freight keeps our economy moving it
provides industries and consumers with
access to the products they need and
with the rest of australia and the world
keeping our freight industry moving is
vital for victoria
contributing 21 billion dollars to our
economy each year
employing 260 000 people
and supporting a freight task that will
more than double over the next 30 years
we're building a transport system that
works for everyone the freight industry
our farmers and producers and our
communities along key transport routes
statewide our freight network relies on
both road and rail connections that's
why we're delivering rail infrastructure
to better connect freight terminals the
port of melbourne and interstate
destinations reducing the need to
transfer between rail and trucks
better connecting the rail freight
network will also help us reach our
target of zero greenhouse gas emissions
by 2050
upgrades to the regional metropolitan
and interstate freight lines heralds a
generational shift in the way we handle
the growing freight task
multi-million dollar investments in new
is boosting efficiency in our regional
rail victoria we're working with
industry to identify key freight routes
and last mile links to ensure road
freight can get where it needs to go
by updating the principal freight
network we've identified the needs for
now and into the future taking a
strategic approach to reserving road
corridors and key sites to support
growth in the freight industry
we're using policy levers and access
arrangements to encourage industry to
invest in more efficient safe cleaner
and smarter trucks on our roads
we've invested more than 20 million
dollars in a mode shift incentive scheme
to make regional intermodal freight more
cost effective for our exporters
terminals at doohan mildura tokenwall
and warrnambool are participating in the
scheme
removing some 28 000 truck trips from
our roads each year
the port of melbourne is key to
victoria's economic success the port
rail transformation project equips the
port to handle the new port rail shuttle
and regional trains bringing produce by
rail directly to the docks
with new terminals at altona summerton
and dandenong south this direct rail
connection with the port will see more
freight move by rail taking trucks off
melbourne roads and lowering costs for
producers and farmers
new freight terminals in melbourne's
west and north mean we're capitalizing
on the commonwealth's inland rail
project and double stack trains coming
to victoria
the new terminal at truganina will
triple the state's ability to move
freight by rail removing 2 000 truck
trips per day from the roads in
melbourne's west including an integrated
industrial employment zone this will see
a world-class freight and logistics hub
developed with new terminals warehousing
and support services
this will supplement and eventually
replace the terminal at dinan and
connect to the interstate rail network
via the outer metro ring
ensure victoria is well positioned to
meet the challenge of freight volumes
decades to meet demand from our growers
manufacturers exporters importers
consumers and the broader victorian
community
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