Public transport will be free for all WA SmartRider holders on the first Sunday of each month in a state budget boon that also includes a new fleet of electric buses.
The construction of Perth’s $1.86 billion Airport Link was plagued by design faults and delays. The scuffle over who’s at fault is only just beginning.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in Perth to officially open the city’s first new rail line in almost 15 years.
The project has been marred by workplace accidents and two years of construction delays,but will start running in under two months.
Our city already stretches 150 kilometres,it is sprawling at a greater rate than it was in 2013 and at this rate,Bunbury will soon be its southernmost suburb.
Despite major issues in global supply chains,material and labour costs,only a handful of projects are expected to have cost increases in the budget papers.
The $1.86 billion project is now expected to become operational in the first half of 2022,18 months after its original completion date of December 2020 and 6 months after the revised date of late 2021.
The WA and federal governments will plough on with three road and rail projects worth a combined $1.067 billion despite the costs exceeding the expected community benefits.
Under the plan,the maximum price a passenger would pay for a standard trip would be $4.90,or $4.40 if using the standard Smartrider,and $3.90 for the Smartrider auto-reload.
Salini Australia was fined after it pleaded guilty in magistrate's court for not providing a safe work environment after a rigger suffered electrical burns.
The opposition has accused the government of shrouding the botched contract in secrecy,but the government has revealed the companies involved in the closed tender.