Inland Rail has shared an update on the New South Wales/Queensland border to Gowrie section of the project.
It is working with the Queensland Coordinator-General (Coordinator-General) to finalise the NSW/Qld Border to Gowrie Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and its revised reference design, which was open for public consultation in mid-2025.
It is providing further supporting information to the Coordinator-General and responding to submissions received in 2025.
The Coordinator-General assesses the revised draft EIS, the revised reference design and supplementary material and issues a report evaluating the final EIS.
The NSW/Qld Border to Gowrie EIS will then be assessed by the Queensland and Australian Governments.
Inland Rail is currently investigating the feasibility of design refinements to the revised reference design at several locations along the NSW/Qld Border to Gowrie section including at Yelarbon, Pampas, Brookstead, Pittsworth and key road-rail interfaces.
The potential design refinements aim to reduce the amount of land required for the project, improve safety at road-rail interfaces and minimise community impacts including noise, vibration, earthworks, truck movements and visual amenity.
Site surveys and investigations continue at various locations along the NSW/Qld Border to Gowrie section.
In March, Inland Rail’s contractors completed a series of ecological and soil surveys as part of the design refinement investigations and to collect further data to finalise the section’s Environmental Impact Statement.
“We’d like to thank all landowners for their continued support and collaboration while we continue these important investigations,” Inland Rail said.
