Four consortia have submitted expressions of interest to build a $783 million light rail line in Australia’s capital.
Submissions have been received from:
- Canberra Metro – Pacific Partnerships PTY LTD, Mitsubishi Corp, Aberdeen Infrastructure Investments No 4 LTD, John Holland, DB International GMBH, Leighton Contractors, CAF and Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi.
- ACTIVATE –  Downer EDI Works, Plenary Origination, Bombardier Transportation Australia, Keolis Downer, Keolis SA, Parsons Brinckerhoff Australia, Aurecon Australasia, Cox Architecture, Itochu Australia and Partners Group AG.
- Connecting Canberra – Capella Capital, TransDev Australasia, Alstom Transport Australia, Acciona Infrastructure Australia, Acciona Concesiones SL and Coleman Rail.
- CANGO –  Macquarie Capital Group Ltd, Obrascon Huarte Lain SA (OHL), SMRT International PTE LTD, UGL Rail Services and Siemens Ltd.
The Capital Metro light rail line to the city’s northern suburb Gungahlin is expected to cost around $783 million, including a $173 million contingency, and will be delivered through a public-private partnership (PPP).
Minister for Capital Metro, Simon Corbell, said: “It is pleasing to see so many nationally and internationally respected companies are interested in becoming involved in this important project for the national capital.
“It is also expected that many companies from our local region will be associated with the four consortia.”
A shortlist of private partners will be drawn up in the first quarter of 2015. Work is scheduled to begin in 2016.
