Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The overall objective of this Act is, consistent with the objectives of the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, to provide a regime that allows for and encourages effective integrated planning and efficient management of a system of transport infrastructure.
(2) In particular, the objectives of this Act are—
(a) to allow the Government to have a strategic overview of the provision and operation of all transport infrastructure; and
(b) for roads—to establish a regime under which—
(i) a system of roads of national and State significance can be effectively planned and efficiently managed; and
(ii) influence can be exercised over the total road network in a way that contributes to overall transport efficiency; and
(iii) account is taken of the need to provide adequate levels of safety, and community access to the road network; and
(iv) impacts on development from environmental emissions generated by State-controlled roads are addressed by the development; and
(c) for miscellaneous transport infrastructure—to establish a regime for the effective planning and efficient management of the infrastructure; and
(d) for rail—to establish a regime that—
(i) contributes to overall transport effectiveness and efficiency; and
(ii) provides for the safety of railways and persons at, on or near railways; and
(iii) contributes to lower transport costs by allowing the maximum flexibility in rail transport operations consistent with achieving safety objectives; and
(v) allows railway managers and operators to make decisions on a commercial basis; and
(e) for ports—to establish a regime under which a ports system is provided and can be managed within an overall strategic framework; and
(f) for air—to promote basic access to air services, and regional development, by making provision about air transport infrastructure; and
(g) for public marine transport—to establish a regime under which—
(i) public marine facilities are effectively and efficiently managed; and
(ii) the use of waterways for transport purposes is effectively and efficiently managed; and
(h) for busways—to establish a regime that provides for—
(i) flexibility in the choice between private and public construction and management; and
(ii) land tenure arrangements allowing private management to be established on a sound financial basis; and
(iii) safely constructed, managed and operated infrastructure; and
(i) for busways and light rail—to establish a regime for each that—
(i) contributes to overall transport effectiveness and efficiency; and
(ii) is responsive to community needs; and
(iii) offers an appealing alternative to private transport in a way that takes into account overall environmental, economic and social influences of transport; and
(iv) addresses the challenges of future growth; and
(v) provides busway and light rail transport infrastructure and passenger services at a reasonable cost to the community and government; and
(vi) results in minimal interference with access to and from the road network; and
(vii) encourages the facilitation and use of public transport; and
(viii) gives priority to public transport over private vehicles; and
(x) contributes to lower transport costs by allowing the maximum flexibility in busway and light rail transport operations consistent with achieving safety objectives; and
(xi) allows managers and operators of busways and light rail to make decisions on a commercial basis; and
(j) for light rail—to establish a regime that provides for—
(i) flexibility in the choice between private and public construction and management; and
(ii) land tenure arrangements allowing private management to be established on a sound financial basis; and
(iii) the safety of light rail, light rail land, light rail transport infrastructure and persons at, on or near light rail, light rail land or light rail transport infrastructure.
(iv) the construction, management and operation of light rail transport infrastructure under a light rail franchise agreement.