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City Infrastructure with Craig Lawrence – Economics Explained ep.26
At this stage, the official line is that Queensland’s local government elections will still go ahead on Saturday 28 March despite the coronavirus threat, although the Queensland Electoral Commissioner has told ABC Radio “Things could change…” (see this ABC News … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Uncategorized
Tagged activetransport, bridges, brisbane, capex, cba, costbenefitanalysis, crossriverrail, discountrate, economics, externalities, infrastructure, kangaroopoint, netbenefits, netpresentvalue, npv, opex, parks, traveltimesavings, tunnels, widereconomicbenefits
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Govt should explore transport demand management options before committing to costly infrastructure
While it’s good news the Government has found a much cheaper alternative to Cross-River Rail, before committing billions of dollars to an underground rail and bus network (see this morning’s Courier-Mail report), the Government should ensure it has fully considered … Continue reading
Posted in Transport
Tagged brisbane, brisbaneunderground, congestioncharging, crossriverrail, henryreview, qld, queensland, seq, transport, tunnels
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