IPFA Australia: Sydney: Western Roads Upgrade Project Case Study
This event is now fully booked.
In 2017, the Victorian Government and Netflow entered into the $1.8b Western Roads Upgrade Project for capital works and road maintenance across 260 kilometres of the existing arterial road network in Melbourne. The Project was delivered under an ‘availability-style’ public private partnership (PPP). The inclusion of maintenance and lifecycle of a significant ‘brownfield’ network asset was a first in the Australian PPP market. Moreover, the Western Roads Upgrade PPP also marked the first time that bond financing was utilised for a greenfield project since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).
This session will present the Western Roads Upgrade Project as a Case Study. Attendees will gain insights into the benefits and challenges of combining new capital works with the maintenance obligations of existing assets, the benefits that road PPPs offer Governments and road users, the rationale behind the financing approach, and a discussion on potential future road PPPs in Australia.
Registration 4.00pm
4.30pm Welcome & Introduction
David Larocca, Transaction Advisory Services Leader, EY
4.40pm Keynote Address
Phil Dreaver, CEO, Netflow
5.00pm Panel Discussion and Q&A
Moderated by: Sergio Calcarao, Executive Director, Plenary
An Nguyen, Head of Partnerships Victoria, Infrastructure Delivery Group, Department of Treasury and Finance
Daniel Blake, Director, Infrastructure Advisory, EY
Kim Curtain, Executive Director, NSW Treasury
Phil Dreaver, CEO, Netflow
5.50pm Closing Remarks
Sergio Calcarao, Executive Director, Plenary
5.55pm IPFA Update
Martin Locke, IPFA Branch Council Member
6.00pm Networking Drinks kindly hosted by EY and Plenary
