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20 November 2008
International professional services company GHD will play a
lead role in the construction of a vital freight transport hub in
north-west Victoria.
GHD has been engaged as project manager for the AUD$10 million
Wimmera Regional Intermodal Freight Hub, which will be built at
Dooen, 11kms north of Horsham.
The Victorian Government is aiming to increase the share of
freight transported to Victoria’s ports by rail. Efficient and
strategically located intermodal terminals facilitate the transport
of freight from one mode to another.
The new hub at Dooen, on the Adelaide-Melbourne train line, will
replace an ageing and constrained terminal in the middle of the
city of Horsham. It will provide a central location for specialist
grain handling facilities and improve access to ports and
processing plants to build on the region’s significant grains
industry.
The hub will be a centre for distribution for the Wimmera region
and will eventually include an intermodal freight terminal, bulk
loading and container facilities, a distribution centre,
warehousing facilities, a trucking depot and associated rail
freight businesses.
GHD will assist the Horsham Rural City Council with project
development and implementation, including preparation of contract
documentation and evaluation of tenders. The company will also
oversee the construction of the facility, which is expected to be
operational by 2010.
GHD is a multidisciplinary firm and the project will draw on
skills from many of its diverse service lines including Project
Management, Town Planning, Railways, Environmental Impact
Assessments and Approvals, Transport Planning and Traffic
Engineering, and Procurement. The company has established regional
offices throughout Victoria as a strategy to capitalise on the
local knowledge of its people.
Danny Grzan, manager of GHD Mildura and director for the
project, said the project aimed to increase the efficiency of the
Wimmera region, with improved outcomes for grain growers and the
wider community.
“GHD recognises the importance of developing more sustainable
and efficient means of moving freight in and out of regional
centres,” he said.
For further information, contact:
Sonia Adams