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A sizeable promise to build freight and passenger rail, funding locked in for Landcare, and expanding a controversial government loans program: from Parliament House in Canberra, ABC Rural breaks down the details of Budget 2017.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
Farmers fear an extra billion dollars for inland rail in next week's budget could be wasted by the corporation tasked with planning and managing the project.
The government-owned Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) is still finalising the 1,700-kilometre Melbourne to Brisbane freight route, which would make it faster and cheaper to transport produce like grain to ports.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
A big spend on inland rail and a funding boost for the National Landcare Program are the budget highlights for Australia's farming sector.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
The Federal Government has made a play to shore up its regional base, through major commitments to infrastructure projects designed to make living in the country easier and more prosperous.
Posted 3 months ago by Railpage System User
The scale of the Federal Government's nation building ambitions are becoming clearer, with indications that as much as $8 billion will be committed to building an inland freight rail line from Melbourne to Brisbane.
Posted 3 months ago by x31
The ambitious but overdue $10 billion inland rail project linking Melbourne and Brisbane via Wagga Wagga, Parkes, Narromine, Moree and Toowoomba looks set to be the big infrastructure winner in next week’s federal budget.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
Private investors are backing the Turnbull government’s $10 billion inland rail network by planning to build new projects along the freight route, with transport company Linfox and Queensland airport operator Wagners endorsing the plan.
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The company ‘proposes to resume the distribution of dividends and confirms its 2020 targets’, said Chairman & CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge when presenting Alstom’s annual results on May 4.
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Renato Gallo was confirmed as Chief Financial Officer of Ansaldo STS on March 28; he had previously served as Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice-President, Management & Statutory reporting.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
Moree Plains Shire Council welcomes the Federal Government’s announcement that two new railway bridges will be constructed in regional NSW, to meet the load specifications required to support delivery of the inland rail project when construction of the nation building project begins.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
A $10 billion inland railway from Melbourne to Brisbane could not pay for itself without government funding in the first 50 years of operation, according to a feasibility study undertaken in 2015.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
The Turnbull government will commit to mammoth spending on “roads, rail and runways” in the May 9 budget to promise a growth dividend from new projects, including a flagship $10 billion rail network, amid a growing political fight over how it funds its plans.
Posted 3 months ago by Railpage System User
Dr Saeed Mohammadzadeh has replaced Mohsen Pourseyed Aghaei as President of Iranian national railway holding group RAI. He also serves as Vice-Minister for Road & Urban Development and as a Professor at the Railways Faculty of the national Science & Industry University in Tehran.
Posted 3 months ago by newsbot
WAGGA and Albury will reap the rewards of the long-awaited inland rail freight line between Melbourne and Brisbane – but Griffith is set to be snubbed.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
The long-awaited direct inland rail freight line between Melbourne and Brisbane – aimed at getting farm produce to ports faster – is set to bypass our main farm producing areas.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
There was good news for the Prime Minister from recent Newspoll surveys that resulted from his strong leadership on the iconic Snowy Mountains Project.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
The Melbourne to Brisbane Inland Rail Alliance (MBIRA) has welcomed news of the building of two new bridges on the Inland Rail route.
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The boards of WS Atkins plc and SNC-Lavalin Group Inc of Canada announced on April 20 that they had agreed terms for SNC-Lavalin to acquire the entire issued share capital of Atkins. This values Atkins at £2∙1bn and represents a premium of 35% on the closing price of its shares on March 31.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says the Australian Rail Track Corporation is not being realistic with its latest access terms for the Hunter Valley network.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
The Federal Government is set to give the construction of an inland rail network a kick-along, with an allocation of more than $1 billion.
Posted 4 months ago by Railpage System User
Belgium: A consortium of Systra, Geste and Tractebel is to provide consultancy services for the modernisation of Brussels metro lines 1 and 5.
Posted 4 months ago by Railpage System User
Australia: Sydney Trains has exercised a A$225m option to extend Downer EDI’s maintenance contract for its fleet of 35 four-car Millennium EMUs for a further 10 years from June.
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Bangladesh: The government has awarded Oriental Consultants Global, Chodai, Developed Design Consultants and ACE Consultants a 7·48bn taka contract to provide consultancy services for the construction of a planned 4·8 km dual-gauge railway bridge across the River Jamuna near the existing Bangbandhu Bridge.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
THE press release has the imprimatur of the Deputy Prime Minister’s office. It is dated August 28, 2013, and, according to its contents, thousands of workers should now be crawling across inland Australia laying track for a historic inland rail project to supercharge the nation’s, and Queensland’s, economy.
Posted 4 months ago by Railpage System User
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