North West Transport Corridor must deliver for the long-term
Queensland’s peak motoring body is urging all levels of government to work together and think long-term when developing solutions for Brisbane's North West Transport Corridor.
RACQ's Head of Public Policy Dr Michael Kane said any proposal must consider Brisbane’s booming population.
“By 2030, around 4.6 million people are expected to call south east Queensland home, with our population forecast to grow by 800,000 every decade past 2050,” Dr Kane said.
“We are becoming a big world region with a population close to 6 million by 2050 and that requires big world thinking, planning and infrastructure solutions.”
RACQ believes any proposal for the North West Transport Corridor must include tunnels for both rail and road.
“Large cities around the world put their major new public transport and urban motorways underground and that’s how we need to be thinking,” Dr Kane explained.
“Building significant transport corridors across local roads and on green space will be detrimental to Brisbane and its residents in the long-term.
“Green spaces are the lungs of Brisbane, and we need to preserve as much as possible to support healthy population growth."