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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