Airport Link Project

Project overview*

EIS status	Approved 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

The proponent prepared an EIS for the Airport Link Project in accordance with the terms of reference for an EIS:


Date	Activity
23 May 2007	Coordinator-General's report on EIS ( 248 KB) Appendix 1 - Conditions ( 635 KB)
12 April 2007	Supplementary EIS ( 1.09 MB) Appendix A - Submission analysis ( 772 KB) Appendix B - Consultation ( 2.53 MB) Appendix C - Air quality figures ( 1.6 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 ( 318 KB) Figure 1 ( 2.8 MB)
20 March 2006	Project deemed to not be a 'controlled action' by delegate of the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment.
14 December 2005	Project referred to Commonwealth Minister for the Environment.
4 November 2005	Gazettal of 'coordinated project' declaration ( 147 KB)
19 October 2005	Application, including initial advice statement (1.6 MB) submitted.

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: 26 Aug 2024