INVITATION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail (EPBC Ref: 2022/09439)
Publication of Preliminary Documentation under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
The following notice is published pursuant to Section 95A(3) of the EPBC Act. The Department of Transport and Main Roads’ Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail (LGC) project will duplicate the existing rail line from two to four tracks to enable more frequent rail services between Brisbane and the Gold Coast, Australia’s third and sixth largest cities.
The proposed action is a “controlled action” under the EPBC Act due to the likelihood of significant impacts on matters of national environmental significance, namely listed threatened species and communities protected under Section 18 and 18A, Part 3 of the EPBC Act.
The relevant protected matters under this controlling provision are the Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus), South-eastern Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami), Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) and Regent Honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia).
Preliminary Documentation will be on public display from Wednesday 12 March 2025 at the following locations:
Logan Central Library, 26 Wilbur Street, Logan Central
Beenleigh Library, Crete Street, Beenleigh
Sunnybank Hills Library, 661 Compton Road, Sunnybank Hills
State Library of Queensland, Stanley Place, South Brisbane
The documents can also be viewed and feedback provided online at yoursay-projects.tmr.qld.gov.au/logan-and-gold-coast-faster-rail/EPBC.
Interested persons and organisations are invited to comment in writing on the Preliminary Documentation by 5pm, Tuesday 25 March 2025.
Written submissions can be lodged online, emailed to logangoldcoastrail@tmr.qld.gov.au or posted to:
LGC PROJECT TEAM (EPBC Submissions)
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT AND MAIN ROADS
GPO BOX 50
BRISBANE QLD 4001
Have your say by 5pm, Tuesday 25 March 2025.
For further information, or if you require translation or support services to access the documentation, please contact the LGC project team on 1800 957... (9am – 5pm Monday–Friday) or email logangoldcoastrail@tmr.qld.gov.au
Brisbane 4000
