The Queensland Government is planning and delivering the most ambitious infrastructure program since Federation. The Department of Infrastructure and Planning is the agency leading the whole-of-government coordination of the planning and delivery of this infrastructure.

Queensland is the fastest-growing state in Australia, welcoming 100,000 new residents annually - with 66% relocating to the state’s south-east corner. Population growth is driving the demand for new infrastructure - roads, water and energy networks, hospitals, schools and community facilities.

Economic growth is also driving the need for new infrastructure. The world’s growing demand for Queensland’s resources - coal, bauxite, zinc and copper - is generating a need to upgrade port facilities, rail links, roads and energy networks to capitalise on emerging opportunities.

To remain globally competitive Queensland industry requires modern, efficient and sustainable infrastructure. To safeguard its unique quality of life, Queensland needs new hospitals, schools, roads and other community infrastructure.

The Department of Infrastructure and Planning is leading this ambitious infrastructure program by looking forward and delivering now.

Key projects

Unprecedented population and economic growth is driving the need for new infrastructure in Queensland . The Department of Infrastructure and Planning is the Queensland Government agency leading the planning and delivery of the most ambitious infrastructure program since Federation.

The Queensland Government has committed more than $100 billion to planning and delivering infrastructure projects to secure Queensland’s prosperity and lifestyle. Projects range from building new rail links to boost Queensland’s resource exports to improving water and energy supplies to secure a sustainable future for all Queenslanders. Projects cover a range of initiatives such as streamlining processes, encouraging housing affordability, and investing in new educational and industrial infrastructure.

While the nature of infrastructure projects varies, the objectives of investing in world-class infrastructure remain constant: to equip industry with the tools to prosper and generate employment and to increase prosperity and quality of life for this generation and future generations of Queenslanders that is both socially responsible and sustainable.