The Moorebank Intermodal Terminal is an intermodal terminal under construction in the south-western
Sydney suburb of
Moorebank.
History
In 2010, the
Department of Finance and Deregulation conducted a feasibility study into the development of the intermodal terminal at
Moorebank in south-western
Sydney. In April 2012 the
Federal Government
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committed to developing the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal with private sector involvement. In December 2012 the Moorebank Intermodal Company (MIC) was formed as a
Government business enterprise to oversee the development of the terminal.
[History]
Moorebank International Company
The MIC conducted an expression of interest process to identify suitably experienced and qualified organisations to build and operate the terminal. The Sydney Intermodal Terminal Alliance of
Qube Holdings
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History
In July 2006, following the takeover of Patrick Corporation by Toll Holdings, Chris Corrigan and some executives departed and teamed with Kaplan Funds Ma ...
(67%) and
Aurizon (33%) was named as the preferred proponent with an agreement signed in June 2015.
[ In August 2016, Qube Holdings bought out Aurizon's shareholding.
The terminal is built on 240 hectares of land formerly occupied by the ]Australian Army
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. The site is connected to the Southern Sydney Freight Line near Casula station providing access to Port Botany. It is also close to the M5 Motorway and its junctions with the M7 and Hume Highway. Residents who are opposed to the terminal say that PFAS, firefighting chemicals, were used on the land, which can bio-accumulate.
Planning permission was granted by the Department of Planning & Environment in June 2016. Construction began in April 2017 and is expected to be complete by September 2022.
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Transport infrastructure completed in 2019
2019 establishments in Australia