| (1) The overall objective of this Act is, consistent with the objectives of the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, to provide a regime that allows for and encourages effective integrated planning and efficient management of a system of transport infrastructure.
(2) In particular, the objectives of this Act are—
(a) to allow the Government to have a strategic overview of the provision and operation of all transport infrastructure; and
(b) for roads—to establish a regime under which—
(i) a system of roads of national and State significance can be effectively planned and efficiently managed; and
(ii) influence can be exercised over the total road network in a way that contributes to overall transport efficiency; and
(iii) account is taken of the need to provide adequate levels of safety, and community access to the road network; and
(iv) impacts on development from environmental emissions generated by State-controlled roads are addressed by the development; and
(c) for miscellaneous transport infrastructure—to establish a regime for the effective planning and efficient management of the infrastructure; and
(d) for rail—to establish a regime that—
(i) contributes to overall transport effectiveness and efficiency; and
(ii) provides for the safety of railways and persons at, on or near railways; and
(iii) contributes to lower transport costs by allowing the maximum flexibility in rail transport operations consistent with achieving safety objectives; and
(iv) allows railway managers and operators to make decisions on a commercial basis; and
(e) for ports—to establish a regime under which a ports system is provided and can be managed within an overall strategic framework; and
(f) for air—to promote basic access to air services, and regional development, by making provision about air transport infrastructure; and
(g) for public marine transport—to establish a regime under which—
(i) public marine facilities are effectively and efficiently managed; and
(ii) the use of waterways for transport purposes is effectively and efficiently managed; and
(h) for busways—to establish a regime that provides for—
(i) flexibility in the choice between private and public construction and management; and
(ii) land tenure arrangements allowing private management to be established on a sound financial basis; and
(iii) safely constructed, managed and operated infrastructure; and
(i) for busways and light rail—to establish a regime for each that—
(i) contributes to overall transport effectiveness and efficiency; and
(ii) is responsive to community needs; and
(iii) offers an appealing alternative to private transport in a way that takes into account overall environmental, economic and social influences of transport; and
(iv) addresses the challenges of future growth; and
(v) provides busway and light rail transport infrastructure and passenger services at a reasonable cost to the community and government; and
(vi) results in minimal interference with access to and from the road network; and
(vii) encourages the facilitation and use of public transport; and
(viii) gives priority to public transport over private vehicles; and
(ix) contributes to lower transport costs by allowing the maximum flexibility in busway and light rail transport operations consistent with achieving safety objectives; and
(x) allows managers and operators of busways and light rail to make decisions on a commercial basis; and
(j) for light rail—to establish a regime that provides for—
(i) flexibility in the choice between private and public construction and management; and
(ii) land tenure arrangements allowing private management to be established on a sound financial basis; and
(iii) the safety of light rail, light rail land, light rail transport infrastructure and persons at, on or near light rail, light rail land or light rail transport infrastructure; and
(iv) the construction, management and operation of light rail transport infrastructure under a light rail franchise agreement.
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