Sydney Metro West provides the people of Sydney with a high-frequency (‘turn-up-and-go’) driverless rail system that will transform the way commuters travel. The project will double rail capacity between the Parramatta and Sydney CBDs, linking communities not previously serviced by rail and supporting growth.

New metro station locations will include Westmead, Parramatta, Sydney Olympic Park, North Strathfield, Burwood North, Five Dock, Pyrmont (option), The Bays, and Sydney CBD. The project integrates long-term transport planning, land use, economic, social, and placemaking outcomes via a mega public transport initiative, with the customer and customer drivers placed at the centre of all development activities.

Our people’s involvement

• Establishment of secure funding for development activities

• Management of development activities, including multi-disciplinary activities, governance, land use, placemaking, cost estimates, and economic and financial analysis

• Technical development, customer-centred design, city building, planning approval pathways, cost estimates, and risk management

• Development and assessment of options

• Planning and management of stakeholder involvement, including multi-agency involvement

• Leadership through internal and external assurance reviews

• Development and implementation of value-enhancement activities to improve affordability

• Coordination of responses to topics of critical importance to the Metro Board and Ministers’ Office

• Advisement on deep-dive and critical topics, cabinet approvals, ministerial issues, and complex senior stakeholder interactions

Key achievements and value-add

• Produced high-quality, cohesive, successful business cases (both Strategic and Final Business Cases)

• Successfully navigated gateway assurance activities through effective stewardship and leadership

• Secured Metro Board and Ministers’ Office confidence in the project team by presenting concise, accurate, and rigorous executive feedback on critical project elements

• Integrated public transport, land use, and placemaking outcomes

• Embedded customer-centred design principles and outcomes into final project scope

• Optimised technical development to maximise placemaking, land use, and social benefits

• Integrated infrastructure development with other government agency master plans to enhance outcomes

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