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Major investment in Australia’s transport infrastructure

A joint venture featuring John Holland, Samsung C&T and Leighton Contractors (Leighton) has secured a deal to build and design Sydney’s M4 East motorway. The M4 East forms part of a project to build the WestConnex road tunnel, completion of which is expected in 2023. The M4 East is planned to be ready in 2019, while the WestConnex road tunnel is the biggest transport infrastructure of its kind in Australia. The deal won by the joint venture partners is valued at US$2.1 billion. The WestConnex project is pla
June 5, 2015 Read time: 2 mins
A joint venture featuring 4755 John Holland, 1026 Samsung C&T and 2685 Leighton Contractors (Leighton) has secured a deal to build and design Sydney’s M4 East motorway. The M4 East forms part of a project to build the WestConnex road tunnel, completion of which is expected in 2023. The M4 East is planned to be ready in 2019, while the WestConnex road tunnel is the biggest transport infrastructure of its kind in Australia. The deal won by the joint venture partners is valued at US$2.1 billion. The WestConnex project is planned to connect the south-west and western parts of Sydney with the airport, city and port. The project's key construction work is planned to commence in 2016. The current M4 motorway needs to be expanded for the project.

Meanwhile Master Builders Australia (MBA) says that total expenditures on road and railway projects in Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) will increase from $15.54 billion for the 2014/2015 financial year to $62.16 billion in 2018/2019. Included in the plans will be the removal of 50 level crossings and the construction of major projects including the NorthConnex tunnel project and WestConnex road project.

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