Brisbane City Council rules out its own Inland Rail impact research

The state and federal governments have undertaken a $1.5 million Port of Brisbane Strategic Rail Access Study into the future requirements of a dedicated freight link to the port. A further $20 million planning study for a business case is not expected until 2022.

A community consultative committee for the final Queensland stretch, chaired by former Howard government minister Gary Hardgrave, heard in January that without such a rail link the Acacia Ridge termination would be “devastating” for the city’s southern suburbs and triple the amount of trucks on local roads.