RAILROADS – VICTORIA – DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

Allan stands by signature rail loop

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Original article by Lily McCaffrey, Amelia Swan
The Australian – Page: 5 : 2-Apr-25

Victoria’s Premier Jacinta Allan says she remains "determined" to go ahead with the Suburban Rail Loop in the wake of the Coalition’s decision to scrap all federal funding for the controversial project if it wins the 3 May election. However, Allan declined to comment on how the state will pay for the project if federal funding is withdrawn. Federal Opposition leader Peter Dutton has described the SRL as a "$200bn pipe dream"; he contends that Allan, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the CFMEU are the only ones that are in favour of it. Dutton intends to redirect SRL funding to other road and rail projects in Victoria.

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VICTORIA. DEPT OF PREMIER AND CABINET, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

Allan snubs airport rail for suburban loop

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Original article by Gus McCubbing, Patrick Durkin
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 9-Jul-24

Melbourne Airport CEO Lorie Argue says there is no reason why there should be any more delays to the $10 billion Melbourne Airport rail link, after the airport dropped its opposition to a more expensive underground station. However, the project still faces at least four more years of delay, with Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan stating her government would prioritise the $125 billion Suburban Rail Loop. Allan announced on Monday that the state government had chosen a consortium called Terra Verde to construct the next phase of the SRL, which involves the construction of 10-kilometre twin tunnels between Glen Waverley and Box Hill.

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MELBOURNE AIRPORT, VICTORIA. DEPT OF PREMIER AND CABINET

Federal auditor to probe Labor’s $2.2b rail plan

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Original article by Gus McCubbing
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 13-Feb-24

A Senate estimates hearing has been told that Auditor-General Grant Hehir will examine the federal government’s $2.2 billion commitment to Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop project. Hehir will look at whether this commitment represents value for money and if it was "informed by appropriate departmental advice". Department of Infrastructure secretary Jim Betts said the department will co-operate fully with Hehir’s investigation. Marion Terrill, former director of the Grattan Institute’s Transport and Cities Program, has welcomed the investigation, stating that big projects require more rather than less scrutiny.

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AUSTRALIA. OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR-GENERAL, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS, GRATTAN INSTITUTE

Airport rail begins within 10 years

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Original article by Adam Carey
The Age – Page: 1 : 23-Nov-17

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews will tell a meeting of the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 23 November that construction of a rail link to Melbourne Airport will begin by 2026. The announcement of the rail link follows a meeting between transport ministers from the Victorian and federal governments on 22 November, with the two governments agreeing to commit $A30 million towards funding a study to determine how best to construct the link.

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VICTORIA. DEPT OF PREMIER AND CABINET, VICTORIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY