Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has welcomed the Federal Opposition’s National Rail Manufacturing Plan in its budget reply.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
In the 2020-2021 budget unveiled by federal Treasurer Josh Frydenburg, the total infrastructure pipeline for the next 10 years grew to $110 billion, with a $14 billion increase this year.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
States, local councils, and regional areas will benefit from major infrastructure spending in this year's Federal Budget with a significant boost to roads, bridges, rail, and community works.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
States, local councils, and regional areas will benefit from major infrastructure spending in this year's Federal Budget with a significant boost to roads, bridges, rail, and community works.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The highly anticipated 2020-21 Federal Budget has been released and features significant funding for Australia’s infrastructure industry, with a $7.5 billion investment in transport infrastructure around the country as part of the Federal Government’s COVID-19 economic recovery plan.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Rail will be an essential part of Australia’s infrastructure-led recovery after the Federal Budget confirmed key rail projects would be funded as part of stimulus measures.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The Productivity Commission has called for the final inconsistencies in the national approach to rail regulation to be removed to improve competitiveness in the sector and increase safety.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Announced ahead of the highly anticipated 2020-21 Federal Budget, transport infrastructure around Australia will receive a $7.5 billion investment to boost the national economy, as part of the Federal Government’s COVID-19 economic recovery plan.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Infrastructure spending will get a further boost in Tuesday’s federal budget with Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack set to announce a further $7.5 billion in new projects.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
An extension of Canberra's light rail route to Mawson would be included in the business case for the second stage of the project under an election commitment made by the ACT Greens.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
New projects and upgrades to existing technology should be considered for funding as part of the federal budget, CEO of the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) Caroline Wilkie has said.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Chief Executive Officer of the Australasian Railway Association (ARA), Caroline Wilkie, has outlined that rail has an essential role to play in meeting future infrastructure needs.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The Federal Government is being urged to spend up big in next week's Budget on nation-building projects large and small to create jobs quickly and lift Australia out of recession.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The need for proper processes to be established and followed to ensure rail safety has been highlighted in two recently completed rail safety investigations by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).
Posted last month by Railpage System User
The Liberals have pledged to add more, and faster, bus routes across the ACT but the party says it may be better to extend light rail to Belconnen rather than Woden.
Posted last month by bevans
The ACT is on track to have more light rail elections than routes after the Canberra Liberals committed to conducting an independent inquiry into where the next route should be built – with Belconnen a likely option.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
RISSB’s projects in the next year expand the organisation’s role.
Posted last month by bevans
Working as “one team”, we have created an operational environment where our greatest resource – our people – will more effectively bring to bear their collective wealth of core skills and attributes to improve transport safety across the aviation, rail and marine transport sectors.
Posted last month by bevans
The cost of the second stage of Canberra's light rail network is expected to blow out by up to $300 million more than first predicted, new figures reveal.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
The ACT government has released its strategy to move Canberra as the city grows to 580,000 people by 2040.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
A new light rail stop will be built as part of the construction of the Canberra Institute of Technology’s (CIT) Woden campus.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
Re: "Light rail contracts won't be signed before ACT election, Barr confirms" (canberratimes.com.au, August 14) and "Another light rail election on track after Libs slam contract delays" (canberratimes.com.au, August 20). These reports float the possibility light rail could well become a major issue in the October election. But will it?
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
The ACT’s government’s plan for the extension of the current light rail line to Woden, in the city’s south, has taken the next step forward