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xx NEW SOUTH WALES xx Major Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport line contract awarded Joint venture partners CPB Contractors and United Infrastructure – a consortium made up of Western Sydney-based companies including Burton Contractors, JK Williams and Mulgoa Quarries – have been selected by the New South Wales Government to deliver the surface civil and alignment works for the Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport rail link. Funded by the Australian and New South Wales governments, the contract is estimated at $538.5 million. The works encompass the civil infrastructure necessary for the construction of the track. The project will deliver approximately 10.4 kilometres of surface and civil works for track formation between Orchard Hills and the new Western Sydney Airport Station. The driverless 23km metro line will link St Marys to the centre of the new Aerotropolis at Bradfield via the new Western Sydney International (NancyBird Walton) Airport. Six stations will also be built along the alignment. Work on the project will be ramping up in coming months. SOUTH AUSTRALIA ARTC signs rail supply contract with Liberty Primary Steel A $292 million contract has been signed between the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) and South Australian company Liberty Primary Steel to supply more than 147,000 tonnes of high-quality steel rail – including more than 110,000 tonnes for Inland Rail. The contract will support upgrades between Narrabri and Turrawan, a vital connection between Inland Rail and the Hunter Valley coal network, and the Southern Highlands line in New South Wales. The Inland Rial project is Australia’s largest freight rail infrastructure project and will consist of over 1,700 kilometres of rail connecting Melbourne and Brisbane via 90
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regional Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. The project will upgrade 1,100 kilometres of existing rail line and build 600 kilometres of new track and is being delivered by ARTC in 13 sections across 36 local government areas.. VICTORIA Mt Derrimut Rd level crossing removal contract awarded Early works have commenced and a construction contract awarded for the Mt Derrimut Road level crossing removal project in western Melbourne. An alliance between McConnell Dowell, Arup, Mott Macdonald, Metro Trains Melbourne, V/Line and the Level Crossing Removal Project has been awarded the contract to deliver the $234 million project. Final designs unveiled for the multi-million-dollar project include a new 1.2-kilometre elevated rail bridge over Mt Derrimut Road to replace the level crossing and a new Deer Park Station. The designs include a new transport hub that features a new train station, a multi-bay bus interchange, landscaped forecourts, and 150 new and upgraded car parking spaces. Major construction activities on the Mt Derrimut Road level crossing removal project are scheduled to begin in mid2022 and completed in 2024. Contract awarded for Melbourne’s Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road A major project to upgrade the Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road in Melbourne’s south-east has moved to the next phase with the award of the construction contract to McConnell Dowell. The project forms part of the $2.27 billion Suburban Roads Upgrade – South Eastern Roads and Northern Roads package, to upgrade suburban roads across the south-eastern and northern parts of Melbourne. The Australian and Victorian governments are contributing $1.1 billion each to the package. The Narre WarrenCranbourne Road upgrade includes
adding an extra lane in each direction between Thompsons Road and the South Gippsland Highway to boost capacity and slash travel times. The upgrade is expected to be completed by 2025. WESTERN AUSTRALIA Contract awarded for new METRONET Midland Station The Midland Junction Alliance – made up of McConnell Dowell Constructors, Georgiou Group, Arcadis Australia, and BG&E – has been awarded a $246.7 million contract to design and construct the new Midland Station in Perth. The contract includes decommissioning and demolishing the existing 53-year-old station. The new station will be located between Helena and Cale streets and will incorporate three platforms catering for up to six-cars, a publicly accessible pedestrian overpass connecting both sides of the railway, a bus interchange and cycling facilities. A new 12-stand bus interchange and multi-storey car park with more than 600 bays will be constructed at the location of the former Midland Station. Early work on the project is due to start later this year. Causeway Bridge preferred proponent announced A consortium comprising Civmec Construction and Engineering, Seymour Whyte Constructions and WSP Australia has been selected as the preferred proponent to construct the Causeway Pedestrian and Cyclist Bridge in the Perth metropolitan area. The news came as the Western Australian and the Federal governments also committed a combined additional funding of $50 million for the project, bringing the project’s total value to $100 million. At approximately one kilometre long with a six-metre-wide shared pedestrian and cycle path, it will provide safer access for the more than 1500 cyclists and 2000 pedestrians who use the path daily. Pending contract negotiations, the successful alliance is anticipated to be established over the coming months.
