Inland Rail is Australia's biggest freight rail project, but a Senate inquiry has uncovered serious failures in the consultation process and management of the multi-billion-dollar rail line.
A Senate inquiry has issued a stinging assessment of the management of Australia's biggest freight rail project, Inland Rail.The inquiry identified poor planning and a lack of consultationprovides 26 recommendations to fix failures in consultation, technical modelling and route planning of the 1,700-kilometre rail line connecting Brisbane to Melbourne.
The initial 2015 business case estimated a cost of $4.7 billion, which has now ballooned to $14.3b and could exceed $20b, according to the report. Under ARTC plans, Acacia Ridge could be a termination point for the line, ending in an intermodal terminal connecting freight to the Port of Brisbane. The Inland Rail project is considered a priority infrastructure project that will deliver big benefits for regional Australia.The Senate report also highlighted issues raised by a draft independent study of the flood modelling used by ARTC for several routes through Queensland.
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