BRISBANE City Council's Public and Active Transport Chairman, Adrian Schrinner, last week unveiled the Council's 10 Point Plan to fix public transport in Brisbane and called on the State Government to implement its ideas as a matter of urgency.
THE former Petrie paper mill site and its surrounds will be transformed into a world-class innovation and knowledge precinct supporting more than 6,000 jobs, after the Queensland Government declared it the state's next Priority Development Area (PDA).
MORETON Bay's biggest public infrastructure project in more than a generation—the Moreton Bay Rail Link—is on track to open in early October, the Australian and Queensland governments announced last week.
THE Queensland Government has announced that Brisbane's flagship station is set to be transformed following the start of a three-year program of works worth more than $67 million at Central Station.
THE Queensland Government last week announced that Australian Unity has been selected as the preferred tenderer to develop the site of the former children's hospital at Herston in Brisbane and create a $1.1 billion health, aged care, residential and retail destination.
HELENSVALE station is set to become the most advanced, modern public transport interchange in the country, with major works now underway to build the $420 million Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 2 extension, the Australian and Queensland governments announced earlier this week.
QUEENSLAND Deputy Premier and Minister for Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning Jackie Trad last week announced she was using her powers under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 to issue a proposed call-in notice for the proposed West Village mixed-use development at the Absoe site in Brisbane's West End.
THE Queensland Government last week said councils across the state will have more resources to deliver essential community infrastructure following the government's announcement that it will index the maximum infrastructure charges on new developments.
THE Queensland Government last week said it will ensure the state's important heritage places are better preserved for future generations, by restoring protections for adjoining sites which were previously removed by the former government.
THE QUEENSLAND Government said it is continuing its commitment to renewable energy, following the release last week of the state's first wind farm planning code.
THE Queensland Government last week welcomed the release of Building Queensland's inaugural Infrastructure Pipeline Report, which sets out for the first time an independent view of the state's infrastructure priorities.
A NEW world-class rail signalling system for South East Queensland's rail network is on the fast track, with global Expressions of Interest to develop the $634 million project now open, the State Government announced last week.
QUEENSLAND Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe last week announced that permanent works on Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 2 would start on schedule in July following the completion of site investigations.
