The new Queensland Government has committed to developing a State Infrastructure Plan (SIP) by the end of 2015. The SIP will provide a coordinated and integrated approach to infrastructure planning, prioritisation, funding and delivery in Queensland. It will set out policies and initiatives to support economic growth, productivity enhancement and job creation.
The SIP will identify Queensland's state-wide infrastructure priorities and provide a pipeline of government projects and programs in the short and medium-to-long-term that is anticipated to be updated annually.
The SIP will be developed in parallel with the establishment of a new statutory body called Building Queensland, incorporating its key principles and objectives: robust assessment, cost benefit analysis, prioritisation and efficient procurement.
In relation to ports, the Queensland Ports Strategy357 aims to drive economic growth through the efficient use and development of Queensland's long-established major port areas, while protecting and managing Queensland's outstanding environmental assets.
A key policy issue for Queensland is whether population and employment growth should occur in south, south-west, south-east and northern parts of Brisbane, or whether increased densification and public transport use should be supported in the inner city and middle ring suburbs.
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357. Queensland Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning (2014)