Green Triangle Region Freight Action Plan

Program Summary

The Green Triangle Region Freight Action Plan was released in April 2009 to secure multi million dollar trade and employment opportunities in the Green Triangle region. The plan is endorsed by both the Victorian and South Australian governments, local governments and major industry and transport organisations operating within the Green Triangle region.

There is an estimated $8.7 billion worth of private investment set to commence within the Green Triangle region over the next five years in the mining, timber, energy, agriculture and dairy industries. It is critical that the right infrastructure exists for communities to benefit from this export driven growth and the job opportunities that it creates. Many of the new investments will be in new and emerging sectors including low emissions thermal power, wave energy and natural gas - helping to strengthen the region’s economy in a carbon constrained future.

The Green Triangle Region Freight Action Plan outlines the significant export and employment opportunities in the region over the next decade and beyond and the need for infrastructure upgrades to the value of $340 million to accommodate the growing freight task.