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Brisbane City Council – Infrastructure for a new world city
Scott Stewart
Divisional Manager, Brisbane Infrastructure Brisbane City Council
Queensland Infrastructure Summit
8-9 December 2015
Brisbane’s Economic Role
Competitive Advantage • International reputation • Innovation/R & D • Global connections
Comparative Advantage • Close to trading partners • 3 time zones • Liveability/quality of life
Brisbane’s Economic Plan
Australia’s New World City • Top 10 lifestyle city • Top 100 city for
commercial investment • Top 20 in at least one key
industry • Globally recognised for at
least one quality
TARGETS
Brisbane’s Future Growth
4 * BEDP 2012-31 target
Planning layers
Brisbane Cityshape 2031
Our changing CBD
1. Network deficiencies and gaps 2. Lack of river crossings 3. Sensitivity to incidents
The Road Network 10 Years Ago
Our vision • Accessible,
connected city
• Active, healthy city
• Well-designed, subtropical city
• New World City
Our objectives • Promoting active
transport
• Providing high quality public transport
• Developing a quality road transport network that is safe and efficient
Council infrastructure projects supporting the transport plan: • $1.2bn Road Action Program • Purchase of 500 new 'rigid equivalent' buses over four years • $220m for walking, cycling and bikeways over eight years • City Cycle bike hire program • Six new CityCats over four years • 10 new ferry terminals.
Transport Plan Elements
• TransApex is a ring road of major infrastructure projects
• Provides a system of bypasses and vital river crossings around the city centre
• Long-term plan of Council’s plan to tackle traffic congestion on the city’s road surface
• More than $7 billion worth of major infrastructure built over the last ten years
• Represents the largest combination of infrastructure projects ever initiated by a local Council in Australia
• Sequential delivery of CLEM7, Go Between Bridge, Airport Link and Legacy Way
• Mix of funding and delivery models
TransApex Projects
TransApex Benefits
• Significant travel time savings recorded on all TransApex routes • Major time savings of up to 71% achieved via the Legacy Way tunnel and
Clem7 • Consistent and reliable journey times observed on all TransApex routes which
translates to making the journey on-time, all-the-time • Improved travel times on alternative surface routes
• 4.6km road tunnel connecting the Western Freeway, Toowong with ICB, Kelvin Grove
• Two parallel tunnels - one eastbound and one westbound
• Cross passages for tunnel safety with longitudinal ventilation system
• Free flow electronic tolling system
• Traffic volumes on Milton Road have reduced by 13% since the opening Legacy Way reduced travel times:
• Between Western Freeway and ICB – up to 69%
• Milton Road between Western Freeway and ICB – up to 31%
Legacy Way
Key Corridors Performance Report
Report number
Reporting period Previous year
Traffic volume Change in AM peak network travel time per
kilometre, seconds
Change in PM peak network travel time per
kilometre, seconds Volume change % change
1 January-June 2014
January-June 2013 23,802 3.3% 2 2
2 July-December 2014
July-December 2013 25,728 3.5% 6 3
3 January-June 2015
January-June 2014 22,730 3.2% 5 1
• Traffic volumes have been steadily increasing • Travel times have generally remained steady
TomTom Traffic Index • TomTom measures traffic congestion in over 200 cities around the world • Brisbane ranks 88 • Amongst major Australian and New Zealand cities, Brisbane ranked the best
ahead of Adelaide (81), Perth (73), Melbourne (60), Auckland (41) and Sydney (21).
Infrastructure Being Delivered
Kingsford Smith Drive
Tender awarded to Lendlease on Tuesday November 17 2015
Kingsford Smith Drive Features
• Wide centre median along entire length of upgrade to allow for planting • Rest stops along the river with planting, low vegetation, viewing platforms
and seating • Steps down to water’s edge at Cameron Rocks Reserve and Bretts Wharf • Grassed and paved areas at Bretts Wharf including multifunctional plaza • Opportunity to incorporate artwork and feature lighting
Kingsford Smith Drive Timeframes
• Initial works on the Kingsford Smith Drive upgrade will start in early 2016 • Piling works in the Brisbane River are expected to start in mid-2016 • Construction of the upgrade is expected to be completed in mid-2019
Infrastructure
ICB 4 Lane Widening
Wynnum Road
Stapylton Road
Emergency Vehicle Prioritisation • Emergency Vehicle Prioritisation (EVP) tracks the location of emergency
vehicles responding to emergency call outs. • It uses computer-aided dispatch, GPS and traffic management technology
to determine the location of an emergency vehicle, calculate estimated times of arrival at intersections and send a message to the traffic control system that an emergency vehicle is approaching.
• The traffic control system then provides a green light in advance of the arrival of the vehicle at the required traffic signal when it is safe to do so.
Congestion Reduction Initiatives
Public and Active Transport
Better Bikeways 4 Brisbane Ferry Terminals
Accessible Ferry Network Accessible Bus Network
Working Together as Team Brisbane
Innovative Proposals Process
Engagement with Industry Groups and Queensland and
Australian governments
Two Way Feedback Channels
Briefings for Program and Procurement
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