Let’s get Inland Rail on track

POLITICAL aspirations must be put aside if we are to get Inland Rail on track for delivery, according to Member for Toowoomba North Trevor Watts.

Supporting the comments made by the Deputy Prime Minister in yesterday’s The Chronicle, Mr Watts said he was adamant this project would all be lost if the stagnation of continued.

“This is quickly becoming not a matter of when, but if, Inland Rail will come through Toowoomba,” Mr Watts said.

“We have been talking about Inland Rail for a long time now, the route has been studied, but I fear if we don’t move forward with this project the money will be spent elsewhere.

“The Second Range Crossing was 30 years on the table and in the end, it just took one person to decide it would be built. This is what we need.

“The route has been studied for years, it is now important we announce the contractors, break ground and get the line to Toowoomba and onto Brisbane,” Mr Watts said.

“If the project doesn’t progress our region will suffer greatly.

“This is our one and only chance of ever getting a tunnel, which will accommodate passenger rail from Toowoomba to Brisbane.”