The Facts
Build Them Here
Construction of new buses, ferries and trains in NSW would benefit our communities:
1. $4 billion expenditure over 10 years
2. 1200 direct jobs involving design, production and management
3. $1.3 billion in direct wages and salaries into local communities
4. for each new job there is a multiplier effect of approximately 3 through the industrial community for the supply of materials and specialty services
5. raw materials and specialist components to be supplied in excess of $1 billion, creating further economic flow on effects
(source: Community benefits to the Hunter in executing the NSW Government transport plans, May 2010. Author: Lee Baines, MIM Management Services)
NSW has a number of facilities able to carry out the work, including Western Sydney’s Custom Coaches and the new Volgren plant at Tomago in the Hunter Valley.
NSW has the supplier network and technical competencies in vehicle building of this nature to support this type and rate of construction of buses.
These figures don’t include the jobs that would be created in maintenance, refurbishment and facility upgrades.
There are a number of facilities in NSW that could comfortably complete this work, including Downer EDI Rail and United Group Rail.
NSW has several facilities that can manufacture the two types of ferries planned for introduction.
These include Forgacs in Tomago, which is geared to this type of small shipbuilding and has the skills and resources available for design/construction; and Newcastle’s Varley, which would be in a position to manufacture and build the ferries in alliance with other specialists in the Hunter.
