"I was pleased to see the planning and work done by south-east Queensland
stakeholders on the submission,"he said.
On Wednesday,Mr Tudge met Brisbane lord mayor Graham Quirk - who chairs the Council of Mayors - South-east Queensland (COMSEQ) - Sunshine Coast mayor Mark Jamieson,Redland mayor Karen Williams and others.
They pushed for the bid to have all three levels of government commit to funding different projects over an agreed time frame.
Queensland's Labor government supports the City Deal scheme and contributes money to Townsville's City Deal to assist with port,sport fields and rail development.
But federal Labor planned to change the City Deals policy to a new City Partnerships scheme,with closer links between federal and local governments,if it won office.
Labor Infrastructure,Transport,Cities and Regional Development spokesman Anthony Albanese,who met with COMSEQ on Tuesday,did not reply to a request from Fairfax Media for comments on the City Deal briefing.
Federal Labor had promised at the 2015 federal election to provide $800 million to the Cross River Rail project.
Cr Quirk said he appreciated the meetings with Mr Tudge,deputy prime minister Michael McCormack and key opposition figures Bill Shorten and Mr Albanese.
"We had the opportunity to bring Minister Tudge up to speed on our submission,"he said.
"We did not expect a decision on our submission,but it was a good opportunity to demonstrate that our planning is well advanced."