
State:
New South Wales
Transport
There are 127 at-grade level crossings of the road and rail network in Adelaide. Level crossings can lead to delays and safety problems as trains, cars, buses, trucks, cyclists and pedestrians cross paths. Pedestrian and vehicle collisions and boom-gate strike crashes can result in injuries or fatalities, as well as property damage and delays on transport networks.
Priority Initiative
State:
South Australia
Transport
Upgrading the remaining sections of the north-south corridor, in Adelaide.
Priority Initiative
State:
South Australia
Transport
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.
Priority Initiative
State:
South Australia
Transport
Segments of Adelaide’s Outer Ring Route, which surrounds inner Adelaide, are heavily congested in peak and non-peak periods.
High Priority Initiative
State:
South Australia
Transport
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
The Armadale Road/Beeliar Drive interchange is experiencing severe congestion and traffic volumes are growing through the Midgegooroo Avenue/Beeliar Drive intersection. Safety is also a significant challenge, with Armadale Road between Cockburn and Armadale ranked by the Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia as the state’s sixth riskiest road.
Priority Project
State:
Western Australia
Road
The Armadale, Midland and Fremantle rail lines are known as Perth’s ‘heritage lines’. They 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.
Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Transport
The initiative is for redeveloping and modernising the AIS facilities. This could include improved or new facilities for athletes, coaches, researchers, visitors and tourists.
Priority Initiative
State:
Australian Capital Territory
Social
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.
Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Efficient Markets
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.
Priority Initiative
State:
South Australia
Water
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.
Priority Project
State:
Queensland
Transport
The proposed Bindoon Bypass would reduce vehicle kilometres travelled by enabling triple road trains to travel along the entire length of the corridor, thereby avoiding the need to stop and decouple at Wubin.
Priority Project
State:
Western Australia
Transport
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.
Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Water
Brisbane Metro proposes a set of infrastructure and non-infrastructure changes to public transport services in inner Brisbane.
High Priority Project
State:
Queensland
Transport
Capacity for Brisbane's northern transport corridors to support residential growth in northern Brisbane, combined with employment growth primarily in the Brisbane CBD.
High Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Transport
A 10-year, network-wide program for upgrades to transport infrastructure in the corridor, including road, rail, cycling and bus improvements.
Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Queensland
Transport
There is an opportunity to redevelop an existing sports and entertainment precinct five kilometres from the Newcastle CBD.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Social
Capacity and safety issues along the corridor between Browns Plains and Beaudesert.
Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Transport
Improving public transport connectivity along the 14km major transport corridor between Browns Plains and the South East Busway.
Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Transport
A broad package of works to progressively upgrade priority sections of the Bruce Highway to address specific capacity constraints, flood resilience and safety concerns.
Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Transport
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.
High Priority Initiative
Water
Bunbury is one of the fastest growing regional cities in Australia. Its population is projected to grow by 1.6% on average from 175,900 in 2016 to 206,640 by 2026. Two of Bunbury’s major industries, mining and tourism, place pressure on the local road network, with the road network near the Port of Bunbury carrying a mix of freight and light-vehicle traffic (including local, regional and tourist trips).
Priority Project
State:
Western Australia
Road
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
Priority Initiative
State:
Tasmania
Tasmania
Transport
An integrated transport solution through developing bus transit corridors between Belconnen and Queanbeyan to central Canberra.
Priority Initiative
State:
Australian Capital Territory
Transport
Improvements to station accessibility and the adjacent road network
Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Transport
Improve capacity along the Centenary Motorway to support the rapid population growth of Brisbane's Western Corridor.
Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Transport
Upgrades to rail and station infrastructure to support passenger movement and interchange
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Transport
The initiative 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.
High Priority Initiative
Water
There are several manufacturing businesses that could add value to the Northern Territory’s mining products such as downstream gas processing and high-value minerals processing and refinement on Middle Arm. There is insufficient marine infrastructure and serviced land available adjacent to the existing Darwin port to enable these opportunities.
Priority Initiative
State:
Northern Territory
Efficient Markets
The Bridge is ageing and has not undergone a significant upgrade since construction. The proposed project will include structural upgrades that are required to meet relevant design standards for load capacity, traffic lane width, safety barriers, and active transport corridor width.
Priority Project
State:
Australian Capital Territory
Road
The initiative would develop infrastructure to connect northern and/or western Australian gas reserves to the eastern gas markets
Priority Initiative
Energy
Preserve the corridor for a high speed rail link between Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
High Priority Initiative
Transport
Preserve the corridor for the Outer Metropolitan Ring Road and E6 in Melbourne.
High Priority Initiative
State:
Victoria
Transport
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
Transport
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
State:
Queensland
Corridor Preservation
Preserve the rail corridor connecting the Western Sydney Airport to the Sydney rail network.
High Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Transport
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
Transport
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
Transport
Duplication of 8 km of the Cranbourne Line to improve reliability and punctuality
Priority Initiative
State:
Victoria
Transport
Upgrades to a 4.75 km section of the Cunningham Highway between Warwick Road at Yamanto and Ebenezer Creek, including the Amberley Interchange.
Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Transport
The initiative involves the provision of dedicated cycling infrastructure for key routes in Inner Melbourne to reduce congestion and improve safety and health outcomes.
Priority Initiative
State:
Victoria
Transport
Ensure secure water supply to support further urban, industrial and/or agricultural development in some parts of the country.
Priority Initiative
State:
Northern Territory
Water
The initiative identifies capacity constraints on Bridgewater Bridge.
Priority Initiative
State:
Tasmania
Transport
Opportunity
The Western Parkland City is being developed as one of Greater Sydney’s three cities. It will have a population of more than 1.5 million by 2036. There is an opportunity to invest in foundational digital infrastructure to enable it to be a digitally connected city.
High Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Telecommunications
The initiative 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.
Priority Initiative
Port
Improve the connection between the Eastern Freeway and CityLink.
High Priority Initiative
State:
Victoria
Transport
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.
High Priority Initiative
Telecommunications
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
Priority Initiative
State:
Northern Territory
Northern Territory
Northern Territory
Other
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.
High Priority Initiative
State:
Northern Territory
Energy
There is a significant opportunity to develop supply chains in Australia to meet potential demand in domestic and export markets.
Priority Initiative
Efficient Markets
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.
Priority Project
State:
South Australia
Transport
The initiative is for public transport connectivity improvements to, and through, Frankston.
Priority Initiative
State:
Victoria
Transport
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.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Transport
South Street connects Fremantle and Murdoch, which are two major growth precincts within Perth. The South Street corridor is congested and has relatively uncompetitive public transport options.
Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Transport
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.
Priority Initiative
State:
South Australia
Transport
Extend the existing Gold Coast Light Rail line from Broadbeach South to Burleigh Heads
Priority Project
State:
Queensland
Transport
Additional capacity between Kuraby and Beenleigh, allowing for separation or inter-city and local services.
Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Transport
The initiative involves improvements to address safety, pavement and bridge strength and width, culvert rehabilitation and flooding resilience on sections of the Great Northern Highway between Broome and Kununurra.
Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Transport
The initiative 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.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Transport
Problem
Greater Sydney’s water security and supply will be challenged by climate variability and change, population growth and ageing assets. There are also growing community expectations that governments will improve waterway health and use more water for city greening and cooling.
High Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Water
The Hawkesbury–Nepean Valley Integrated Flood Management Strategy presents a series of initiatives and investments to reduce flood risk in the valley
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Water
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.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Road
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.
Priority Initiative
State:
Tasmania
Efficient Markets
Duplication of single track sections of the Hurstbridge Line and other upgrades to increase capacity.
Priority Initiative
State:
Victoria
Victoria
Transport
The opportunity is for a national program of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and cultural centres and galleries.
Priority Initiative
Social
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
Improvements to road capacity along the Ipswich Motorway between Rocklea and Darra by providing additional lanes, upgrades of bridges and ramps and other provisions.
High Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Transport
Problem
Rapid population growth in Ipswich is increasing demand on the corridor to Springfield – a nearby major activity centre.
Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Transport
Potential options to address the problem include optimising the current facilities and operations alongside major upgrades or redevelopment of the campus.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Social
Provision of a sealed road to improve access for local/remote communities and businesses
Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Transport
The initiative 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.
Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Other
Resolving capacity, efficiency and safety issues on four sections M1 Pacific Motorway between Eight Mile Plains and Tugun.
High Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Transport
The intersection of M1 Pacific Motorway and MR545 is the key interchange to Byron Bay on the NSW North Coast. Commuter and tourism traffic is leading to growing congestion at this intersection, particularly during peak times. While variable speed signs have been implemented to manage congestion, there is an increasing risk of vehicle crashes due to the excessive congestion and queueing.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Road
The M12 Motorway will be a new 16-kilometre dual-carriage motorway an is part of the Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan. It will connect the Westlink M7 Motorway to The Northern Road, which is a major north–south corridor and also a component of the Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan.
High Priority Project
State:
New South Wales
Transport
Deliver a motorway connection from the M1 at Waterfall to the Sydney motorway network.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Transport
Additional capacity along three sections of the M80, which in total comprise 14 kilometres of the 38 kilometre M80 Freeway.
High Priority Project
State:
Victoria
Transport
A third runway to meet increased demand at Melbourne Airport, which is expected to reach capacity during peak periods between 2018 and 2022.
Priority Initiative
State:
Victoria
Airport
Develop options for increasing public transport capacity to Melbourne Airport.
Priority Initiative
State:
Victoria
Transport
Planning for and construction of additional container terminal capacity in Melbourne to cater for predicted increases in containerised freight volumes.
Priority Initiative
State:
Victoria
Port
Removal of priority level crossings to deliver a more reliable, convenient, productive and safer transport system in Melbourne.
Priority Initiative
State:
Victoria
Transport
Develop options to address demand for transport services in Melbourne's outer northern suburbs.
High Priority Initiative
State:
Victoria
Victoria
Transport
Improvements to Melbourne's rail network capacity.
High Priority Initiative
State:
Victoria
Transport
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.
Priority Initiative
Transport
Various upgrades to the Melbourne–Geelong rail line to enhance capacity, including electification of the line and duplication of the existing single track pair.
Priority Initiative
State:
Victoria
Victoria
Victoria
Transport
Upgrade the Melton Line to preserve corridor, duplicate and increase capacity of the Metro Line.
Priority Initiative
State:
Victoria
Transport
Perth’s existing signalling and train control systems.
Priority Project
State:
Western Australia
Transport
Widening the Mitchell and Kwinana Freeways and implementing Intelligent Transport System technologies.
High Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Transport
The initiative is to improve the availability and quality of mobile services in certain regional and remote areas.
High Priority Initiative
Telecommunications
Traffic demand is exceeding the capacity of the Mooloolah River Interchange and the surrounding road network during peak periods.
Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Transport
A package of inter-related road infrastructure improvements to increase network efficiency and improve access to the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Transport
This project is Stage 2 of the multi-stage More Trains More Services (MTMS) Program to increase rail capacity across the Sydney network. MTMS Stage 2 will include enabling works on the T4 line.
Priority Project
State:
New South Wales
Transport
Enhancements to western sections of the Mount Isa to Townsville Rail Corridor and construction of a new 6.5km Townsville Eastern Access Rail Corridor.
Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Transport
The high volume of traffic on the Mount Ousley section of the M1 Princes Motorway is leading to significant congestion in peak periods. The interchange also has a comparatively high crash rate.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Road
The project is made up of a number of 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.
Priority Project
State:
Western Australia
Water
The National Electricity Market (NEM) will require significant new grid-scale renewable energy generators to replace retiring thermal generation facilities.
High Priority Initiative
Energy
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.
High Priority Initiative
Energy
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
Improve interconnections between NEM regions to make better use of existing assets.
Priority Initiative
Energy
Developing a network of fast-charging stations on the national highway and policies and regulation to support charging technology adoption.
High Priority Initiative
Transport
The initiative is for addressing the road maintenance backlog across local, state and national roads.
High Priority Initiative
Transport
The initiative involves a coordinated strategy between all levels of government and the market to identify a program of investment in new waste recovery and reprocessing infrastructure.
High Priority Initiative
Other
A program of works focused on addressing capacity constraints and improving service levels on urban and regional rail networks.
High Priority Initiative
Transport
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
A number of potential developments, including bypasses of the towns of Singleton and Muswellbrook, and intersection upgrades.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales
Transport
Across New South Wales, demand for social and crisis housing is growing faster than supply.
High Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Social
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.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Airport
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.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
New South Wales
Transport
Improvement to several sections of the highway to support safe Higher Productivity Vehicle access, and improve safety and reliability
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales
Transport
Development of a new motorway-standard connection between the Metropolitan Ring Road and Eastern Freeway to reduce congestion and capacity constraints.
High Priority Project
State:
Victoria
Transport
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.
Priority Initiative
State:
South Australia
Water
Additional tracks from West Ryde to Rhodes and from Thornleigh to Hornsby to support the future growth of rail freight movements.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
New South Wales
Transport
The Northern Territory has a comparative advantage in producing renewable energy, due to its vast land mass, low population density, solar resource and proximity to energy-intense markets in the Indo-Pacific region. There is an opportunity to harness this advantage by developing large-scale, dispatchable renewable energy generation in the Northern Territory, with transmission infrastructure to supply domestic and export markets.
Priority Initiative
State:
Northern Territory
Energy
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.
Priority Initiative
State:
Northern Territory
Energy
The Outback Way is the only direct route that connects Western Australia to Queensland, and is an important piece of national transport infrastructure. The inconsistent and poor condition of the road leads to long and unreliable travel times and higher safety risk for road users. Around half of the route is unsealed.
Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Road
The construction of a bypass around Coffs Harbour, including an upgrade to an existing section of the Pacific Highway to motorway standard dual carriageway.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Transport
Upgrades of the Pacific Highway to motorway standard between John Renshaw Drive and Raymond Terrace.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Transport
The business case is for a 10.5 kilometre western bypass of Parkes, including bridges over existing railway lines, connections to the Parkes Special Activation Precinct, and upgrades to local roads. The project has an estimated capital cost of $175 million (P50, outturn costs) and is expected to be completed by 2024.
Priority Project
State:
New South Wales
Road
Problem
Parts of the Parramatta Outer Ring Road, which surrounds Parramatta CBD, are heavily congested in peak periods.
High Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Road
The Walkerston Bypass project includes a 10.4 kilometre realignment of the Peak Downs Highway, from west of Walkerston to the Mackay Ring Road at Stockroute Road.
Priority Project
State:
Queensland
Transport
Construction of an additional runway at Perth Airport to provide capacity needed to meet increasing demand.
Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Airport
The initiative is for a program of water sourcing and water demand management initiatives. 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.
High Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Water
Increase supply and manage demand of the northern corridor in Perth through a range of initiatives.
High Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Transport
Investigation, planning, and potentially corridor and site preservation for additional container terminal capacity to accommodate future demand in Perth.
Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Western Australia
Port
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.
Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Transport
Potential road widening, grade separations at intersections and extensions to reduce congestion and improve safety.
Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Transport
Upgrade Picton road to improve the connection between The Princes and Hume Highways near Mount Ousley.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Transport
Opportunity
Growing general cargo demand will strain capacity at existing Pilbara ports, such as the ports of Port Hedland and Dampier.
Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Port
The project will provide the capacity required to meet forecast rail demand generated by the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal, Enfield Intermodal Terminal, the St Marys Intermodal Terminal (from 2022), and future terminals, including a site planned near Western Sydney Airport.
Priority Project
State:
New South Wales
Transport
Improve connectivity between the Port of Brisbane and freight terminals in the Brisbane region.
High Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Transport
Port capacity and infrastructure at Port of Burnie, on the north coast of Tasmania, is limiting export opportunities.
Port of Burnie cannot accommodate vessels larger than Handymax size, which carry less than 60,000 tonnes. These vessels are too small to service the supply chain. The export terminal space at the port is limited and not fit‑for‑purpose, and multi-commodity logistics infrastructure does not meet the ports requirements.
Priority Initiative
State:
Tasmania
Efficient Markets
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.
Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Port
The initiative is for a program of works to make the corridor safer, and more efficient and accessible.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Transport
Problem to be addressed
High traffic volumes and limited capacity on the Prospect Highway between Reservoir Road and St Martins Crescent are leading to congestion and safety issues.
Priority Project
State:
New South Wales
Transport
A high capacity, rapid transport link connecting Fishermans Bend with the Melbourne CBD.
Priority Initiative
State:
Victoria
Transport
Provision of high-capacity, on-road bus transport to improve connectivity along priority corridors.
High Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales
Transport
Capacity and safety improvements on Queensland’s Inland Freight Route, from Mungindi (at the New South Wales border) to Charter Towers in North Queensland.
Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Transport
The initiative 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.
Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Transport
The initiative is for a structured program approach to addressing the maintenance backlog for the NLTN in Queensland.
High Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Transport
That make up a disproportionate amount of crashes on Queensland's road network.
High Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Transport
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.
Priority Initiative
State:
Victoria
Transport
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.
High Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Transport
Introduction of modern road safety infrastructure technology and features, to improve road safety at high-risk locations.around NSW.
High Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales
Transport
A national program of works to improve safety on regional roads.
High Priority Initiative
Transport
Problem
The 2019 Australian Infrastructure Audit found that telecommunication services in regional Australia provide poor connectivity. Key issues include slow internet speeds, poor reliability and high prices.
High Priority Initiative
Relieving overcrowding and improving quality in housing for people in remote areas
High Priority Initiative
Social
Regional airstrips.
Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Transport
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.
Priority Initiative
State:
South Australia
Transport
Identification of potential options for the development of bulk commodity port capacity in the Spencer Gulf region.
Priority Initiative
State:
South Australia
Port
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.
High Priority Initiative
State:
South Australia
Road
The initiative involves upgrades to the South Coast Highway between Albany and Esperance.
Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Transport
The initiative 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.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Other
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.
Priority Initiative
State:
Victoria
Water
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.
High Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Transport
The initiative involves network, generation and storage investment in the SWIS.
Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Other
Provide high-capacity and rapid transport link between Sydney CBD and unserved parts of Green Square.
High Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Transport
Improving the crossing capacity of the Spencer Gulf at Port Augusta, which is currently provided by the Joy Baluch AM Bridge.
Priority Initiative
State:
South Australia
Transport
Upgrades to 426 km of the Strzelecki Track between Lyndhurst and Innamincka, and 26 km of the Nappa Merrie Access Road
Priority Initiative
State:
South Australia
Other
Considering options for renewing or replacing the Fremantle Traffic Bridge, or developing and improving alternative crossings and routes.
Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Transport
Initiative to better use existing assets to improve their performance and capacity.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Transport
Reduce cruise terminal capacity constraints to support growth of the Australian tourism industry.
Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
New South Wales
Other
Mass transit between Parramatta and Sydney CBD.
High Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Transport
This proposal is the second stage of the broader Sydney Metro project. It is a new 30 km metro line extension from the end of the Sydney Metro North West line at Chatswood, under Sydney Harbour, through new CBD stations and south-west to Bankstown. This includes new 15.5 km twin railway tunnels from Chatswood to Sydenham, and an upgrade of the existing T3 Bankstown Line to metro operations.
High Priority Project
State:
New South Wales
Transport
Solutions to accommodate the strong future growth in rail patronage in the Sydney basin.
High Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales
Transport
The opportunity is for a range of potential upgrades to enable faster rail services between Sydney and Canberra to improve the customer experience, increase productivity and provide a competitive alternative to driving or flying.
Priority Initiative
Transport
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.
Priority Initiative
State:
Northern Territory
Transport
Investment in rural water storage and delivery infrastructure to enable large-scale, multi-user irrigation schemes in rural areas in Tasmania.
Priority Initiative
State:
Tasmania
Water
Rationalise existing sewage treatment plants and upgrade and operate a reduced number of sewage treatment plants in Hobart, Launceston and Devonport.
Priority Initiative
State:
Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania
Water
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.
High Priority Initiative
Water
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.
Priority Project
State:
Tasmania
Social
Relocate existing campuses in Launceston and Burnie to new inner-city locations and deliver new associate degree programs.
Priority Project
State:
Tasmania
Tasmania
Other
Upgrading the Dinmore to Helidon Spa section of the Warrego Highway to improve road safety, capacity and flood immunity.
Priority Initiative
State:
Queensland
Transport
The program is for assessing and prioritising sections of the Wheatbelt Secondary Freight Network.
Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Transport
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.
Priority Initiative
State:
Western Australia
Telecommunications
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
Western Sydney Airport (now Western Sydney International) will be a full-service airport catering for domestic and international passengers, as well as freight services, initially with a single 3,700 m runway capable of handling all aircraft and facilities for 10 million passengers per annum. Construction commenced in 2018 and the airport is scheduled to open in 2026.
High Priority Project
State:
New South Wales
Airport
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
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).
High Priority Initiative
State:
New South Wales