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Speaker: Mr Stewart McLeod PSM OAM Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia THE QUESTION: HOW BEST CAN WE LINK AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL CITIES WITH REGIONAL CENTRES, AND REGIONAL CENTRES WITH EACH OTHER IN 30 AND 50 YEARS? MY FIVE MAIN

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Speaker:

Mr Stewart McLeod PSM OAM Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia

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THE QUESTION: HOW BEST CAN WE LINK AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL CITIES WITH REGIONAL CENTRES, AND REGIONAL CENTRES WITH EACH OTHER IN 30 AND 50 YEARS?

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MY FIVE MAIN FOCUS AREAS: * STATE ROAD NETWORK UPGRADES * LOCAL ROADS FUNDING * HEAVY VEHICLE ACCESS * RAIL * AIR TRAVEL

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1. STATE ROAD UPGRADES

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1. STATE ROAD UPGRADES (cont.):
GOVT POLICY HAS ENSURED THE PACIFIC & HUME

HWYS ARE DUAL CARRIAGEWAYS TO THE BORDER

DO THE SAME FOR PRINCES HWY & GT WESTERN

HWY TO BATHURST (INCL BELLS LINE EXPRESSWAY)

ELSEWHERE DO TARGETED UPGRADES FOR A & B

ROADS (EG OVERTAKING LANES EVERY 10 KMS ON A ROUTES & EVERY 20 KMS ON B ROUTES)

B81 NORTH FROM CANBERRA NEEDS UPGRADE

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2. FUNDING FOR LOCAL ROADS:
THE CURRENT FUNDING MODEL IS BROKEN
LOCAL GOVT MANAGES 90% OF NSW ROADS BUT

RECEIVES ONLY 20% OF TOTAL FUNDING

US LOCAL ROADS BY COMPARISON ARE FULLY
FUNDED. EVEN SMALL REGIONAL CCLS ARE “OK”.
R2R $ SHOULD BE 5 TO 10 TIMES HIGHER.
SMALL WESTERN COUNCILS NEED SPECIAL FAGS $

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3. HEAVY VEHICLE ACCESS:
THE “GENERAL ACCESS VEHICLE” DEFINITION NEEDS

TO CHANGE (SEMIS ARE YESTERDAY’S VEHICLE)

DIALOGUE NEEDS TO BEGIN NOW BETWEEN RMS,

LGNSW, IPWEA & NSW ROADS & TRANS DIRECT.

RMS SHOULD START ON ITS OWN A & B ROUTES
LOCAL GOVT NEEDS A $ INCENTIVE TO OVERCOME

REAL & PERCEIVED ISSUES WITH WIDER ACCESS

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4. RAIL ISSUES:
THE XPT IS CRUCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR

REGIONAL NSW – ENSURE IT IS RETAINED IN PERPETUITY AS A CSO

LOOK AT REOPENING SOME BRANCH LINES
INVEST IN UNDOING SOME OF THE LEGACY

TRACK INEFFICIENCIES PURPOSELY CREATED IN THE PERIOD 1880 TO 1910

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5. AIR TRAVEL:
30 YEARS AGO HUB & SPOKE AIR SERVICES

OPERATED EFFECTIVELY ACROSS NSW

IN THE LAST 20 YEARS BOTH GOVT & AIRLINE

OPERATORS ABANDONNED THE SMALLER TOWNS PURELY TO SAVE $ - ECONOMIC RATIONALISM!

A CSO MUST BE ADOPTED THAT FORCES THE

REINTRODUCTION OF HUB & SPOKE SERVICES

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