Former WA bureaucrat Reece Waldock is one of three transport experts drafted in by the federal government to review its infrastructure pipeline and set new priorities.
Australia's multi-billion-dollar pipeline of new highways, railway upgrades and other projects is under threat from rising costs and acute labour shortages.
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.
DevelopmentWA has approved Edith Cowan University's city campus proposal, with a contractor to build the $695 million project to be selected in February.
Plans for an Edith Cowan University CBD campus are set to proceed despite a red flag from Infrastructure Australia, which warned benefits could be overestimated and may not align with the Perth City Deal's objectives.
Demand for trades and labour for major infrastructure projects in Western Australia could more than double by 2022, Infrastructure Australia has warned, with a likely shortfall of skilled workers.
Sharper procurement, design, and planning will be important to improve productivity for infrastructure, which has fallen behind other sectors, Infrastructure Australia says.
The state government's $2 billion Morley-Ellenbrook rail project has been given the go-ahead from Infrastructure Australia, though the national body questioned some of the benefits and found they would just outweigh the costs.
Infrastructure Australia has released its preliminary assessment of the Perth Freight Link, which concludes the project will deliver net economic benefits but also raises questions about its cost.
KPMG associate director Nicole Lockwood has joined the new board of Infrastructure Australia, which recently became an independent statutory authority.
