Dredging to begin for Brisbane

BAC chairman Bill Grant said the corporation had signed a contract for the next stage of the new parallel runway, dredging and reclamation, and work would commence on site within weeks.
The runway represents $1.35 billion of private investment in national infrastructure. It will create 2,700 jobs at the peak of construction and 7,800 new permanent jobs in the Brisbane/Moreton Region by 2035.
The claimed economic benefit of the project will be in the order of $5 billion per year by 2035.