NSW Premier Mike Baird’s ambitious plan to overhaul and expand Sydney’s neglected transport infrastructure has won strong backing from peak groups, including the Australasian Railway Association and stands in sharp contrast with the federal Budget’s heavy emphasis on major roads.
A selection of roads in Sydney will be recast in pale grey under an innovative new trial that aims to determine whether reflective surfaces can help take the sting out of summer by reducing the ambient temperature of asphalt.
A probe by Victoria’s Auditor-General says that his state’s lagging use of technology to manage roads contributing to traffic congestion with priority public transport users now also facing gridlock.
Canberra may be facing big public service job cuts, but a new independent report from Ernst & Young points to the potential of light rail to generate new jobs – at least while it’s being built.
Public servants given reprieve from new go-to-work tax for up to three months.
The New South Wales government has selected the route for the Newcastle light rail, which will connect the city centre with the waterfront.
Over the next decade, Sydney’s growing population will see a radical transformation of the central business district following the council’s unprecedented approval of a record $1.94 billion building and construction program.
The New South Wales government plans to eliminate Sydney’s infamously hot and sweaty train rides through a big new investment in intercity rolling stock.
Australia’s peak railway body is cheering on the Victorian government’s big Budget allocation of $14.5 billion to key rail projects that it claims will “transform the state”.
Calls for innovative bids to keep planes flying to outback towns.
