WESTERN Australian engineering and construction company Clough has nabbed the contract for the construction of the Great Northern Highway road-over-rail bridge and access road intersection for Rio’s Koodaideri mine in the Pilbara.
Awarded by Main Roads WA as part of the Acciona Clough Joint Venture (ACJV), the contract covers the construction of 3.6 km of road for the approaches to the bridge over rail, the construction of the bridge over rail, and construction of side road upgrades of the Great Northern Highway and Koodaideri Mine Access Road (KMAR) intersection.
Clough chief executive and managing director Peter Bennett said he was extremely pleased to win the contract.
“Our history with Main Roads started in 1957 and we are proud to continue being part of the ongoing development of WA’s transport infrastructure,” Mr Bennett said.
This is the second transportation infrastructure project awarded to ACJV this year. In April, the JV secured the civil works contract for the construction of the northern rail formation for the project – which requires a 170km rail spur to connect the Koodaideri mine to the existing Rio Tinto iron ore rail network to transport ore to either Dampier or Cape Lambert.
