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Solar powering works at METRONET Whiteman Park Station

Solar powering works at METRONET Whiteman Park Station

The METRONET Morley-Ellenbrook Line is home to WA’s first 50kVa hybrid solar battery and will help power the Whiteman Park Station site.

Sustainable accolades awarded to METRONET Forrestfield-Airport Link

Sustainable accolades awarded to METRONET Forrestfield-Airport Link

With an innovative and sustainable approach to water and energy use, the METRONET Forrestfield-Airport Link Project has achieved one of the highest sustainability ratings in Western Australia for infrastructure assets.

A meeting of sustainable minds

A meeting of sustainable minds

Solar glass energy, recycled bricks, sustainable lighting solutions and FOGO were just some of the sustainable products showcased at the second Sustainable Suppliers industry event as part of the METRONET Sustainability Strategy.

Water wise this week and every week

Water wise this week and every week

Did you know our bodies are around 60% water and need about three litres a day to survive?

Gobble, gobbling up water saving ideas

Gobble, gobbling up water saving ideas

An innovative and sophisticated modular version of a pool blanket installed over turkey’s nests (also known as construction dams) is being used to reduce water use on the METRONET Morley-Ellenbrook Line Project.

Maintaining mussel strength in the Canning River (Djarlgarra)

Maintaining mussel strength in the Canning River (Djarlgarra)

A cluster of rare and environmentally threatened freshwater mussels has been carefully relocated from a section of the Canning River (Djarlgarra) for protection ahead of works on the METRONET Thornlie-Cockburn Link Project.

A greener way to retain

A greener way to retain

Close to 60,000! That’s the number of recycled blocks used so far to build the retaining walls along the rail corridor of the METRONET Yanchep Rail Extension.

Happy feat for fauna

Happy feat for fauna

Small in size but big on impact. That’s the perfect way to describe the fauna underpasses that will soon play an important role in protecting native animals moving between the bushland areas around the METRONET Thornlie-Cockburn Link Project.

Sharing for sustainability

Sharing for sustainability

We’ve all shifted a wheelbarrow or two of soil around the garden but what do you do with hundreds of thousands of cubic metres of spare sand?

The road to recycling

The road to recycling

Take around 47,000 recycled plastic bags, mix in toner from used printer cartridges and sprinkle in some crumb rubber from end-of-life tyres and 25 per cent reclaimed asphalt pavement. Add these ingredients to traditional asphalt and what do you have?

Bridging travel for wildlife

Bridging travel for wildlife

Why did the bandicoot cross the rail? Because it was safe.

Grass trees in transition

Grass trees in transition

They have long, needle-like leaves and striking black trunks. Can you guess which Australian plant it is?

Tree hollows find new home at Kaarakin

Tree hollows find new home at Kaarakin

Tree hollows, logs and foliage from the site of the future Lakelands Station will be put to good use at their new home, Kaarakin Black Cockatoo Conservation Centre.

Denny Avenue smashing through waste recovery targets

Denny Avenue smashing through waste recovery targets

Downer, the contractor for Denny Avenue Level Crossing Removal project, has smashed through their proactive waste recovery targets and is driving best practice for waste management. 

Yanchep gets the go-ahead for ‘green’ limestone

Yanchep gets the go-ahead for ‘green’ limestone

The Yanchep Rail Extension was given the green light to recycle up to 200,000 tonnes of limestone – enough to fill nearly 45 Olympic-sized swimming pools!

Lakelands Station gives new home for threatened black cockatoos

Lakelands Station gives new home for threatened black cockatoos

Two artificial black cockatoo tree hollows were recently installed by METRONET in a nature reserve near the Lakelands Station project site.

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