Actions underway
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Looking ahead over the coming year...
Action Area 1
Smarter and targeted infrastructure investment
The first stage of construction to upgrade the Tasman Sideling is scheduled to commence in 2022.
Works on the Port of Burnie Shiploader Upgrade are expected to start in late 2021 and be completed in late 2022.
Construction on the M12 Motorway project is expected to commence in early 2022.
Action Area 2
Enable improved supply chain efficiency
In July 2022, the Australian Government will launch the New Employment Services Model.
The Queensland Government is developing the Zero Net Transport Emission Roadmap, expected to be finalised by early 2022.
Action Area 3
Better planning, regulation and coordination
The multi-use bulk goods conveyor at the Port of Bundaberg will commence construction in late 2021/early 2022, and a pre-feasability study on the future potential for an outer harbour will be completed in early 2022.
Action Area 4
Better freight location and performance data
Work on the Australian Government's survey of freight supply chain information management systems in use across Australian freight and related industries will commence in late June 2021 and be completed by end March 2022.
A closer lookNational Urban Freight Planning Principles |
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With urban freight volumes predicted to increase 60 per cent by 2040, pressures on freight networks will grow. Congestion, freight curfews and limits on heavy vehicle access are expected to worsen as Australia’s increasing population drives competition for land and space on transport networks. On 28 May 2021, Infrastructure and Transport Ministers endorsed the National Urban Freight Planning Principles to help meet this challenge. The Principles will guide land use decision-making across all levels of government to improve planning for freight in Australia’s metropolitan areas. The Commonwealth, together with states and territories and industry, developed the Principles in response to industry calls for improved consideration of freight in transport and land use planning. The Principles reflect outcomes from public consultation with over 60 organisations and individuals across the planning sector and freight industry. From next year, each jurisdiction will report on their practical actions to implement the Principles through the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy annual reporting process. Some early actions include:
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