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Annual Report 2019-2020
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Highlights
236 projects were delivered statewide through the Regional Roads and Transport Groups, with joint investment of over $120 million in local roads, marine infrastructure, safer school drop-off areas and active transport infrastructure.
Funded $4.02 million for 56 school buses and $1.35 million for 45 Specialist School Buses for Students with Disabilities Transport through the School Bus Upgrade Scheme (SchoolBUS).
Introduced the
Transport Legislation (Disability Parking and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2019.
Provided $312.51 million in concessions and assistance to pensioners and seniors, veterans, students, people with a disability and their carers, job seekers, and asylum seekers to make public transport more affordable.
Commissioned the Toowoomba Bypass.
Delivered capital works and an effective Event Transport Management Plan for the new Queensland Country Bank Stadium in Townsville.
Completed reconstruction and betterment works on the Flinders Highway in Queensland's north west, following the north and far north Queensland's unprecedented flooding.
Worked to stabilise bushfire-damaged slopes on Binna Burra Road after severe bushfires swept through the Gold Coast hinterland.
Invested in technological solutions, including the Roadside Bushfire Risk Assessment Model (RBRAM).
The War on Wrecks Taskforce removed 609 derelict wrecks from Queensland waters.
Completed the last of a $3.8 million series of radar upgrades installations at Port Cartwright (Mooloolaba), Woorim (Bribie Island), and Nudgee (north of the mouth of the Brisbane River).
Launched the
Queensland Road Safety Action Plan 2020–21
under the current
Queensland Road Safety Strategy.
Hosted Queensland Road Safety Week and sponsored Fatality Free Friday in May.
Trialling a new camera technology designed to detect when drivers are using their mobile phones illegally while driving.
Delivered the #LiftLegend drink driving campaign.
Created the first statewide OneTMR Heritage Places Asset Register.
Delivered major projects aligned with Reef 2050 Plan commitments, including the recently completed Cairns Shipping Development Project and the Townsville Channel Capacity Upgrade project.
Director General, Neil Scales, led the Australian Delegation to the World Road Congress in Abu Dhabi.
Ran over 130,000 New Generation Rollingstock passenger services over more than eight million in service kilometres.