Residents in the Camperdown district in south-west Victoria are concerned about the scale of a solar farm proposed to be built on farmland near the town. Camperdown, population 3,300, covers about four square kilometres. The planned Bookaar Solar Farm, to be located 10km north-west of the town, would occupy about six square kilometres. “It’s unbelievable,”…
The Victorian Greens have announced that as part of their 2018 election pitch, $100 million would be allocated to begin the planning for the Melbourne Metro 2 project, which seeks to build a rail tunnel from Clifton Hill to Newport via Fishermans Bend, and link the Mernda and Werribee train lines. In policy documents published…
Road user pricing is a topic that the local and federal levels of government are happy to talk about, but not so much at the state level. The City of Melbourne over June and July has progressively released discussion papers on all things transport related including car parking, walking, cycling and public transport and is…
Sydney Metro’s first stage from Tullawong to Chatswood is set to purchase all its electricity needs from a new solar farm at Beryl in the Orana region of central northern New South Wales. It was revealed through RenewEconomy(link is external) and the Fin Review(link is external) that Transport for NSW is on the other end…
The Rail Futures Institute has called on the State and Commonwealth Governments to keep one eye on the long-term and get the route and operations of the Melbourne Airport Rail Link ‘right’ in the first instance. A statement from the rail lobby group says “we have long advocated that the Airport route should be from Southern…
The Kororoit Creek Road level crossing in Williamstown North has been completed one week ahead of schedule just as community consultation starts ramping up on The Moreland Road, Brunswick and Bell Street, Coburg level crossing removal projects. On Monday the Minister for Public Transport, Jacinta Allan, announced trains would start to roll again on the…
Testing on the Sydney Metro Northwest has begun expanding across sections of the new line beyond the Tullawong terminus, storage, maintenance and operations depot area where testing has been limited to thus far. Trains have begun rolling over the new Windsor Road bridge and onto the new Kellyville Station this week with the ultimate aim to move…
The Western Australian cabinet has endorsed two Metronet project definition plans which the WA government says construction in both cases is on track to start next year. The Yanchep rail extension project will see the Joondalup Line extend northwards from Butler to Yanchep over 14.5km of new track. The Thornlie-Cockburn Link will provide Perth’s first…
Enabling works for the Parramatta Light Rail Project in Australia’s second oldest city are set to commence toward the end of the year after the NSW Government announced the Diona Ward joint venture had won the contract. The enabling works will encompass relocation of underground utilities, intersection upgrades, new traffic lights, landscaping, and changes to street…
The winners of the 2018 Victorian Architecture Awards have been announced at the annual awards dinner hosted on Friday night. Education and public architecture projects dominated across multiple categories, reinforcing the importance of a well designed public realm. Across 14 categories, a total of 66 awards were given including named awards, architecture awards and commendations from…