A resilient and connected region that continues to adapt to climate change and climate and the challenges of remoteness

Regional focus areas: Climate resilience, regional connectivity

Regional infrastructure priorities:

• Targeted improvements to the region’s transport, freight and active travel network to increase resilience to extreme weather events improve linkages between communities and support active tourism, including:
  • Rockhampton Airport flood mitigation to improve airport access and resilience to flooding
  • investigation of resilience options in relation to upgrades for key regional road corridors to mitigate risks against extreme weather events, rising sea levels and more frequent severe bushfires
  • consideration of storm surge risks and likely sea level rises in infrastructure planning
  • infrastructure repair and replacement focussing on ‘building back better’.
• Investigation of opportunities at the region’s airports to improve connectivity and business opportunities.
• Digital and telecommunications infrastructure that support disaster response and recovery and visitor and resident safety (particularly in remote locations) as well as increased access to digital services such as health, education, and e-commerce.
• Cost-effective water infrastructure, including dams, weirs and pipelines to support drought resilience of communities, growth in the agricultural and industrial sectors and the growth of new priority industries including the emerging hydrogen industry.
• Resilience and redundancy built into core and essential services, including electrical, water, telecommunication and data networks, particularly, for remote communities.