Gold Coast Rapid Transit

“During the next three and a half years, the Gold Coast Rapid Transit project will generate 6,300 jobs.… Project modelling estimates that by 2016 there will be approximately 7, 000 passenger movements per day at the Gold Coast University Hospital Station … It will open up new parts of the city and encourage residential and retail developments along the line. Importantly, the Gold Coast Light Rail project will support sustainable transit oriented development in areas along the corridor. … Light rail will connect neighbourhoods, community centres and retail areas – access to these areas will be possible without cars. … Light rail will be a catalyst for city building, integrated land use and the urban transformation which we will need over coming decades. Importantly, it will give our residents something those in many other cities take for granted – a real alternative to road-based transport.”

Ref: Federal, State and Local Government Media Release, 1/8/10 Transport Newsletter # 116