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Moving Ahead with Inland Rail Moving ahead with Inland Rail The Australian Government is delivering Inland Rail through the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC), in partnership with the Parkes, New South Wales, private sector. April 2020 Page 1 | Moving Ahead with Inland Rail 2020 DARWIN KATHERINE TENNANT CREEK NT ALICE SPRINGS BRISBANE WA HELIDON Brisbane Inland Rail acknowledges CALVERT GOWRIE ACACIA RIDGE the Traditional Custodians GRANDCHESTER KAGARU of the land on which we QLD NSW/QLD BROMELTON BORDER GOONDIWINDI INGLEWOOD work and pay our respects YELARBON to the Elders past, present NORTH NSW/QLD BORDER STAR and emerging. MOREE Inland Rail alignment NARRABRI DISTANCE 1,700KM KALGOORLIE TARCOOLA NSW GILGANDRA NARROMINE PERTH DUBBO EAST/WE ST LINE PARKES NEWCASTLE Melbourne SYDNEY STOCKINBINGAL ADELAIDE JUNEE ILLABO WAGGA WAGGA CANBERRA N ALBURY WODONGA LEGEND VIC/NSW BORDER SEYMOUR Alignment BEVERIDGE TOTTENHAM VIC MELBOURNE ARTC rail network Existing rail Project boundaries MOVING AHEAD WITH INLAND RAIL 2020 | PAGE 2 Inland Rail is a priority infrastructure project for the Australian Government – a 1,700km, fast freight backbone that will transform how we move goods around Australia. ª The work of the last five years has identified that additional features are required to meet community and customer demands. ª These increased demands have generated a need for a higher level of investment. ª These new features and higher level of investment drive even greater local and national benefits. ª The Australian Government will invest up to $14.5 billion in equity, enabling the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC), to deliver a stronger Inland Rail by 2027. ª The increased investment for Inland Rail will provide greater local investment, support more than 21,500 jobs at the peak of construction and deliver an economic boost of more than $18 billion to Gross Domestic Product during construction and the first 50 years of operation. MOVING AHEAD WITH INLAND RAIL 2020 | PAGE 3 Inland Rail is one of the largest infrastructure programs undertaken in Australia. It’s critical we get it right. What do we When the Inland Rail Business Case was first presented in 2015, it was understood that detailed technical get for the and environmental investigations, community consultation and reference design refinements would further inform the Program’s final scope, schedule and cost. increased The project reached this pivotal stage in 2020, when detailed work The investment has also defined how Inland Rail’s increased scope over the last five years including on the ground investigations, will support more jobs for Australians and further stimulate the investment? community discussions and detailed scientific and engineering national economy at a time when we need it most. analysis — defined what needs to be built, how much it will cost Enhanced works and additional infrastructure will be sourced and and how long it will take. supplied by contractors, creating flow-on opportunities, including This Australian Government investment will enable ARTC to deliver thousands more regional jobs and significant local investment. Inland Rail to its fullest potential, providing certainty to local This is a welcome boost for those industry sectors and regional communities that works are progressing and strengthening investor communities that already stand to benefit significantly from confidence. Along the way, we have listened to the community and its construction and operation of Inland Rail. customers and worked hard to address their needs. MEETING THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES AND CUSTOMERS DRIVES A NEED FOR MORE FEATURES COMMUNITY CUSTOMER MORE FEATURES BENEFITS BENEFITS (SCOPE) ª Safer floodplain crossings ª Proven < 24 hours ª 4500 additional culverts transit time ª Safer road crossings ª 9 additional viaducts ª More resilient ª Allowing for capacity ª 6.8km additional bridges freight backbone for passenger rail, where ª 10 grade-separated level crossings appropriate ª Future-proofing for climate change ª Raised embankments ª Better access to ports ª Larger tunnel diameters ª All of this was incorporated while responding to changing regulatory standards | Australian Rainfall and Runoff Guidelines | Biodiversity Offsets WHAT DO WE GET FOR THE INCREASED INVESTMENT? | PAGE 4 Inland Rail is a nationally significant infrastructure The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded Australians of the Increased project that will bring widespread and long-term importance of a secure and efficient freight supply chain. While the economic recovery and freight supply resilience benefits to Australia. It will also be important for our scope will be strengthened through the delivery of Inland Rail, regions at a time when local communities, job seekers work on this project will generate thousands of jobs and means and businesses need it most. billions of dollars in local investment, boosting regional more economies and communities right along the alignment. for our MORE DIRECT AND INDIRECT JOBS economy THAN 21,500 at the peak of construction* GDP = Gross Domestic Product MORE THAN $18B 2020* GDP *revised analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers December 2020 INCREASED SCOPE MEANS MORE FOR OUR ECONOMY | PAGE 5 Construction of Inland Rail is well underway. The first of the 13 segments that comprise Inland Rail, the Our delivery 103km Parkes to Narromine segment, was commissioned in September 2020 and is already in operation. strategy Early works on the Narrabri to North Star segment in Northern NSW began in November 2020, while the drives remaining segments are in various reference design and approval phases. increased The Parkes to Narromine work has demonstrated the benefits Inland Rail is bringing to local economies local benefits local residents have worked on 1862 762 the project 938 PEOPLE SUSTAINABLE JOBS 303 72 have worked on EMPLOYED FOR 302 of whom are local 26 WEEKS OR OVER TRADESPEOPLE WOMEN the project since 197 and Indigenous December 2018 of whom are Indigenous FOR A MINIMUM OF EMPLOYED EMPLOYED 15 HOURS A WEEK local businesses have supplied to Indigenous $14.1M businesses the project 9 $109.7M total spend with 99 total spend with local businesses Indigenous businesses (FROM DEC 2018 TO SEPT 2020) Helping more contractors participate in construction sooner Moving ahead with Inland Rail means finding ways to bring ARTC will award packages for civil works and the rail corridor certain works forward, while still meeting our significant social for greenfield projects in the first half of 2021. responsibilities and rigorous environmental approval requirements. This delivery strategy will accelerate our ability to generate jobs, To help accelerate benefits to businesses and regional stimulate business investment and reskill and upskill job seekers communities, ARTC has designed a procurement and packaging to aid economic recovery from COVID-19. plan around specialist works packages. This means more More than 1,300 contracts (correct as of November 2020) have opportunities for more contractors to participate, while de-risking already been awarded to businesses from every state and territory Inland Rail’s procurement processes. in Australia. OUR DELIVERY STRATEGY DRIVES INCREASED LOCAL BENEFITS | PAGE 6 Made for Supporting local jobs, communities and regional economies is embedded in our procurement process. Australia by Australia PARKES TO NARROMINE HAS BEEN BUILT WITH* CONCRETE SLEEPERS FROM 200,000 MITTAGONG, NSW BALLAST FROM 356,562 TONNES PARKES, NSW STEEL RAIL FROM 14,000 TONNES WHYALLA, SA RAIL CLIPS FROM 365,000 BLACKTOWN, NSW PRE-CAST CONCRETE CULVERTS FROM 22,625 TAMWORTH, NSW *Just some of the Australian-made materials procured to build Inland Rail and there will be more to come. MADE FOR AUSTRALIA BY AUSTRALIA | PAGE 7 Meet some Aerial view of Inland Rail team and Macquarie Geotechof carrying the out geotechnical people, investigations on the Narromine to Narrabri Inland Rail project, placesQuanda, New and South Wales. businesses helping build Inland Rail Inland Rail at work INLAND RAIL AT WORK | PAGE 8 Inland Rail Macquarie Geotechnical A true regional New South Wales “We estimate the Parkes to is creating SPOTLIGHT company, Macquarie Geotechnical Narromine project alone increased is based out of Bathurst, with offices in the company’s gross revenue by 30% jobs for locals Parkes, Dubbo, Narrabri and Gulgong. for close to two years.” Since winning a 2018 contract to While the work has been intense for provide geotechnical services to the Macquarie Geotechnical’s young teams Parkes to Narromine project, Macquarie (the average age is 24), Rob reflects that Geotechnical have reaped the business his regional staff have been fortunate “ At the peak of Parkes to benefits of their association with to work on a project that has delivered Narromine construction Inland Rail. opportunity and experience. last year, approximately 30 staff were working Managing Director Robert Cox said, “In the current economic climate, “At the peak of Parkes to Narromine for regional businesses like ours to on the project and all “ construction last year, approximately have the chance to be part of future of these staff were from 30 staff were working on the project Inland Rail projects is a huge economic our regional offices. and all of these staff were from our and social boost to local communities,” regional offices,” Robert said. “No fly-in, fly-out or drive-in, Robert Cox – Macquarie drive-out staff were employed on the Geotechnical Managing Director and Principal Engineer Geologist project and we employed six trainee
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