{"id":74041,"date":"2024-06-27T16:59:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T06:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=74041"},"modified":"2024-06-27T16:59:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T06:59:51","slug":"construction-contracts-have-been-inked-for-victorian-sites-for-inland-rail-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=74041","title":{"rendered":"Construction contracts have been inked for Victorian sites for Inland Rail Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

All Victorian contracts for a 1700km national freight rail line have been inked, with the state\u2019s portion of the mega project set to be finished within three years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The $31 billion Inland Rail project <\/a>would allow for double-stacked freight trains to move goods from Brisbane to Melbourne, getting products onto shelves quicker and more reliably. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Construction giant John Holland has been awarded the $470 million contract for the remaining eight project sites in Victoria, including to build rail bridges and lower existing tracks under roads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It includes sites in Benalla and Euroa where railway station precincts will get major upgrades and new carparking, as well as in Wandong, Broadford, and near Tallarook and Seymour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Holland, which is part of the group building the $14bn Metro Tunnel<\/a> rail line under the CBD, has also worked on other sections of Inland Rail in Victoria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement is significant for the project, which was reviewed last year amid a budget blowout worth about $15bn and was described by former Energy Security Board chair Dr Kerry Schott as being in a \u201cregrettable situation\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A render of the $31bn Inland Rail project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amid uncertainty around the construction schedule, the Albanese Government said it would prioritise delivery of the link between Beveridge and Parkes in NSW, which would boost supply chain \u201cresilience\u201d between Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Newcastle, the Illawarra and Adelaide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inland Rail chief executive, Nick Miller, said the new contract was \u201ca major step forward\u201d and that ongoing works at Glenrowan, Wangaratta, and Seymour were progressing well, with Barnawartha North completed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the works on the final eight Victorian sites would begin in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJohn Holland is currently carrying out early works and site investigations before kicking off Tranche 2 construction early in the new year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Herald Sun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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