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Major infrastructure deal sealed for Gold Coast Light Rail
The procurement and delivery of Stage 2 for Australia’s first public-private partnership augmentations has been completed by GoldLinQ.
Melissa Coade
Firms: Allens (GoldLinQ)
Value: $420 million
Area: Infrastructure
Key players: The Allens team advising GoldLinQ was led by partner Nicholas Ng. Partners David Donnelly, Emma Warren, James Darcy, senior associate Matt Thomas and associate Brydon Wang were also part of the team advising the project.
Deal significance:
Allens partner Nicholas Ng said he valued the long-term partnership his team has enjoyed with GoldLinQ.
“We are proud to have been part of delivering another successful milestone on this transformative public infrastructure project.
“Congratulations to GoldLinQ, the state of Queensland, Keolis Downer and CPB Contractors on successfully achieving completion of Stage 2 of the Gold Coast Light Rail well ahead of next year’s Commonwealth Games,” Mr Ng said.
David Donnelly, head of infrastructure and transport and sector at Allens, said the project was an example of the firm partnering with clients across the whole life cycle of a project.
“We’ve assisted GoldLinQ throughout the life and across the breadth of this evolving project. From the original bid, through to successful delivery of the first stage and then straight on to the augmentation process and through to the delivery of the second stage,” Mr Donnelly said.
