News (Page 9)

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WA major infrastructure projects dashboard launched

The WA Government has launched a new online dashboard featuring $8.7 billion worth of public works to assist WA’s construction industry plan and prepare to bid for Government tenders. The Pipeline of Works interactive dashboard features current and planned non-residential …

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WA opens Road Safety Community Grants Program

The Western Australian Road Safety Commission is making $350,000 available via the Road Trauma Trust Account to help communities deliver road safety events and projects, including National Road Safety Week, being held from May 5-12. Under the Program there are …

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Funding boost for Victorian councils

Eleven more local councils will receive funding from the Victorian Government to improve road safety infrastructure as part of the most recent round of the Safer Local Roads and Streets Program. The $210 million program provides support to Victorian councils …

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BlueScope progressing steel decarbonisation

Australia’s two largest iron ore producers and its biggest steelmaker have partnered in their efforts to accelerate the decarbonisation of steelmaking by agreeing to jointly investigate the development of the country’s first ironmaking electric smelting furnace (ESF) pilot plant. Under …

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$28 million invested to upgrade NSW level crossings

$28 million in funding has been allocated to the NSW Government under the first round of the Australian Government’s Regional Level Crossing Upgrade Fund (RLCUF). The Australian Government announced in August last year a commitment of $160 million over four …

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Sydney Metro West inquiry report released

New South Wales’ Legislative Assembly Committee on Transport and Infrastructure has tabled its final report as part of its inquiry into the Sydney Metro West project, following the release of the interim report in November of last year. The inquiry …

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Work underway at all SRL stations

Construction is now underway at all six station sites on the first stage of the Victorian Government’s Suburban Rail Loop project, in anticipation of tunneling beginning in 2026. Works on the first tunnel access structure in Heatherton will begin this …

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Albany Ring Road enters final stages

Construction of the Albany Ring Road has entered its final stages, with the project on track to be completed and open to road users before the middle of the year. New bridges are now in place at the South Coast …

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Victoria’s first all electric bus depot

The Victorian Government has opened Victoria’s first electric bus depot in Melbourne’s North-East. Minister for Public and Active Transport, Gabrielle Williams announced Ventura’s Ivanhoe depot has been converted to accommodate the largest fleet of zero-emissions buses in the state, as …

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