Earlier this month, Infrastructure Australia released its annual Infrastructure Priority List and it contains 121 nationally significant projects - including eight high-priority projects, 10 priority projects, 29 high-priority initiatives and 74 priority initiatives.
High-priority and priority projects are projects that have a full business case completed and positively assessed by the Infrastructure Australia Board, while high-priority and priority initiatives are projects that have not yet completed a full business case and are subject to a rigorous assessment.
Next on our Infrastructure Priority List 2019 series of posts will cover the projects in Western Australia.
| Project | Status | Description | Delivery Timeframe |
| METRONET: Yanchep Rail Extension | High-priority project | Improve Perth northern corridor rail network capacity | Within 5 years |
| METRONET: Thornlie - Cockburn Link | Priority project | Improve Perth rail network capacity | Within 5 years |
| Myalup - Wellington Water Project | Priority project | Opportunity to develop industry and agriculture in south-west WA | Within 5 years |
| Mitchell and Kwinana freeways upgrade | High-priority initiative | Improve Perth road network capacity | Within 5 years |
| Perth CBD to north corridor capacity | High-priority initiative | Improve Perth northern corridor capacity | Within 5 years |
| Swan River crossing capacity | Priority initiative | Improve Perth road network capacity | Within 5 years |
| Armdale Road bridge | Priority initiative | Improve Perth road network capacity | Within 5 years |
| Perth rail network capacity | Priority initiative | Improve Perth rail network capacity | Within 5 years |
| Canning Bridge crossing capacity and interchange | Priority initiative | Improve Perth transport network capacity | Within 10 - 15 years |
| Transport connectivity between Morley and Ellenbrook | Priority initiative | Improve Perth transport network connectivity | Within 10 - 15 years |
| Tonkin Highway corridor capacity | Priority initiative | Improve Perth road network capacity | Within 5 years |
| Land transport access between Karratha and Tom Price | Priority initiative | Improve connectivity between Karratha and Tom Price | Within 5 years |
| Bunbury Outer Ring Road | Priority initiative | Improve WA regional freight network capacity | Within 5 - 10 years |
| Perth Airport new runway | Priority initiative | Improve Perth Airport capacity | Within 5 - 10 years |
| Perth container terminal capacity and land transport access | Priority initiative | Improve Perth container terminal capacity | Within 10 - 15 years |
| Improve road access to remote WA communities | Priority initiative | Constrained road access to remote WA communities | Within 5 years |
*Note: Timeframes for high-priority and priority projects are expected completion of the projects whereas the timeframes for high-priority and priority initiatives are indicative of when the proposed projects will begin moving towards reality.
In the past week, we have covered the projects for New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, and you can view the posts here - NSW, VIC, QLD.
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Source: Infrastructure Australia