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Airport Link Project

Project overview*

EIS statusApproved with conditions
Description A road network, including underground toll road and elevated structures, to connect Brisbane's northern arterials of Gympie Road at Kedron and Sandgate Road and the east-west arterial at Toombul, to the Inner City Bypass and North - South Bypass Tunnel at Bowen Hills.
Proponent The State of Queensland. The State contracted BrisConnections to finance, design, construct, commission, operate and maintain Airport Link for 45 years. State-owned City North Infrastructure Pty Ltd provides management services related to the agreement between the State and BrisConnections.
Location/s Brisbane (Bowen Hills-Clayfield) (6.7 km). Map
Local government/s Brisbane City Council
Key features
  • two separate parallel north-south tunnels in each direction between Bowen Hills and Kedron
  • two separate east-west tunnels in each direction between Kedron and Clayfield
  • tunnel portals at Bowen Hills, Kedron and Clayfield, with transition sections to the surface road network
  • elevated structures across Enoggera Creek, linking the mainline tunnels in Windsor with the Inner City Bypass and the surface road network in Bowen Hills
  • elevated structures across Kedron Brook, linking Lutwyche Road, Kedron Park Road and the mainline tunnels from the south with Gympie Road and Stafford Road to the north.

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.

Queensland Ombudsman's investigation

In August 2010, following a complaint from nearby residents, the Queensland Ombudsman commenced an investigation into noise from night-time surface works on the Airport Link Project.

Environmental impact statement (EIS) process

 
DateActivity
23 May 2007 Coordinator-General's report on EIS (PDF icon 248 KB)
12 April 2007 Supplementary EIS (PDF icon 1.09 MB)
11 October 2006 Environmental impact statement
Also available at the State Library of Queensland (record number: 775127)
1 March 2006 Terms of reference for EIS (PDF icon 318 KB)
20 March 2006 Project deemed to not be a 'controlled action' by delegate of the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment. More information
14 December 2005 Project referred to Commonwealth Minister for the Environment.
4 November 2005 Gazettal of 'coordinated project' declaration (PDF icon 147 KB)
19 October 2005 Application, including initial advice statement (PDF icon1.6 MB) submitted.

EIS process

Read more about the EIS process.

Project changes

Since the publication of the Coordinator-General's report on the EIS, the proponent has applied for changes to the project.

Change of jurisdiction

Previously, the former Environment Protection Agency was solely responsible for the regulation of Condition 20 (Appendix 1, Schedule 3) of the Coordinator-General's July 2008 change report.

Condition 20 concerns noise generated during the project's operational phase.

Following legislative amendments, this responsibility has been split as follows:

Source of noise Regulatory agency
State-controlled roads Department of Transport and Main Roads
Local roads Brisbane City Council
Non-road noise Department of Environment and Heritage Protection

Last updated: 16 Mar 2023