Pipeline to Prosperity project lodged with IA
09 October 2018
Tasmanian Government:
The Pipeline to Prosperity irrigation
program headlines
Tasmania’s latest submission towards
Infrastructure Australia’s (IA)
National Infrastructure Priority List.
The Hodgman Liberal Government is committed to providing the
infrastructure our growing state needs for the future, and the continued
development of our
water resources is central to our plan to grow the
value of agriculture 10-fold to $10 billion per year by 2050.
Pipeline to Prosperity will be the third tranche of irrigation schemes
developed in Tasmania in partnership with farmers, which is creating
jobs and driving the sustainable growth of our key export and domestic
agricultural produce sectors.
Following the completion of comprehensive pre-feasibility studies
Tasmanian Irrigation is progressing ten potential projects state-wide
which combined have an estimated capital cost of up to $496 million.
Pipeline to Prosperity would return an estimated $114 million each year
to the agriculture sector, and our economy more broadly, and an ongoing
employment stimulus of over 3900 direct and indirect full-time
equivalents, in addition to construction
jobs.
The Tasmanian Government has already committed $70 million towards
Pipeline to Prosperity which has the potential to deliver an additional
78,000 megalitres of
water.
We look forward to Pipeline to Prosperity being added to IA’s updated
National Infrastructure Priority List, expected to be released in early
2019.
Pipeline to Prosperity includes potential irrigation schemes in the
farming districts of the Southern Midlands, Detention, Don, Fingal,
Flowerdale, Harcus, Northern Midlands, Sassafras - Wesley Vale, South
East, and Tamar, and involves:
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new irrigation schemes where provision of water will change land use and the productive capacity of existing farming areas
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additional water capacity, increased water delivery efficiency, and increased reliability and sustainability of existing schemes, and
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interconnectivity between irrigation schemes for greater water trading and more efficient use of unused or underused water capacity.
Further due diligence will be undertaken before approval of each respective project, including the need to demonstrate a sound business case.
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