Economic Outlook and Modelling Report for Bruce Highway Corridor

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Transport and Main Roads awarded a contract to Economic Associates for the Bruce Highway Economics Outlook and Modelling Report.

The contract, valued at AUD 145,200 and procured through a limited process, involved defining the multi-modal long-term corridor profile of the Bruce Highway transport corridor (road, rail, ports, and airports), outlining economic and demographic context, forecasting demographics (e.g., employment, population), forecasting economic factors to inform freight and passenger demand, exploring current and future demand over a 15-year period, examining freight market contestability and demand drivers, modelling future economic growth to inform a separate traffic modelling process, and providing a high-level summary of transport system capacity and capability to meet future demand with recommended strategic responses.