An Infrastructure Australia report to be released Tuesday, will show public transport, roads, hospitals and schools are failing to keep pace with new housing developments in Brisbane.
Infrastructure Australia policy and research executive director Peter Colacino said “it is not affordable or sustainable for Brisbane to accommodate the projected population growth in new areas. Brisbane needs to focus on growing up, not out, through a delivery of higher quality and higher density established areas.”
The report notes the city’s need to avoid urban sprawl. Brisbane covers an area 20 times the size of New York City, with under a quarter of its population.