The Moorebank Intermodal Terminal is an intermodal terminal under construction in the south-western Sydney suburb of

Moorebank Moorebank is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Moorebank is located 27 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Liverpool. Moorebank features a ...

History

In 2010, the

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conducted a feasibility study into the development of the intermodal terminal at

in south-western Sydney. In April 2012 the Federal Government committed to developing the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal with private sector involvement. In December 2012 the Moorebank Intermodal Company (MIC) was formed as a

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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 (67%) and

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(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

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. The site is connected to the

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near Casula station providing access to

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. It is also close to the

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and its junctions with the M7 and Hume Highway. Residents who are opposed to the terminal say that

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, firefighting chemicals, were used on the land, which can bio-accumulate. Planning permission was granted by the

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in June 2016. Construction began in April 2017 and is expected to be complete by September 2022.

References

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