Transport Infrastructure Act 1994

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.

In particular, the objectives of this Act are—

to allow the Government to have a strategic overview of the provision and operation of all transport infrastructure; and

for roads—to establish a regime under which—

a system of roads of national and State significance can be effectively planned and efficiently managed; and

influence can be exercised over the total road network in a way that contributes to overall transport efficiency; and

account is taken of the need to provide adequate levels of safety, and community access to the road network; and

impacts on development from environmental emissions generated by State-controlled roads are addressed by the development; and

for miscellaneous transport infrastructure—to establish a regime for the effective planning and efficient management of the infrastructure; and

for rail—to establish a regime that—

contributes to overall transport effectiveness and efficiency; and

provides for the safety of railways and persons at, on or near railways; and

contributes to lower transport costs by allowing the maximum flexibility in rail transport operations consistent with achieving safety objectives; and

allows railway managers and operators to make decisions on a commercial basis; and

for ports—to establish a regime under which a ports system is provided and can be managed within an overall strategic framework; and

for air—to promote basic access to air services, and regional development, by making provision about air transport infrastructure; and

for public marine transport—to establish a regime under which—

public marine facilities are effectively and efficiently managed; and

the use of waterways for transport purposes is effectively and efficiently managed; and

for busways—to establish a regime that provides for—

flexibility in the choice between private and public construction and management; and

land tenure arrangements allowing private management to be established on a sound financial basis; and

safely constructed, managed and operated infrastructure; and

for busways and light rail—to establish a regime for each that—

contributes to overall transport effectiveness and efficiency; and

is responsive to community needs; and

offers an appealing alternative to private transport in a way that takes into account overall environmental, economic and social influences of transport; and

addresses the challenges of future growth; and

provides busway and light rail transport infrastructure and passenger services at a reasonable cost to the community and government; and

results in minimal interference with access to and from the road network; and

encourages the facilitation and use of public transport; and

gives priority to public transport over private vehicles; and

contributes to lower transport costs by allowing the maximum flexibility in busway and light rail transport operations consistent with achieving safety objectives; and

allows managers and operators of busways and light rail to make decisions on a commercial basis; and

for light rail—to establish a regime that provides for—

flexibility in the choice between private and public construction and management; and

land tenure arrangements allowing private management to be established on a sound financial basis; and

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; and

the construction, management and operation of light rail transport infrastructure under a light rail franchise agreement.