ACT Light Rail submission to Infrastructure Australia

ACT Chief Minister and Minister for Transport, Jon Stanhope, released the ACT’s light rail submission to Infrastructure Australia to the public on Thursday 9 April, in anticipation of announcements from the Commonwealth Government about which major infrastructure projects will be funded from the Building Australia Fund. Light rail was one of nine projects the Territory submitted to Infrastructure Australia, and was included in December 2009 on IA’s ‘longlist’ of projects that may attract Building Australia funding.

The analysis of light rail undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the ACT Government indicates that a light rail system in Canberra could maximise transport accessibility, improve the efficiency of the ACT’s transport system, and minimise the social and environmental impacts of transport. Light rail would provide opportunities to make Canberra more sustainable by increasing greener transport choices, reducing car reliance and encouraging a more sustainable urban form built around transit corridors.

For further information, see the Chief Minister’s media release

The ACT's light rail submission to Infrastructure Australia and a light rail fact sheet are provided below. Please note that the light rail submission is very large and may take some time to download.

• Light Rail Fact Sheet ( PDF 137Kb)
• Light Rail Submission to Infrastructure Australia ( PDF 3.5Mb)  The submission is very large and may take some time to download.

Below are the individual chapters of the light rail submission for slower internet connections:

• Cover page and table of contents ( PDF 1.9Mb)
• Chapter 1: Executive summary ( PDF 1.3Mb)
• Chapter 2: Goal definition ( PDF 206Kb)
• Chapter 3: Problem identification ( PDF 221Kb)
• Chapter 4: Problem assessment ( PDF 462Kb)
• Chapter 5: Problem analysis ( PDF 472Kb)
• Chapter 6: Option generation ( PDF 188Kb)
• Chapter 7: Solution assessment ( PDF 1.4Mb)
• Appendices A – H ( PDF 418Kb)
• Economic Model Notes and Assumptions ( PDF 658Kb)

To obtain a hard copy of the light rail fact sheet or submission to IA, please call Canberra Connect on 13 22 81 or visit a Canberra Connect Shopfront at Belconnen, Dickson, Tuggeranong or Woden.

Please note that blank pages have been removed from the online version of this document.