Truck buster: Port of Brisbane scores Inland Rail funding
THE Port of Brisbane has receives $20 million in Commonwealth funding and a matching in-kind contribution from the Queensland Government to ramp up planning required to directly connect the Inland Rail with the port.
The under construction 1700km Inland Rail promises to connect Melbourne and Brisbane currently terminates at Acacia Ridge.
That means all freight will be need to be trucked the remaining 35km on existing roads unless an alternative is found.
Already 98 per cent of freight is currently trucked to the port using by road, according to the Port of Brisbane website. In 2018, that equaled about 4 million truck movements, and is forecast to increase to 13 million by 2050.
