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Building Bridges to Circumvent City Congestion
Brisbane, Australia
The Australian Government is investing $26.7 billion on road and rail infrastructure through the Nation Building Program to develop the flow of transport in our major cities.
"Unless we deal with infrastructure in Brisbane, congestion could cost three billion dollars per year by the year 2020", predicts Brisbane City Council's Chief Executive, Jude Munro.
Through the development and upgrade of transport infrastructure over the last 5 years, Brisbane has seen a 50% increase in bus patronage alone, proving "Infrastructure is critical to economic development".
Meanwhile, the Victorian Government recently awarded a $759 million dollar infrastructure project to integrate 35 bridge structures along 27 kilometres of motorway between the EastLink toll road in Melbourne's east, and the Mornington Peninsula Freeway.
The Rudd Government's Nation Building Program has proven "extremely positive in Victoria" according to Ken Mathers, CEO, Linking Melbourne Authority. "Recently, the Victorian Government had a very good outcome from an announcement by the Federal Government in relation to funds allocation under the Infrastructure Australia Program", he said.
Evidently, both public and private industries are keen for their share of the pie.
Bridges Australia 2010 will bring the industry together with government, to explore the design, planning, and delivery of major bridge projects. The conference will feature a keynote presentation by The Hon. Craig Wallace MP, Minister for Main Roads (Dept of Transport & Main Roads QLD).
Visit www.bridgesaustralia.com.au
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[email protected]Keynote Speakers at Bridges Australia 2010
*The Hon. Craig Wallace MP, Minister for Main Roads, Department of Transport & Main Roads QLD*
*David Wright, General Manager Gateway Upgrade Project, Queensland Motorways
*Gerry van der Wal, Construction Manager, Leighton Abigroup Joint Venture
*Wije Ariyaratne, Principal Bridge Engineer RTA
*Ken Mathers, CEO, Linking Melbourne Authority
*Jude Munro, CEO, Brisbane City Council
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SOURCE: IQPC Australia