Infrastructure and civil engineering firm CIMIC Group – formerly Leighton Holdings – announced it will appoint a new chief executive officer as it revealed a net profit after tax of $413.7 milllion
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Labor wins ACT election as voters choose light rail
ACT Labor leader Andrew Barr says Canberrans have signalled they want a light rail line, after his party won the territory election this past weekend.
A John Holland-led consortium is already signed on
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V/Line to squeeze Albury assets to boost reliability
A plan is in motion to reconfigure trains on Victoria’s regional rail line out to Albury, to boost reliability for customers.
Public transport minister Jacinta Allan says operator V/Line is refurbishing
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2km of George Street now shut for light rail
The final sections of Sydney’s George Street have been shut to road traffic as part of the CBD and South East Light Rail project, just under a year after construction began.
Three sections of George
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Trams to talk to traffic lights in Melbourne
The Victorian Government has awarded a $699,000 grant for a trial program which could see trams given a higher priority at busy Melbourne intersections.
Roads and road safety minister Luke Donnellan on
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14 years’ jail for former Metro worker
A serial arsonist who derailed a train last November has been sentenced to 14 years’ jail, according to court reports.
The ABC and The Age this week reported former Metro Trains worker
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Bill introduced to create Cross River Rail Delivery Authority
Queensland’s Labor Government has introduced a Bill into Parliament to establish a Delivery Authority for Brisbane’s proposed Cross River Rail project.
Deputy premier and minister for infrastructure,
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Stronger powers to prevent Perth train graffiti
Serial graffiti offenders will now be banned from buses, trains and stations in Western Australia, after the state government approved a new set of laws aimed at making graffiti “the most pointless
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Trio of rail projects added to Infrastructure Australia priority list
Perth’s airport rail line, the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal, and the Adelaide-Tarcoola Rail Upgrade have all been added to Infrastructure Australia’s Priority List.
IA’s Infrastructure
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Contract signed for Thompsons Road level crossing
VicRoads has awarded a $66 million contract to remove the Thompsons Road level crossing at Lyndhurst, in Melbourne’s south-east.
The level crossing is one of the 50 being targeted for removal by the
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