Sydney's Crosscity Tunnel

Cross City Tunnel: Summary of contracts

Updated with summaries of all contract changes to 30 June 2008

RTA/Pub. 09.113 ISBN 978–1–921598–36–4

Cross City Tunnel

Summary of contracts

Updated to 30 June 2008

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Introduction

1.1 1.2 1.3 The project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The project’s planning approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The selection of the private sector participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.1 The inviting of initial private sector proposals and shortlisting of proponents 1.3.2 The inviting of detailed proposals and selection of a preferred proponent . . 1.3.3 Contract negotiations between the RTA and the preferred proponent . . . Subsequent amendments of and additions to the project’s contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4.1 2004–05 amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4.2 2007 CCT sale consent and amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4.3 2007 alternative professional indemnity insurance arrangements. . . . . . . The structure of this report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Overview of the project’s contracts

2.1 The participants in the project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1.1 Public sector parties to the contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1.2 Private...