Local businesses flock to find out about Inland Rail opportunities
Inland Rail’s ‘Meet the Contractor’ events in Broadford, Euroa and Benalla have generated extraordinary interest from local businesses, with more than 120 turning up to meet with Inland Rail and construction partner John Holland to find out how they can become suppliers of goods and services to the freight rail project.
September 20, 2024
Euroa meet the contractor event.
Inland Rail has already spent close to $100m with local Victorian suppliers since the project began and more businesses and communities are set to benefit when construction commences at Benalla, Euroa, the Hume Freeway – Tallarook and Seymour, Wandong and Broadford in 2025.
Inland Rail is replacing road bridges, lowering rail tracks, and modifying railway stations to enable the safe operation and passage of double-stacked freight trains from Brisbane to Melbourne.
Construction partner, John Holland met local businesses and suppliers and outlined a range of services they are looking to employ including labour, quarry material, industrial consumables, plant and equipment, non-destructive digging, road sweeping, CCTV inspection survey, and waste management.
Representatives from the Industry Capability Network were also in attendance to assist local businesses and encourage them to register for their preferred work packages published on the ICN Gateway.
Inland Rail is a nation building project that will transform how goods are moved around Australia, first connecting Beveridge to Parkes, NSW, by 2027 before later connecting from Narromine, New South Wales, to Kagaru, Queensland.
Ed Walker, Inland Rail Delivery Director B2A said:
“It was great to see so many local and First Nations businesses expressing their interest in supplying the project.
“We want to see more local and First Nations businesses win contracts on the Inland Rail project and maximise the economic benefit along the alignment.”
