Moorebank Intermodal Facility
Reverend the Hon. Dr Gordon Moyes: My question is directed to the Minister for Roads, on behalf of the Minister for Transport: Is the Minister aware of the joint venture by Queensland Rail, Stockland, and Kaplan Funds Management to create a major intermodal facility at the Department of Defence National Storage and Distribution Centre in Moorebank as part of its plans to build a national freight business to take trucks off Sydney’s roads? Is the Minister aware of phased construction of at least 2 terminals, one for domestic interstate containers, and a separate larger terminal to handle port container traffic? Is the Minister aware that trains of up to 1,800 metres in length would be able to operate, and it is estimated that the terminal would handle at least 500,000 Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit (TEU) domestic and interstate freight containers annually? Can the Minister inform residents along the East Hills line about the proposals and the impacts to their communities and their health, and why there has been no Environmental Impact Statement for the rail corridors?
