>Game changing plans to create a second rail corridor in Logan could save thousands of residents stuck without public transport.
>But some community members argue that the proposal is progressing too slowly.
>Investigations into the development of the Salisbury to Beaudesert passenger rail, which would run through the underserviced west side of Logan, have been in the works for years.
>Only now is the Queensland government revealing details of a $20 million business case that has identified heavy rail as the ideal mode of transport and outlined eleven stations.
>The proposal would see a train run from Salisbury in the north, south through Hillcrest, Boronia Heights, Greenbank, New Beith, Flagstone and Undullah, through to Gleneagle and then Beaudesert.
>The initial phase of study into the project was announced last week.
>The government said the next phase of investigation would involve protecting the corridor – which included conducting a corridor protection study before community consultation would begin in 2025.
>The project study said the analysis of passenger demand showed construction of the rail was “not required in advance of the mid-2030s”.
>It also claimed protecting the corridor from encroaching development was an “immediate priority”.
>But local resident and independent candidate for Algester, Rhys Bosley, who has a professional background working in transport planning and project management, said protecting the corridor was “long overdue”.
>“Unfortunately, due to the government not setting the corridor that has been in the pipeline for a long time, some residents are stressed out because they might be impacted by the project,” Mr Bosley said.
>“I think it is very unfortunate that the government has allowed houses to be built early and people don’t know whether or not they are going to lose their house.”
>He said the project was “well overdue”, and the rail corridor should have been formally declared “a long time ago”.
>“We need public transport because just putting more cars on the road is unsustainable and doesn’t serve the needs of people who don’t have cars,” Mr Bosley said.
>“I have listened to residents over the course of the two years I have been campaigning, and I am convinced that a strong majority want the project.”
>He said the project should be partially ready – at least the Salisbury to Hillcrest section of rail – by the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.
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>By [Chris Manning](https://mycitylogan.com.au/author/chris/) October 4, 2024
>Game changing plans to create a second rail corridor in Logan could save thousands of residents stuck without public transport.
>But some community members argue that the proposal is progressing too slowly.
>Investigations into the development of the Salisbury to Beaudesert passenger rail, which would run through the underserviced west side of Logan, have been in the works for years.
>Only now is the Queensland government revealing details of a $20 million business case that has identified heavy rail as the ideal mode of transport and outlined eleven stations.
>The proposal would see a train run from Salisbury in the north, south through Hillcrest, Boronia Heights, Greenbank, New Beith, Flagstone and Undullah, through to Gleneagle and then Beaudesert.
>The initial phase of study into the project was announced last week.
>The government said the next phase of investigation would involve protecting the corridor – which included conducting a corridor protection study before community consultation would begin in 2025.
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>The project study said the analysis of passenger demand showed construction of the rail was “not required in advance of the mid-2030s”.
>It also claimed protecting the corridor from encroaching development was an “immediate priority”.
>But local resident and independent candidate for Algester, Rhys Bosley, who has a professional background working in transport planning and project management, said protecting the corridor was “long overdue”.
>“Unfortunately, due to the government not setting the corridor that has been in the pipeline for a long time, some residents are stressed out because they might be impacted by the project,” Mr Bosley said.
>“I think it is very unfortunate that the government has allowed houses to be built early and people don’t know whether or not they are going to lose their house.”
>He said the project was “well overdue”, and the rail corridor should have been formally declared “a long time ago”.
>“We need public transport because just putting more cars on the road is unsustainable and doesn’t serve the needs of people who don’t have cars,” Mr Bosley said.
>“I have listened to residents over the course of the two years I have been campaigning, and I am convinced that a strong majority want the project.”
>He said the project should be partially ready – at least the Salisbury to Hillcrest section of rail – by the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.