Inland rail (Kagaru to Acacia Ridge and Bromelton section) Inland Rail will complete the ‘spine’ of the national freight network between Melbourne and Brisbane.  The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) is an Australian Government-owned corporation that has been tasked with getting inland rail construction ready. Logan City Council is seeking a commitment of accountability by ARTC, Federal Government and State Government around environmental impacts such as noise, vibration and dust – and for those impacts to be carefully considered and appropriately mitigated. ARTC says Inland Rail will: connect regions to ports reduce congestion and improve safety on highways by moving freight from heavy vehicles onto rail create approximately 16,000 jobs at the peak of construction, and another 700 jobs every year once operational deliver freight customers with the benefit of reduced transit times and greater service reliability between from regional centres to capital cities provide lower prices for consumers as a result of lower inter-capital freight transport costs reduce carbon emissions by 750,000 tonnes when freight travels on inland rail instead of road for the … Continue reading Inland rail (Kagaru to Acacia Ridge and Bromelton section)