A massive 507 ha site in Beveridge, equivalent in size to Footscray or Brunswick, is set for a $4.5bn transformation into a global logistics and data centre powerhouse.
Dracoulis said she and new council chief executive Wes Young met with the railway group last week and encouraged members to lodge a formal submission on the plan.
The action follows two fatal train crashes in January, one in Adamuz in the country’s southern region which killed 46 people, and the second just two days later near Barcelona.
Modelling from the CSIRO shows that Inland Rail has the potential to reduce national freight transport costs by close to $213 million each year across 22 million tonnes of freight.
Funded by the Australian Government, the $150 million Maroona to Portland Re-sleepering Project will strengthen the 173km stretch of railway in Victoria.
