The expansion of Brisbane’s passenger train network to the Sunshine Coast has received a construction funding commitment from the state. Deputy Premier Cameron Dick and Labor government colleagues have pledged an initial $2.75 billion for the project. However, additional funding from the federal government is required to complete the project ahead of the 2032 Games.
Years after it was first floated, the expansion of Brisbane ’s passenger train network to the Sunshine Coast has finally had a construction funding commitment from the state – but it will still need more. Deputy Premier Cameron Dick and Labor government colleagues have pledged an initial $2.75 billion, based on business case estimates, for a 19-kilometre link from the existing line at Beerwah to Caloundra.
However, to be finished ahead of the 2032 Games, the federal government would be required to match the funding, Dick said. The long-awaited business case, which puts the full cost of the first stage at $5.5 billion to $7 billion, has been submitted to the federal government, which has so far committed $1.6 billion. The project, dubbed Direct Sunshine Coast Rail Line, is part of the vision for an Olympic Games legacy of improved transport links across the south-east., which has spent $14 million on the now-finished, but not publicly released, business case. No new estimate for the project has been give
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