The Queensland Government has formed an expert panel to review the Cross River Rail Project with an aim to ensure the next major investment in rail is “affordable and meets the future needs of South-East Queensland.”

 

State Transport and Main Roads Minister Scott Emerson said the panel would help deliver a ‘realistic solution’ for the region’s needs.

 

The expert panel will consist of:

  • Mike Scanlan, Specialist Rail Advisor with more than 35 years in rail transport
  • Scott Lennon, Partner of PWC Economics and Policy Group
  • Barry Broe, Co-ordinator General

 

The panel will deliver a report on 13 June 2012 that will properly analyse and confirm the problems facing the rail system, consider the options available, assess the business case already prepared for the project and provide recommendations for consideration by the State Government.

 

“This project has already cost $40 million, half of that contributed by the Federal Government to develop a business case and determine feasibility,” Mr Emerson said.