The Western Australian Government is requesting proposals to tender for works on key freight rail upgrades and the removal of the North Lake Road level crossing in South Lake, a suburb of Perth.
Works being planned and developed include new freight rail connections into the future Kwinana container port, duplication of freight rail between Kwinana and Cockburn, including removing existing rail level crossings, and replacing the existing North Lake Road rail level crossing in South Lake with a new bridge.
The request for proposals invites companies to form an integrated project team to undertake the definition phase. This will include developing reference designs, community and stakeholder engagement, geotechnical and environmental site investigations, and progressing regulatory approvals to enable construction to proceed once funding is allocated.
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These upgrades are a critical component to the Westport Program that will ultimately shift container trade from Fremantle to a new, modern facility in Kwinana.
The tender is now open, with the contract expected to be awarded in the first half of next year.
Transport Minister Rita Saffioti said this project is one of several that’s aiming to move more containers off of Western Australian roads and onto rail to increase the safety and efficiency of the supply chain.
“We know rail is the safest and most efficient way to transport containers, and these upgrades are essential to increasing our container-on-rail mode share considerably once the new port container terminal opens,” Saffioti said.
