In mid-February, Infrastructure Australia released its annual Infrastructure Priority List which shows 121 vital infrastructure projects that will help build the nation. It includes eight high-priority and 10 priority projects as well as 29 high-priority and priority initiatives.
High-priority and priority projects are projects that have a full business case completed and positively assessed by the Infrastructure Australia Board, while high-priority and priority initiatives are projects that have not yet completed a full business case and are subject to a rigorous assessment.
In this post, we will collectively cover the projects in Tasmania, Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory and interstate projects.
| Project | Status | Description | Delivery Timeframe |
| Inland Rail (Melbourne to Brisbane via inland NSW) - Interstate | Priority project | Freight connectivity between Melbourne and Brisbane | Within 5 - 10 years |
| Hobart Science and Technology Precinct - Tasmania | Priority project | Opportunity to stimulate economic growth and productivity in Tasmania | Within 5 years |
| Preserve corridor for East Coast High Speed Rail - Interstate | High-priority initiative | Future connectivity between east coast capital cities | Within 5 years |
| Regional road network safety improvements - Interstate | High-priority initiative | Improve safety on regional roads | Within 5 years |
| Remote housing overcrowding - Interstate | High-priority initiative | National remote housing conditions | Within 5 years |
| National electric vehicle fast-charging network - Interstate | High-priority initiative | Enabling infrastructure | Within 5 years |
| National Electricity Market (Future connectivity and reliability) - Interstate | High-priority initiative | Connectivity of the National Electricity Market regions | Within 5 - 10 years |
| Network Optimisation Program: Rail - Interstate | High-priority initiative | Increasing rates of urban congestion across multiple corridors in Australian cities | Within 5 years |
| Network Optimisation Program: Roads - Interstate | High-priority initiative | National urban road network congestion | Within 5 years |
| National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy - Interstate | High-priority initiative | National strategic planning for future freight initiatives | Within 5 years |
| National Electricity Market (Near-term optimisation) - Interstate | Priority initiative | Optimisation of the National Electricity Market | Within 5 years |
| Advanced Train Management System implementation on the interstate rail network - Interstate | Priority initiative | Rail freight capacity constraint on ARTC network | Within 5 years |
| Connect gas suppliers to eastern gas markets - Interstate | Priority initiative | Constrained East Coast gas supply | Within 5 years |
| Derwent River crossing capacity - Tasmania | Priority initiative | Improve Tasmania Derwent River crossing capacity | Within 5 - 10 years |
| Burnie to Hobart freight corridor improvement - Tasmania | Priority initiative | Tasmania freight network planning | Within 5 - 10 years |
| Tasmanian irrigation schemes (Tranche 3) - Tasmania | Priority initiative | Opportunity to develop industry and agriculture in Tasmania | Within 5 - 10 years |
| Tasmanian sewerage infrastructure upgrades - Tasmania | Priority initiative | Tasmanian wastewater treatment environment compliance | Within 5 years |
| Canberra public transport improvements - ACT | Priority initiative | Canberra public transport capacity | Within 5 - 10 years |
| Canberra CBD to north corridor - ACT | Priority initiative | Improve Canberra to north transport corridor congestion | Within 5 - 10 years |
| Upgrade Tanami Road - Northern Territory | Priority initiative | Constrained access to the Tanami region | Within 5 years |
| Provision of enabling infrastructure and essential services to remote NT communities (Wadeye, Tiwi Islands, Jabiru) - Northern Territory | Priority initiative | Improve/provide infrastructure services for remote NT communities | Within 5 years |
| Darwin region water supply infrastructure upgrades - Northern Territory | Priority initiative | Improve Darwin water supply security | Within 5 - 10 years |
*Note: Timeframes for high-priority and priority projects are expected completion of the projects whereas the timeframes for high-priority and priority initiatives are indicative of when the proposed projects will begin moving towards reality.
In the past weeks, we have covered in a series of posts the projects across the different Australian states included in Infrastructure Australia's 2019 Infrastructure Priority List and you can view them posts here - NSW, VIC, QLD, WA and SA.
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Source: Infrastructure Australia