2018 State Infrastructure Plan and Pipeline update

The Queensland Government has released the annual update of the State Infrastructure Plan (SIP) and latest iteration of the Building Queensland Infrastructure Pipeline Report.

The revised SIP program commits the Government to a total infrastructure investment of $11.6 billion in 2018-19, and $45.8 billion over the next four years.

Program updates for 2018 include a $21.7 billion investment in transport and road infrastructure and upgrades for the Logan, Caboolture and Ipswich hospitals. The Government anticipates expending $733 million on the Cross River Rail project this financial year.

Building Queensland’s latest Infrastructure Pipeline Report, which was also released today, has confirmed that detailed business cases are being developed by the authority for the Brisbane Live and the Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 3A projects.

Among the 19 unfunded proposals included in the Report are potential Gold Coast Rail Line capacity improvements from Kuraby to Beenleigh, and upgrades to the Bruce Highway from Pine River to Caboolture/Bribie Island Road and Steve Irwin Way to Caloundra Road Interchange.

Further information on the State Infrastructure Plan can be found here.

Building Queensland’s Infrastructure Pipeline Report can be accessed here