• The need for transparency: In achieving funding for the project, investors bought BrisConnections shares on the market for less than 1 cent each, without realizing that they would be obligated to pay $A 1 per share. This has unsettled current and potential investors in BrisConnections.
• The need for objective projections: The project did not elaborate on any worst-case scenarios, such as if traffic falls below the anticipated average. This creates an optimistic but unrealistic assessment of the project's prospects.
• Complex financial structures and difficulties experienced by toll roads around Australia (such as the Cross City Tunnel) have negatively impacted investors in toll roads (see the Case Study on the Cross City Tunnel).