South East Queensland Regional Freight Strategy 2007-2012
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Figure 4 – SEQ Western Freight Corridor Railway station Urban Footprint, October 2006 Outside the Urban Footprint Railways Priority freight routes Plainland Rail freight Freeway, highway, major road Connecting road Waterbody/waterway Industrial zoning, November 2006 Future industrial land Road, Priority one freight route Proposed infrastructure Road, Priority two freight route 02468101 Fernvale Kilometres Lowood Upper Brookfield Helidon Withcott Corinda Toowooomba Grantham Plainland Gatton Bundamba Wacol Rosewood Ipswich Laidley Amberley Airfield Springfield Swanbank Grandchester Ebenezer Greenbank The information on this map is not intended for reference to specific parcels of land, and should be treated as indicative only and subject to ongoing refinement. In some parts of the mapping one layer obscures another. This is not meant to imply any order of importance or priority. The Office of Urban Management, Department of Infrastructure, and Queensland Transport and the Department of Main Roads do not guarantee or make any representations as to the Jimboomba accuracy or completeness of the information shown on this map, nor does it accept any responsibility or liability for any loss or damage arising from its use. Sources include: Department of Main Roads, Queensland Transport, the Office of Urban Management, and Mapinfo Australia Pty Ltd. Version: June 2007 12 Queensland Transport, South East Queensland Regional Freight Network Strategy 2007-2012, 2009 3.3 Western Freight Corridor 3.3.2 Rail 3.3.1 Road The western rail freight corridor extends from Corinda, through Rosewood to Toowoomba (refer Figure The western road freight corridor comprises the Warrego 4). In 2002, the amount of rail freight travelling and Cunningham highways, which commence at the throughout the corridor was approximately 4.5mt.1 Bulk common interchange with the Ipswich Motorway commodities accounted for approximately 3.9mt of at Dinmore. The Warrego Highway exits SEQ at the the corridor’s rail freight.1 The major bulk commodities western edge of the city of Toowoomba in the west, and transported were coal, grain and fuel. Coal and grain the Cunningham Highway exits SEQ at the boundary is transported from the Darling Downs and south- of Warwick and Boonah Shires in the south-west (refer western Queensland respectively to Brisbane. This fi gure 4). Both highways are priority one road freight freight is typically destined for the Port of Brisbane for routes. export, with only a small amount consumed within the The Warrego Highway is a key road facilitating the region. A portion of the region’s bulk fuel movements movement of freight to southern markets in Melbourne are transported by rail from Brisbane’s oil refi neries via the Gore and Newell highways. It also links SEQ to south-western Queensland for distribution to rural and freight markets in Darwin and regional Queensland communities. communities via the Landsborough and Barkly Non-bulk commodities accounted for the remainder of highways. Similarly, the Cunningham Highway links the freight railed through the corridor (approximately SEQ to the southern freight markets including Sydney, 600,000t).1 The main commodities transported were and is a major freight route to and from regional cotton, livestock and general freight. Commodities such communities in north-west New South Wales and south- as cotton and containerised grain typically travel from west Queensland. Both roads connect with the Ipswich south western Queensland to the Port of Brisbane for Motorway in the inner freight corridor to provide access export. Livestock originates in western Queensland and to and from industrial precincts in south-west Brisbane is transported to various meat processing plants in SEQ. (that is, Rocklea, Acacia Ridge and Wacol) and the General freight is transported from Brisbane to western Australia TradeCoast. and south western Queensland for distribution to rural In 2002, the amount of road freight travelling communities. throughout the corridor was approximately 8.5mt.1 3 4 The majority of this freight was non-bulk commodities transported to and from southern markets and the Darling Downs. There is also some bulk freight transported along western road corridor for consumption within the region. For example, coal is transported to the Swanbank Power Station near Ipswich. The type of freight vehicles travelling along these highways ranges from light rigid vehicles to articulated heavy vehicles, including semi-trailers and B-doubles providing line haul operations to inter and intrastate destinations. Queensland Transport, South East Queensland Regional Freight Network Strategy 2007-2012, 2009 13.