{"id":78043,"date":"2024-07-03T11:40:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T01:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=78043"},"modified":"2024-07-03T11:40:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T01:40:43","slug":"queensland-rail-project-to-get-1-5-billion-funding-boost-in-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=78043","title":{"rendered":"Queensland rail project to get $1.5 billion funding boost in budget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Queensland<\/a> government is assuring residents the Sunshine Coast Rail network will be operational in time for the Olympics in Brisbane in 2032.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow’s federal budget will include a long-awaited investment of $1.15 billion into the direct rail, which will bring the Commonwealth’s contribution for the project to $2.75 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Commonwealth contribution will match state funding, which will lock in the required $5.5 billion for stage one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Premier Steven Miles described the project as a “game changer” for the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It is well-planned, fully costed and we can now get underway and start building it, it is a region-changing project\ufeff,” Miles said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first stage will see a 19-kilometre track between Beerwah and Caloundra, which is expected to cut travel time from the city to the coast by 45 mins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The line is planned to eventually extend further north to Birtinya and Maryoochydore, but no timeline has been set for later stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This project has been on the drawing board for so many years, to suggest now that it should stop halfway and turn the Caloundra region into a carpark is just wrong,” Opposition Leader David Crisafulli said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government has promised the Caloundra line will be up and running in time for the Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work is expected to begin on stage one of the project in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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