[Levin]

Stephanie Gardiner and Paul Osborne  April 6, 2023


Inland Rail is a 1700km line intended to link Melbourne and Brisbane via regional Victoria, NSW and Queensland.

When finished it is expected to reduce truck volumes across at least 20 regional towns, ease congestion on major highways, cut carbon emissions and provide a reliable network for producers, farmers and businesses.

A study released on Thursday has found the project, estimated to cost $9.3 billion five years ago, has blown out to $31.4 billion.

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Dr Schott said while progress was being made in terms of NSW approval processes, Queensland’s work was “well behind”.

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Transport Minister Catherine King said it would take a lot of work to get the project back on track.

“The previous government began this project with no idea where the rail line would start in Melbourne, and where it would finish in Brisbane, or how it would interact with towns, communities and the natural environmental along the route,” she said.


https://www.aap.com.au/news/inland-track...ishing-3b/

[lylcnn]

Most incompetent govt

[cityhantam]

Must be China's fault lah! 

[lvlrsSTI]

[lvlrsSTI]

Spend so much for railway for this type of grandma train?

[starbugs]

Quite common in Australia: whenever something goes wrong, blame the previous govt.