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How Brisbane’s ‘missing link’ could stop millions of trucks choking the city to death
Wednesday December 16, 2020
The Palaszczuk Government has been urged to decide on the future of one of Queensland’s most contentious proposed infrastructure projects, a freight rail link for the Port of Brisbane.
Trucks arrive at the Port of Brisbane. (Photo: AAP Image/Dan Peled)
The lack of movement on the project has prompted repeated warnings of an explosion in the number of trucks on Brisbane’s roads as exporters are forced to means other than rail to get their product to port.
Just 2.5 per cent of container freight out of Brisbane gets to the port by rail, much less than the average…
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