Introduction Integrated transport network Accessible to everyone Accessible Our people Our organisation Integrated Transport Network Financial statements Appendices Č To read more about the strategies and indicators of success linked to these strategic priorities, see page 14–16. 30 Department of Transport and Main Roads | Annual Report 2018–19 Introduction Integrated transport network Accessible to everyone Accessible Our people Highlights • Completed construction and opened the western half of the • Completed the detailed design of the continued Pacific Motorway Our organisation $1.606 billion Toowoomba Second Range Crossing. (M1) program of works including the Eight Mile Plains to Daisy Hill ($749 million) and Varsity Lakes to Tugun upgrades ($1.03 billion). • Implemented the revised Queensland Procurement Policy. • Committed $24.2 million to marine infrastructure • Completed the evaluation of the Local Fare Scheme to improve the throughout Queensland. standard of living and connectivity in remote parts of Far North Queensland. • Rolled out TransLink in Townsville, including a new centralised bus hub. • Completed the $800,000 project to install eight Township Entry Financial statements Treatments on the Bruce Highway in Central Queensland. • Completed the $8.5 million construction of a replacement bridge at Beames Brook on Wills Developmental Road. • Launched the Queensland Cycling Strategy 2017–2027, which was accompanied by a two-year Queensland Cycling Action • Completed $22 million of construction of an additional northbound Plan 2017–2019. lane on Nicklin Way between Main Drive and Waterview Street, as part of the Sunshine Coast University Hospital access improvements. • Released the long-term Maintenance Dredging Management Plans. Appendices • Completed $700,000 dredging works at Kedron Brook at Brisbane • Completed $143.25 million restoration works in the Mackay and Airport floodway entrance. Gold Coast hinterland areas following Ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie. • Released the Queensland Freight Strategy – Advancing Freight in • Commenced piling work and demolition on Maryborough’s Queensland, setting out the 10-year vision for the freight system. $1.5 million March Street jetty. • Completed $29.3 million pavement widening at various locations on the Carnarvon Highway between St George and Surat and between Injune and Rolleston. Annual Report 2018–19 | Department of Transport and Main Roads 31 Planning best value investments Transport Coordination Plan for our future transport needs The Transport Coordination Plan 2017–2027 (TCP) brings Introduction a contemporary approach to the coordinated planning Queensland’s vast and diverse transport network continues and management of transport, including a strong focus on to grow and plays a fundamental role in the state’s economic customer needs and technology. Developed in accordance growth. Responsible planning and prioritising ensures with the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, the Queensland’s long-term transport needs are met in the most TCP establishes five high-level objectives for the transport cost-effective way and provides clear direction. This is system across the key areas of: achieved through long-and medium-term strategies and plans • customer experience and affordability critical to Queensland’s transport needs. These are developed • community connectivity and managed to ensure integrated planning across the state, designing for the transport needs of the future. • efficiency and productivity • safety and security Integrated transport network Queensland Transport Strategy • environment and sustainability. The Draft Queensland Transport Strategy—a 30-year vision The TCP sets clear criteria for prioritising spending on for transport in Queensland—was released for community and transport and includes decision-making principles and a suite stakeholder consultation on 29 March 2019. Consultation of transport key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor closed 10 June 2019. During the consultation: progress towards its objectives. • over 1900 customers visited the external Examples of progress against these KPIs for 2018–19 are: Accessible to everyone Accessible consultation website, generating 322 idea posts, comments or likes • customer satisfaction ratings of public transport by • 269 TMR staff visited the gallery walkthrough events service type and provided 544 suggestions • patronage on government contracted services • 37 stakeholders provided formal feedback • number of road fatalities and hospitalised causalities submissions. • proportion of the network with good productivity Our people • proportion of the network with reliable travel times. The Strategy provides a vision for the transformation of the state’s transport system to provide flexibility in responding The TCP, along with the Draft Queensland Transport Strategy, to customer preferences, global trends and emerging informs the development of more detailed transport strategies technologies. It puts customers first and articulates the and plans produced by TMR, such as regional transport plans department’s plan for maximising the benefits of future and modal strategies. changes for all Queenslanders. Our organisation The Strategy is structured around five customer-focused Č For more information: www.tmr.qld.gov.au/About-us/Corporate- outcomes that will guide how TMR responds to future information/Publications/Transport-Coordination-Plan changes: 1. accessible, convenient transport 2. safe journeys for all 3. seamless, personalised journeys Ş Case study 4. efficient, reliable and productive transport for people Time Travel – Megatrends and Scenarios for Queensland Financial statements and goods Transport out to 2048 5. sustainable, resilient and liveable communities. The future of transport is uncertain, with potentially massive The draft Strategy shows how the department plans to harness changes on the horizon. Time travel: Megatrends and scenarios for emerging transport trends to continue to move people and transport in Queensland out to 2048 helps TMR to understand and products safely and efficiently now, and into the future. The plan for the challenges, risks and opportunities that the future may Appendices Strategy is due to be finalised in late-2019. hold for transport in Queensland. Developed under the Queensland Government and CSIRO’s/ Č For more information: www.tmr.qld.gov.au/ Data61 Strategic Partnership Agreement, TMR and Data61 identified QueenslandTransportStrategy megatrends that will likely transform the transport system over the coming decades. Data61 then modelled how certain transport 32 Department of Transport and Main Roads | Annual Report 2018–19 fundamentals (such as congestion, safety, household expenditure, A selection of key projects from QTRIP 2018–19 to 2021–22 greenhouse gas emissions, and registration) would likely fare being delivered by the department include: under four plausible future transport scenarios that might play out, depending on: Introduction Australian Government and Queensland Government jointly-funded: • how quickly Queenslanders take up emerging technologies (like driverless and electric vehicles) and business models (such as • $1.606 billion for Toowoomba Second Range Crossing ride-sharing and car-sharing) • $1.143 billion for Gateway Motorway North • $1.03 billion for Pacific Motorway (Varsity Lakes to Tugun) • where and how they choose to live and work, which will • $812.9 million for Caloundra Road to Sunshine Motorway project determine length and number of trips Queenslanders need to make and whether (in urban centres) peak-hour weekday • $550.8 million for the North Coast Line – Beerburrum to commutes continue to be the norm. Nambour Rail Upgrade • $514.3 million for Haughton River Floodplain Integrated transport network The four different worlds identified in this report show very different • $497.4 million for Mackay Ring Road (Stage 1) outcomes for transport fundamentals such as public transport • $481 million for Cairns Southern Access Corridor (Stage 3) usage, the cost of transport for households, and road safety. For instance, the number of road fatalities and injuries could be very • $400 million for Ipswich Motorway (Rocklea to Darra) (Stage 1) different in a world where automated vehicles are widely adopted, • $197.5 million for Pacific Motorway (Mudgeeraba to Varsity Lakes) or where people travel shorter distances, less often—compared to • $195.3 million for Pacific Motorway/Gateway Motorway merge a world where automated vehicle technology is not taken up, or • $189.3 million for Eton Range Realignment project people continue to travel longer distances during peak hours. • $121 million for Rockhampton Northern Access Upgrade (Stage 1) to everyone Accessible The time travel report models key transport fundamentals for each • $110.6 million for Mackay Northern Access of the four scenarios, to show us what could be at stake and help • $104.1 million for Cairns Southern Access Corridor (Stage 4). TMR prepare for the changes coming our way. This will assist TMR in ensuring that no group is unfairly disadvantaged by these changes Queensland Government funded: and that the benefits are shared equitably across our communities, • $152 million for Smithfield Bypass in Cairns steering us towards the best future for transport in Queensland. Our people • $88.6 million for extra car spaces at seven south-east Queensland train stations Queensland Transport and Roads • $80 million for Centenary Motorway/Sumners Road interchange Investment Program