Cr Adrian Schrinner, Brisbane City Council: Building a sustainable city: Brisbane's draft new City Plan

Queensland Transport Infrastructure Summit 2013

Cr Adrian Schrinner Deputy Mayor

Chairman, Infrastructure Committee

Brisbane City Council

Building a Sustainable City

October 2013

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Brisbane: A Growing City

Population 2011 2031 Growth Annual Growth

Brisbane City Council (LGA) 1,085,614 1,272,272 14% 0.9%

South East Queensland (SEQ) 3,068,126 4,393,841 39% 2.0%

Brisbane City Council share of SEQ 35% 29%

Employment 2011 2031 Growth Annual Growth

Brisbane City Council (LGA) 777,130 1,066,865 37% 1.9%

South East Queensland (SEQ) 1,536,724 2,206,421 44% 2.2%

Brisbane City Council share of SEQ 51% 48%

Population 2011

Brisbane LGA

SEQ

Employment 2011

Brisbane LGA

SEQ

• Persons > 65 years old will ↑ by 87% by 2031 (ABS).

• Cost of congestion is $1.2bn in 2005, expected to rise to $3bn in 2020 (National Transport

Commission).

• Road freight will double by 2026.

• Total containerised trade is expected to grow by 7.4% per year between 2004-5 & 2024-25.

• Airport passenger movements are expected to reach 45 million by 2028-29 – up from 19.5

million in 2007-08.

Brisbane: A Growing City

2M 3M in 2031

Greater Brisbane

85% of population

growth outside

Brisbane

43% of job growth

in Brisbane 50% located in

Brisbane LGA

New City Plan Strategic Growth Framework

• Council’s strategy to accommodate

expected growth:

– 290,000 additional jobs located in centres

and major employment areas

– 156,000 additional dwellings:

• 138,000 in Centres and

growth Nodes along

transport Corridors

• 18,000 in greenfield

locations (eg Rochedale)

• Only 7% of Brisbane’s

land area is expected to

experience major growth

through higher densities

Economic Growth and Jobs • By 2031, Brisbane’s economy is expected to double in size and reach

$217 billion

• This growth is forecast to generate an additional 443,000 jobs, bringing

the total number of jobs to 1.5 million.

• Clustering will intensify around key employment hubs such as the inner

city, Australia TradeCoast region and the South-West Industrial Gateway

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Fastest growing areas

by economic sector to

2031 (Brisbane LGA)

Economic Growth and Jobs

Another 50 new CBD buildings expected by 2031

Supporting the City’s Growth

• Council is delivering growth-focused planning policy

– The New City Plan will support growth by:

• Encouraging development along key transport

corridors that connect major employment

centres

• Protecting major industrial areas

– The new City Centre Master Plan will support

growth by:

• Identifying planning opportunities to support

the growth in workers, residents and visitors

within the city centre.

• Increasing development capacity in the city

centre

• Recognising the importance of CBD retail in a

vibrant city heart

• Buses

— 1,255 Buses in the Council fleet

— Youngest large bus fleet in Australia

— 3 High-capacity Busways

— 6,575 Bus stops

— Carrying in excess of 80 million trips p.a.

• Ferries

— 19 City Cats

— 9 Cross River Ferries

— Carrying 6 million passenger trips p.a.

• Rail

— 11 City Rail Lines

— Carrying 55 million passenger trips p.a.

• Network Operating Costs (all modes)

— Average revenue per passenger trip = $2.12

— Average subsidy per passenger trip = $6.77

(Source: TransLink, 2012)

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Snapshot: Public Transport in Brisbane

Transport Planning

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• New growth has been built upon the principles

of Transit Oriented Development – leveraging

off public and active transport

• Aligning growth with the transport network

allows more efficient movement of people and

goods

• Active transport features heavily in meeting

future transport demand.

• Mode share targets in the Transport Plan for

Brisbane 2008-2026 aim to see:

1 in 5 trips made by walking and cycling

13% by public transport (up from 8%)

70% of trips will be made by Private Motor Vehicle

(down from 81%)

24 Hour Mode Share Targets

Transport Planning & Investment

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Continued investment in road and transport infrastructure is critical

Rail and Bus networks both need significant capacity upgrades:

• CRR / Brisbane Underground

• Suburbs 2 City Buslink

Brisbane Long Term Infrastructure Plan

Major BCC led transport projects include:

– Legacy Way Tunnel

– Kingsford Smith Drive

– Tilley Road Extension

– Level crossing elimination

– Corridor Improvements

• 45% ($1.32 billion) of Council’s entire

budget is invested in transport initiatives

• Roads sector: – Legacy Way (completion 2015)

– Level crossing eliminations

– Progressing Kingsford Smith Drive and Wynnum

Road upgrades

– Congestion Reduction Unit initiatives

• Public Transport sector: – Continued investment in new buses and new

depots

– Milton Ferry Terminal (new terminal in the

network)

– Upgrades for ferry terminals

– 2 new CityCats

• Active Transport Sector – $120 million over 4 years

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2013-2014 Budget Highlights

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Funding Challenges

• Limited funding available at all levels of government

– Council controls 95% of the Brisbane Road network (5,600km) but only

receives around 2% of the charges collected by State and Federal

Governments on users of the network

– Current cost recovery mechanisms from developers recovers only a small

proportion of the total cost of infrastructure

– Burden of infrastructure costs on ratepayers

• Competing areas of focus from other levels of government

– BCC taking leadership on the projects that the city needs

• Public Private Partnerships: private investors willing to take on

less risk

– Government must be prepared to take on more risk

– More innovative PPP structures

• Brisbane leading the way in “Capital Recycling”

– BCC transfer of operation and tolling rights on Legacy Way and Go Between

Bridge to QIC for upfront fees (and possible portion of tolling revenue) would

save $650 million in order to progress Kingsford Smith Drive Upgrade.