The New South Wales Government has announced plans to develop a long-term transport master plan aimed at easing traffic and rail congestion.

 

New South Wales State Transport Minister Gladys Berkejklian said the plan will provide a detailed reform agenda about what the State Government believes needs to be done in the coming years in the transport sector.

 

The State Government will spend 12 months developing the plan, while holding community consultations across rural and regional New South Wales.

 

The State Government has also announced a discussion paper to be released in Feburary next year, with the final plan being released in November.

 

The announcement has been welcomed by the Infrastructure Partnerships Australia, with CEO Brendan Lyon saying the plan is vital to improving productivity in the state.

 

“The transport and infrastructure challenges in NSW are so acute that we need to recapture the long-term vision in Bradfield’s master plan from the 1920s and the Cumberland Plan in the 1950s,” Mr Lyon said.

 

“These long-term plans provided a logical and thoughtful strategy that survived the political cycle and progressively transformed Sydney."