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SEATS - South East Australian Transport Strategy Inc. was created by a group of Victorian ( VIC ) and New South Wales ( NSW ) Local Governments concerned with the poor transport infrastructure in south eastern Australia. Their initial focus was the need to improve road funding and to encourage the development of a Very Fast Train through Gippsland.

In August 1995, under the auspice of the regional development organisation Gippsland Development, the SEATS committee received a grant from the Commonwealth Department of Housing and Regional Development to undertake a study of the region’s transport needs.

Ove Arup and Partners was commissioned in November 1995 to undertake the transport study.

At that time the SEATS Committee comprised: 

  • Australian Capital Region Development Council
  • Bass Coast Shire Council
  • Bega Valley Shire Council
  • Bombala Shire Council
  • Baw Baw Shire Council
  • City of Casey
  • Cooma Monaro Shire Council
  • Dyers Gippsland Transport
  • East Gippsland Shire Council
  • Energy Brix
  • Gippsland Development Ltd
  • Greater Dandenong City Council
  • Monash University
  • Mornington Peninsula Shire Council
  • Shoalhaven Shire Council (now City of Shoalhaven)
  • Shire of La Trobe (now City of Latrobe)
  • Tallaganda Shire Council
  • T.J.Andrews Sawmills
  • Wellington Shire Council
  • Snowy River Shire Council
  • Vicroads
  • Western Port Development Corporation
The main aims of the Study were to:
  • Identify the role that transport plays in regional social and economic development
  • Identify the main transport related constraints to, and opportunities for, regional, social and economic development
  • Identify a range of transport and transport related options for improving regional, social and economic development
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of the key options identified and recommend the most significant priorities for regional advancement.
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SEATS - South East Australian Transport Strategy Inc.
PO Box 2106, Malua Bay NSW 2536 Australia ~ Ph: 02 4471 1398 ~ Fax: 02 44713741 ~ Email: seats@acr.net.au
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