Major companies vie for Canberra LRT

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government has revealed that major transport, finance and engineering companies have shown interest in building Canberra’s light rail system between Canberra and Gungahlin.
December 22, 2014 Read time: 1 min

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government has revealed that major transport, finance and engineering companies have shown interest in building Canberra’s light rail system between Canberra and Gungahlin.

The project will be built through a public-private partnership and four consortia, Canberra Metro, CANGO, ACTIVATE and Connecting Canberra have put their hats in the ring.

The government will now create a shortlist from the four consortia and invite them to submit a proposal for the project, which is scheduled to begin construction in 2016.  The winning consortia will partner the government to finance, design, build and operate the light rail system.

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