News (Page 19)

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Supporting resilient regional roads

Roads Australia has appeared at a public hearing in front of the House of Representative’s Committee on Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport, for the ‘Inquiry into the implications of severe weather events on the national regional, rural and remote road …

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2024 RA Fellows applications opening soon

Roads Australia is pleased to announce Felicity Lampert, Executive – Programs & Events, will oversee the RA Fellowship Program, including the intake of RA’s 2024 Fellows. The Roads Australia (RA) Fellowship Program is a unique mentoring initiative that matches industry …

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Procurement reform Policy Insight released

Roads Australia has released its Policy Insight paper from a webinar held earlier in the year, “Procurement reform – Sharing our successes.” Webinar attendees heard from the following speakers: Reflected in the Policy Insight is the need to enhance and …

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2023-24 Queensland Budget Brief

The release of the 2023-24 Queensland Budget has included $32.1 billion to continue delivering road and transport projects over forward estimates. The Queensland Transport and Roads Investment Program (QTRIP) for 2023-24 to 2026-27 includes projects across the breadth of Queensland, …

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SA Budget invests in road safety

The South Australian Government has included $98 million of new funding for road safety measures in its 2023-24 Budget. The timely investment comes as the SA road toll remains higher than the five-year average at this point of the year. …

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EastLink upgrades street lights to LED

EastLink has progressively replaced existing High Pressure Sodium (HPS) luminaires with new LED luminaries along the length of EastLink, including the ramps at the EastLink – Monash Fwy interchange and on the Ringwood Bypass. After six months of progressive work …

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Ventia and Transurban sign six year contract

Ventia has signed a six-year Incident Response and Maintenance (IR&M) contract with Transurban Queensland (TQ). TQ operates and maintains road, bridge and tunnel assets in South East Queensland, including AirportlinkM7, Clem7, Legacy Way, Inner City Bypass, Go Between Bridge and the …

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CPB completes Hyde St WGT ramp work

CPB Contractors has completed all beam installations for the Hyde St Ramps as part of the West Gate Tunnel project. “Our CPB Contractors team safely installed the last beams on Bridge 30; this milestone is a culmination of 20 months …

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RA Webinar highlights circular economy opportunities

Roads Australia today bought together industry and government representatives for a policy webinar on establishing sustainable supply chains through the effective utilisation of circular economy principles. Thanks to Aurecon for partnering with us for this policy event. ‘Sustainable Supply Chains,’ was …

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David Elliott appointed IPWEA CEO

The Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (NSW and ACT) has announced the appointment of David Elliott as Chief Executive Officer. Institute President, Grant Baker, said the appointment concluded an exhaustive search and he welcomes Mr Elliott’s addition to the …

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