Public Transport Authority of WA

Construction company John Holland has received a $36 million contract variation for its work with the Public Transport Authority on upgrades to the Claremont train station.

About 30 million less public transport trips were taken in 2019-20 causing revenue to fall by $28 million, according to the Public Transport Authority of WA’s annual report.

Allowing retailers to choose their opening hours and rethinking rules around tenancies, pop-ups, and approvals could help bring life back to Perth CBD.

Behind the headline black ink in Ben Wyatt's 2020 state budget is an indulgent and self-interested fiscal stimulus.

COVID-19 has changed the way we move around, but are those behaviours likely to persist? Business News investigates in part four of our WFH series.

Six preferred bidders have been announced for three Metronet projects, including consortiums led by Downer EDI and Laing O’Rourke for the $481 million Byford rail extension.

From advertiser to architect, Michelle Blakeley is at the forefront of a new housing solution tackling homelessness.

A plan to remove level crossings on the Armadale line failed cost benefit assessment, with Business News last week revealing the Byford rail extension suffered the same fate.

Transport investment is budgeted to be $11.7 billion through to 2024, but not all proposals offer obvious value.

A new $25 million Transport Operations Centre, expected to form the nerve centre of Perth’s rail system is another step closer to fruition, with the City of Vincent recommending its approval.

The state government’s new $25 million Transport Operations Centre has been given the green light this morning, a development expected to form the nerve centre of Perth’s rail system.

Perth’s Local Development Assessment Panel has given the green light to major changes to a $122 million plan to refurbish the ageing Elizabeth Quay bus station and surrounding precinct.

Local company Highway Construction has been tasked with upgrading a major intersection in Tuart Hill, as part of a $20 million project.

CIMIC Group’s engineering arm has been contracted by the state government to install a substation at the new Bellevue railcar depot.

The state government is aiming to award about five per cent of all contracts in the transport sector to Aboriginal businesses over the next five years.

Peter Woronzow has been formally appointed director general of the Department of Transport, one of five DG roles the state government has needed to fill.

Hundreds of management and system control weaknesses have been found across state government departments, with a record number of red marks from auditors.

The government is keen to push local content for the Metronet railcar build, but details are hard to come by.

The state government has reported an increase in the number of contracts awarded to Aboriginal businesses but a substantial fall in their value.

Rising costs for the Yanchep and Thornlie to Cockburn rail lines, and two new investments, have helped lift the state government's bill for 18 Metronet projects to $9.1 billion.

Huawei deal for Transperth radio network has cost taxpayers $6.6 million in a termination settlement.

The state government is trialling a 12-month pilot that will require suppliers to provide their gender equality credentials as part of the procurement process.

State government decisions to sign two new Metronet contracts despite the projects failing economic and social benefit assessments were “extravagant and vain”, the opposition says.

Commuters battling their way onto freeways from Perth CBD in peak hour may be in for some relief, with Infrastructure Australia endorsing early-stage plans to ease the infamous congestion.

A $1.1 billion proposal to build Perth’s first elevated rail as part of Metronet has hit a snag, with the Town of Victoria Park council recommending it be rejected.

A further $180 million of cost overruns have been notched up across two Metronet railway contracts.

About $5 billion is being spent on WA infrastructure projects that have costs exceeding their proposed community benefits.

This year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup and imminent completion of the State Football Centre open opportunities for the sport.

Mitchell Matera was named First Amongst Equals at Business News' 40under40 awards on Friday night.

A property developer has launched legal action against the Public Transport Authority over a block of land in Midland that was compulsorily acquired for use in the Metronet project.

Public sector net debt fell for a fourth consecutive year last financial year, despite the state reporting a 30 per cent increase in infrastructure spend to a record $9.2 billion.

A senior member of the state’s infrastructure advisory body has called for a refresh of transport planning frameworks, in the hope of ending the politicisation of WA's transit future.

Early patron data indicates Western Australians have gotten behind public transport during the Christmas-New Year period.

The Malaga Bus Depot is set to be the first existing site to be "substantially converted" to operate a fleet of locally built electric buses, arriving onsite by March 2025.

The Public Transport Authority has purchased a 3.27-hectare site in Bayswater for $15.59 million to house its new fleet of electric buses.

Metronet’s long-awaited Morley-Ellenbrook line will finally be opened in December, to be delivered at a confirmed cost of $1.65 billion and more than four years after approval.

The state government has spent $716 million with Aboriginal businesses on transport contracts in just over three years, hitting a procurement target two years ahead of deadline.

The Public Transport Authority has awarded Swan Group WA a $37 million contract to design and build a new bus depot, including electric vehicle chargers, in Bayswater.

The Public Transport Authority has awarded three companies more than $25 million in contracts over comprehensive maintenance work.

The Public Transport Authority has awarded Rail Systems Australia a contract over a high-capacity signaling project to replace a Transperth rail network system.