This Month
Atlas Arteria gives French EVs a charging boost
It’s adding electric vehicle charging stations faster than expected to its French toll road, despite a sharp fall in traffic during the pandemic that led to a $56 million loss.
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- Jenny Wiggins
NSW sends WestConnex data, calls for expressions in March
NSW Treasury and its bankers have put a fresh batch of information in front of infrastructure types lining up for a look at a 24.5 per cent stake in WestConnex.
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
Transurban, Macquarie win $5b US road project
Transurban and its partner Macquarie have been named the preferred developers of a bridge project in the US state of Maryland that will have tolled lanes.
- Jenny Wiggins
‘Room for improvement’ at Transurban, AGL and Telstra
Analysts expect boosted toll road traffic (barring further lockdowns) and more soft earnings at the energy provider, but say the telco has turned a corner.
- Jenny Wiggins, Angela Macdonald-Smith and Lucas Baird
Transurban won’t commit to West Gate Tunnel start
Victorian Transport Minister Jacinta Allan says the firm is losing millions of dollars every day its $6.7 billion project is delayed.
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- Jenny Wiggins
Dump nine to five work hours, says toll road chief
Transurban CEO Scott Charlton says forcing everyone back to the office every day will create terrible traffic jams.
- Jenny Wiggins
Electric vehicles urgently need policy drivers
Car manufacturers are giving up on the federal government and are pinning their hopes on state and territory leaders to incentivise drivers to drop petrol.
- Jenny Wiggins
‘Crystal clear’ targets will spark shift to electric cars
Electric car makers want the federal government to emulate states such as NSW and set firm targets to hasten the shift to zero emission vehicles.
- Jenny Wiggins
January
Top super funds target growth as best antidote to pandemic setbacks
‘Remarkably resilient’ funds that outperformed in the 2020 calendar year are aggressively seeking new opportunities as the economy continues to improve.
- Duncan Hughes
Bidders galore: Japan Post's Toll nightmare attracts bargain hunters
Nothing's been simple for Japan Post at Toll – so it's fitting that its partial exit should also prove extremely complex.
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
Transurban kicks off 2021 with US toll road bid
Transurban will find out on February 1 whether its pitch to build a new toll road in Maryland has won.
- Jenny Wiggins
IFM Investors renews attack on Mexican lawyer
IFM will be back in the Mexican courts next week to defend itself as attacks alleging it has over-inflated the value of its Mexican investments continue.
- Jenny Wiggins
December 2020
ANZ's Jablko jumps ship to Transurban
The career investment banker will join the toll road operator in the new year as chief financial officer after almost five years with the big four Australian bank.
- Michael Roddan and Jenny Wiggins
Transurban flags ‘a new phase of growth’
Transurban expects tens of billions of dollars of new roads to be built in Australia and North America as governments spend money on boosting their economies after COVID-19.
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- Jenny Wiggins
West Gate Tunnel soil 'stuff-up' turns toxic
A dispute over disposal of toxic soil has stopped tunnelling for more than a year and is unlikely to be resolved before Christmas.
- Patrick Durkin and Jenny Wiggins
NSW pitches WestConnex to funds, IFM gets cracking
Houston, we have an auction. That's the word streaming out of NSW Treasury.
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
November 2020
Transurban on road to recovery after tough year takes its toll
The company's outlook is improving in Australia as the number of COVID-19 cases drop but the US remains a difficult market.
- Jenny Wiggins
Stop 'papering over' mega problems at megaprojects
The Grattan Institute says governments should be forced to analyse and disclose why the cost to build Australia's new metros and motorways keeps soaring.
- Jenny Wiggins
October 2020
Atlas Arteria struggles to raise US toll fares
Atlas Arteria says fares on US toll road Dulles Greenway need to be $98 per trip to recover sunk costs but is struggling to get $1.40 hikes during COVID-19.
- Jenny Wiggins
Workers stuck in WA for six months
The CEO of the construction giant says it's been very difficult to manage the business with interstate border closures.
- Simon Evans
