ENABLED INFRASTUCTURE SUPPORTING REGIONAL GROWTH PROSPERITY IN THE ISAAC Development across the Isaac is reinforced by our key infrastructure and supply chains. Transportation nodes and their connections are scattered throughout the region providing access to world class distribution hubs via seaports, airports, roads and rail. The existing sophisticated services networks of electricity, gas, water supplies and telecommunications provide for the sustainable, efficient, reliable and affordable infrastructure systems enable our economic growth and fosters innovation.
RAIL
AIR
Coal is transported by Aurizon Limited, Pacific National and BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) Rail from mines to the four coal exporting ports in Queensland at Abbot Point, Hay Point, Gladstone, and Brisbane.
MORANBAH AIRPORT
47,457 Passengers 1
Coal is also transported by rail to power stations at Stanwell and Gladstone, as well as various industrial users. The Central Queensland coal rail network, comprising the Newlands, Goonyella, Blackwater and Moura rail systems, is privately-owned and operated by Aurizon Limited.
1,446 total aircraft movements1
Rail services the Clermont Saleyards offering road and rail interchange, bi-weekly cattle trains and rail load out facilities.
TOWNSVILLE MACKAY
MORANBAH
ROCKHAMPTON
EMERALD
COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS
Completed major rail upgrades include:
$130
BRISBANE
million
CLERMONT AERODROME This facility provides further accessibility and serviceability to the regions industries as well as airplane landing areas at Nebo and St Lawrence. Visit isaac.qld.gov.au for more information.
Goonyella Rail Expansion Project2
11 million tonnes
supporting the per annum expansion of Hay Point Coal Services Terminal, and the $831 million Wiggins Island Rail Project to support the
27 million tonnes per annum Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal development.
ROADS Isaac Regional Council maintains
4,500
kilometres of roads of that
2,400km is sealed,
unsealed roads are
2,100km3
That’s like driving from Moranbah to Perth!
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NORTH-SOUTH: BRUCE HIGHWAY Critical north-south connection for both freight and passenger traffic, connecting Brisbane to Cairns and passing through Sarina, Mackay and Proserpine. EAST-WEST: PEAK DOWNS HIGHWAY & BOWEN DEVELOPMENTAL ROAD
THE FUTURE IS BRIGHTER IN THE ISAAC REGION
Peak Downs Highway connects Mackay to Clermont and serves Moranbah and Nebo. The highway is a key freight route for the Bowen Basin. The Bowen Developmental Road is a key link to the northern Bowen and Galilee Basins as an important freight function for the movement of commodities from the region’s farming and grazing areas.
