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STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE CORRIDORS (STRATEGIC AND REREATIONAL USE) BILL 2016 BILL 39 OF 2016

                                           FACT SHEET

        Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational Use) Bill 2016
The Dorset Council has developed a proposal for a multi-use North East Rail Trail between
Coldwater Creek and Scottsdale, using the non-operational North East Line corridor of the
Tasmanian Rail Network.

The purpose of the Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational Use) Bill 2016 is
to establish a framework to facilitate the alternative use of non-operational rail lines on the
Tasmanian Rail Network for recreational purposes and to provide for their ongoing
management, while maintaining these corridors for potential future strategic use.

The Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational Use) Bill 2016 is not specific to
the North East Rail Trail project, although it is required for that project to proceed. Rather, the
arrangements established under the Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational
Use) Bill 2016 will be able to be applied to other non-operational rail lines should the
Government determine to facilitate alternate use in the future

The Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational Use) Bill 2016 has three broad
objectives:

 1. It enables land to be transitioned from its status as railway as part of the Tasmanian Rail
    Network, to be used for recreational purposes while retaining the land as a strategic
    infrastructure corridor for future use;

 2. It provides a framework for how the land will be managed following its change in status
    once it is no longer a railway; and

 3. Where practicable, continues the existing policy settings applying to the relationship
    between the corridor and adjoining landowners established under the Rail Infrastructure Act
    2007.

In order to fulfil these objectives, the Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational
Use) Bill 2016 performs a number of key functions:

        It protects the former rail corridor as a strategic infrastructure corridor, including vesting
         any corridor land that is not currently owned by the Crown, in the Crown;

        It provides appropriate compensation arrangements for landowners affected by vesting;

        It provides a framework for management of the strategic infrastructure corridor;

        It enables the alternative use of the corridor for recreational purposes and the
         appointment of a corridor manager for this purpose;

        It provides a framework for the management and use of the corridor by a corridor
         manager; and

        It establishes the rights and responsibilities in relation to the corridor land for land use
         planning, service infrastructure, fencing, safety and corridor crossings.



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