A Tamworth company has won a $67 million contract to make concrete culverts for the ARTC’s Inland Rail project.
The Narrabri to North Star (N2NS) section of Inland Rail will see 5100 culverts from Tamworth used alongside 116,396 concrete sleepers from Mittagong, 224,939 sleepers from Wagga Wagga and 2474 165-metre long lengths of steel from Whyalla.
The latest $67 million contract with Holcim will continue to sustain 30 jobs at its Tamworth production line of its Humes factory.
The jobs were enabled as part of a previous $10 million contract to produce and deliver almost 2500 pre-cast concrete culverts for the section of Inland Rail between Parkes and Narromine.
Australian Rail Track Corporation Inland Rail chief executive officer Richard Wankmuller echoed the Deputy Prime Minister’s call to ‘get Inland Rail done’.
“We’ve made incredible progress on the project to date, but it is just the beginning for Inland Rail,” Mr Wankmuller said.
“We are looking forward to working with the Deputy Prime Minister and his office to bring the immense benefits of Inland Rail to communities right across Australia.”
Mr Wankmuller said the Narrabri to North Star section of the railway is well underway with more than 300 people working on the project to date.
“There have been 335 people at work on the construction project so far with 94 local residents, but there are many more jobs to come and positions that will need to be filled,” he said.
“An accommodation camp was opened last month in Moree to cater for workers and there are dozens of tenders currently being advertised for the project through our construction partners which will result in even more jobs.
“Inland Rail has spent more than $10.5 million with 101 local business in the Narrabri to North Star alignment, but contracts are not just limited to those nearby towns.
“Companies across regional Australia with the right skillset are bidding and winning these contracts. There are many more opportunities to come as we still have 11 project sections to be built.”
The culverts consist of concrete pipes and boxes, which help manage water flow underneath the track and assist with drainage.
Holcim will make around 9400 concrete products for the N2NS project.
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