STRATEGIC CORRIDORS/ SUPPLY CHAINS & CRITICAL CONNECTORS IDENTIFIED IN THE INLAND QUEENSLAND ROAD NETWORK STRATEGY The Inland Queensland s Action Project (IQ-RAP) Working Group 28 June, 2018
THE INLAND QUEENSLAND ROAD NETWORK CONNECTS REGIONS, STATES AND THEIR INDUSTRIES, EXPORTERS, MARKETS, COMMUNITIES AND TOURISTS. Page 2
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE KEY CORRIDORS THAT SUPPORT ECONOMIC SUPPLY CHAINS ACROSS 1.2 MILLION KM 2 OF INLAND QUEENSLAND Page 3
BENEFITS TO BE ACHIEVED THROUGH INVESTMENT INTO THE INLAND QUEENSLAND CORRIDORS AND CONNECTORS All investments will lead to improved safety outcomes, improved productivity for all industries, jobs and more resilient connectivity for communities, commuters and tourists. Based on expenditure $2,287 million over, the following economic and job impacts can be achieved. Total impact over Output ($M) GRP ($M) Income ($M) Employment (FTE) Direct Impact $2,287 $887 $275 2,782 Indirect Impact (Type I) $1,339 $616 $367 4,213 Indirect Impact (Type II) $1,903 $1,063 $482 6,773 Total Impact $5,529 $2,566 $1,124 13,768 Avg. annual impact Output ($M) GRP ($M) Income ($M) Employment (FTE) Direct Impact $229 $89 $28 278 Indirect Impact (Type I) $134 $62 $37 421 Indirect Impact (Type II) $190 $106 $48 677 Total Impact $553 $257 $112 1,377 Source: AECGroup; 26.6.18 1 EXAMPLES OF BENEFITS 1. Productivity improvements in the agricultural sector shorter travel times with improvements in road quality, and a reduction on wear and tear on vehicles and associated maintenance costs. 2. A reduction in the amount weight loss cattle due to stress on poor quality, and in particular unsealed roads, leading to higher return on investment. 3. A reduction in horticultural wastage caused by poor road conditions, leading to higher return on investment. 4. Mining companies will be able to move their over-mass sized equipment from ports to mine sites with greater efficiency and safety. 5. Better roads will lead to greater efficiency and productivity for grain, horticultural, beef, other exporters competing globally. 6. Jobs planning, design, construction and maintenance roads, particularly in Outback Queensland area where there is extremely high youth and Indigenous unemployment. 7. Increased business opportunities for suppliers to road projects and increases to their employment, including Indigenous businesses and employment. 8. Opening up new tourism opportunities associated with the sealing and widening sealed roads to provide safer and more comfortable for tourists. This will lead to more tourism industry investment and the spread tourist expenditure across regions. 9. More resilient connectivity for the movement goods and people, and delivery emergency and other services in times severe weather events, reducing the impacts and economic losses. 10. A reduction in dust and its impact on crops, cattle, visibility, amenity and safety. 11. More sustainable local s and rural and remote towns road works programs to create local jobs and reduce the decline in population. 12. Safer roads for all members the community, to reduce the unacceptable divide in road death statistics between metropolitan and rural areas. 1 Disclaimer: Whilst all care and diligence have been exercised in the preparation this report, AEC Group Pty Ltd does not warrant the accuracy the information contained within and accepts no liability for any loss or damage that may be suffered as a result reliance on this information. Page 4
VALUE FOR MONEY PROPOSITION FOR THE ROADS OF STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE (ROSI) s Strategic Importance Initiative Map Inland Queensland Strategy Map ROSI Bindoon Bypass $220 million Local s: 1 Gross Regional Product: $307 million Population: 5,300 Over this cost equates to 7.2% GRP. ROSI Tasmanian s Package $400 million (focussing on the Bass Highway) Local s: 8 Gross Regional Product: $5,855 million Population: 191,800 Over this cost equates to 0.7% cost GRP. ROSI NSW- ACT package $100 million (focussing on the Barton Highway) Local s: 5 Gross Regional Product: $692 million Population: 233,200 Over this cost equates to 1.5% GRP. INLAND QUEENSLAND ROAD NETWORK Focussing on the strategic and connecting roads to improve productivity, resilience and safety and drive economic growth across the 28 local areas that have had the vision to work on IQ-RAP. Local s: 28 Gross Regional Product: $43,464 million Population: 462,000 Funding Seeking $1,830 million from the Australian Government as 80% towards the total cost $2,287 million over Over the total cost equates to 0.4% GRP. Page 5
Inland Queensland s Action Project (IQ-RAP) partner councils that have invested in the Inland Queensland Strategy (), and their towns, are highlighted in bold red. In accordance with s Strategic Importance (ROSI) funding being allocated separately into northern and southern Australia, this document identifies key and for industries, communities and tourists in the north and south and the that connect southern Australia with northern Australia. # on 1 North Flinders and Barkly National Highways Approx 1,094 km from Townsville to Camooweal ) National A6 A2 Herbert local $18,633 million $246 million local s Townsville Charters Towers Flinders Richmond McKinlay Mount Isa Townsville Charters Towers/ Crimea Torrens Creek Hughenden Richmond Julia Creek Mount Isa Camooweal Tennant Creek Darwin North - P29 P33, 34 Townsville - Battery Crimea - Burdekin Falls Dam Hughenden - Winton Richmond - Croydon Richmond - Winton Julia Creek - Burketown Dajarra Mount Isa Dajarra, Boulia Camooweal - Gregory Downs North P29 P33, 34 Outback- Far North P24 Townsville Darwin Karumba (via Cloncurry) Townsville Hughenden Richmond Julia Creek Mount Isa Darwin Mining product Overlander s Way - Townsville to Tennant Creek 2 North Peak Downs Highway Approx 124 km from Moranbah to Clermont Route: S70 ia Flynn $7,353 Million $46 million Isaac Mackay Moranbah Nebo Clermont Clermont - Alpha Mackay Hay Point Mackay Moranbah Grain This is not a recognised drive tourism route but tourists do use the route for travel. Page 6
3 North Way Highway Approx 530 km from Westwood to Barcaldine ) Route: A4 Flynn local $5,022 million $169 million local s Banana Central Highlands Rockhampton Gracemere Stanwell Westwood Duaringa Dingo Blackwater Emerald Alpha Westwood - Taroom Duaringa - Bauhinia Dingo - Mt Flora Alpha - Clermont Port Alma Gladstone (via Biloela) CQ Inland Port Emerald Grain Way Rockhampton to Barcaldine 4 North Savannah Way Highway Gulf Approx 1,476 km from Kuranda to the NT border / local A1 $2,009 million $152 million Tablelands Croydon Etheridge Carpentaria Burke Kuranda Mareeba Atherton Ravenshoe Mount Garnet Georgetown Croydon Normanton Burketown Doomadgee NT WA Far North P24 P34 Mareeba Dimbulah Ootann Mt Garnet The Lynd Croydon - Richmond Normanton - Dimbulah Far North P24 P33, 34 Karumba (via Normanton) Normanton Burketown Savannah Way Cairns to Broome 5 North Outback Way Kennedy Donohue Highway Approx 602 km from Winton to the NT border / local Route: S62 $121 million $75 million Boulia Boulia Alice Springs/ NT Laverton/ WA P38 Boulia Bedourie Boulia Dajarra, Mount Isa Hughenden Richmond Boulia Alice Springs Laverton Cattle Supplies to the Fuel Business, Outback Way Winton to Laverton, WA Page 7
6 North Dawson Highway Approx 407 km from Gladstone to Springsure ) S60 A7 Flynn local $11,662 million $96 million local s Gladstone Banana Central Highlands Gladstone Biloela Banana Moura Bauhinia Rolleston Springsure Gladstone P2 P21 Gladstone - Monto Bauhinia Taroom Springsure Tambo Gladstone Gladstone Grain This is not a recognised drive tourism route but tourists do use the route for travel. 7 North and south Landsborough, Warrego, National Highways Approx 1,227 km from Roma to Cloncurry National Route: A2 $7,279 million $176 million Murweh Longreach Mount Isa / SEQ Toowoomba Dalby Miles Roma Mitchell Morven Augathella Longreach Kynuna McKinlay P37 P33 Longreach - Jundah P33, 34 Darwin Gladstone, Port Alma (via Barcaldine) Toowoomba Roma Longreach Darwin This route incorporates sections the drive tourism the Warrego Way, Matilda Way, Overlander s Way Page 8
8 North and south The Great Inland Way (the eastern alternate to the Bruce Highway and the fastest route connecting Sydney/ NSW with North and Far North Queensland) Castlereagh Highway Carnarvon Highway Dawson Highway Springsure Emerald Gregory ) A55 A7 S63 S62 1 Flynn ia Leichhardt local $15,200 million $271 million local s Central Highlands Isaac Charters Towers Tablelands Mareeba Sydney/NSW Hebel or Mungindi Dirranbandi St George Surat Roma Injune Rolleston Springsure Emerald Clermont Belyando Crossing Charters Towers Greenvale The Lynd Mt Garnet Mareeba Kuranda Cooktown North - P29 Far North P24 Clermont Alpha The Lynd Quartz Blow Creek Sydney Gladstone (via Rolleston) Port Alma (via Emerald) Mackay and Hay Point (via Clermont) Townsville (via Charters Towers) QLD St George Roma Emerald Cooktown Central QLD Inland Port Great Inland Way - Sydney to Cooktown Approx 1,182 km from Hebel to Kuranda Page 9
9 North and south Western QLD Inland Way (the western alternative to the Bruce Highway and the most direct route from Melbourne/ VIC to Far North, Cape York, North, Central West and Queensland) Kidman Way Mitchell Highway Landsborough - Aramac Torrens Creek Flinders Highway Hann Highway (on the Kennedy ) ) state A71 A2 19 18 A6 62 1 local $5,359 million $107 million local s Paroo Murweh Flinders Atherton Mareeba Melbourne Shepparton Cobar Griffith Bourke Barringun Cunnamulla Charleville Augathella Muttaburra Torrens Creek Hughenden The Lynd Mt Garnet Atherton Mareeba Kuranda - P33, 34 Far North P24 Barringun Cunnamulla The Lynd Quartz Blow Creek Mareeba Dimbulah, Ootann Far North P24 Melbourne Gladstone, Port Alma (via Barcaldine) Townsville (via Torrens Creek) Cunnamulla Charleville Hughenden From Barringun to Barcaldine is a section the drive tourism route the Matilda Way. Approx 1,830 km from Barringun to Kuranda Page 10
10 North and south Matilda Way (the most direct route from Melbourne/ VIC to the and the southern Gulf region) Kidman Way Mitchell Highway Landsborough Burke Approx 1,806 km from Barringun to Karumba ) state local $2,360 million $104 million local s Paroo Murweh Longreach Carpentaria Melbourne Shepparton Cobar Griffith Bourke Barringun Cunnamulla Charleville Augathella Longreach Burke and Wills Junction Normanton Karumba P33, 34 Barringun - Cunnamulla Melbourne Karumba Gladstone, Port Alma (via Barcaldine) Cunnamulla Charleville Longreach Normanton Matilda Way Melbourne to Karumba 11 South Warrego Way Warrego Highway Diamantina Approx 850 km from Roma to Morney state A2 49 $1,670 million $119 million Murweh Quilpie Barcoo / SEQ Roma Mitchell Morven Charleville Quilpie Thylungra Windorah Morney Birdsville Quilpie Bundeena Thylungra Eromanga Windorah Bedourie Windorah - Jundah Roma Charleville Quilpie Windorah Birdsville energy sector Warrego Way Brisbane to Birdsville Page 11
12 South Leichhardt Way Leichhardt Highway Approx 265 km from Taroom to Westwood 13 South Burnett Highway/ Australia s Country Way Approx 74 km from Biloela to Dululu ) A5 A4 Route: A3 Flynn Flynn local $1,890 million $60 million $1,890 million $52 million local s Banana Banana Melbourne (via the Newell) Forbes Dubbo Narrabri Moree Miles Taroom Theodore Banana Dululu Westwood Rockhampton / SEQ Nanango Goomeri Eidsvold Monto Biloela Dululu Rockhampton Rockhampton Gladstone (via Biloela) Rockhampton Grain Grain Leichhardt Way Melbourne to Goondiwindi to Rockhampton Part this highway is on the drive tourism route known as Australia s Country Way from Sydney to Rockhampton. Page 12
14 South Adventure Way Moonie Highway Balonne Highway Bulloo Approx 880 km from St George to the SA border ) Route: S49 local $482 million $81 million local s Balonne Paroo Bulloo /SEQ Dalby St George Bollon Cunnamulla Thargomindah Nockatunda Innamincka Adelaide P41, 42 (that are not already on a St George Mungindi St George - Mitchell Thargomindah - Bundeena Adelaide St George Cunnamulla Thargomindah energy sector Adventure Way Brisbane to Adelaide INVESTMENT INTO THE INLAND QUEENSLAND ROAD NETWORK WILL ALSO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THESE STARK STATISTICS deaths per 100,000 persons in major cities vs and remote Australia (BITRE) Page 13