The project will undertake various rail upgrades and associated adjustments to local roads impacted by longer trains loading grain in the Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions of Western Australia. It will also include various upgrades on roads used by the agricultural sector in the Wheatbelt, Midwest and Goldfields-Esperance regions.
The improvements will increase road safety by supporting the transport of more grain on rail and less by road. Upgrades to allow longer grain trains will reduce rail freight costs for grain growers and increase grain export supply chain capacity.
Australian Government funding: $160.0 million
Western Australian Government contribution: $40.0 million
This project is expected to start construction in mid 2022 and be finished construction by mid 2027.
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