Fire, weather and a car crash were factors which led to a record 12.5 per cent of Transperth trains running behind in December, according to the state government.
An 112-year-old bridge supporting trains between Perth and City West stations requires urgent replacement at a cost in the hundreds of millions, according to an advisory body report.
The Public Transport Authority has purchased a Stirling Street property for $30 million, while the owners of Shafto Lane are expanding their footprint in a $19 million deal.
The Auditor General's report on the state's major IT projects found the information given to the public to be patchy and inconsistent, including a $1.6 billion cost discrepancy.
A group of Matilda Bay-based clubs has gone public with its opposition to proposed locations for a ferry terminal in the western suburbs, warning of potentially fatal consequences.
WA's Auditor General has raised concern about the terms on which DevelopmentWA acquires land from other government agencies in a report that otherwise commended improved financial controls.
The Public Transport Authority has awarded Rail Systems Australia a contract over a high-capacity signaling project to replace a Transperth rail network system.
The Public Transport Authority has awarded Swan Group WA a $37 million contract to design and build a new bus depot, including electric vehicle chargers, in Bayswater.
The state government has spent $716 million with Aboriginal businesses on transport contracts in just over three years, hitting a procurement target two years ahead of deadline.
Metronet's long-awaited Morley-Ellenbrook line will finally be opened in December, to be delivered at a confirmed cost of $1.65 billion and more than four years after approval.
The Malaga Bus Depot is set to be the first existing site to be "substantially converted" to operate a fleet of locally built electric buses, arriving onsite by March 2025.
A senior member of the state's infrastructure advisory body has called for a refresh of transport planning frameworks, in the hope of ending the politicisation of WA's transit future.
Public sector net debt fell for a fourth consecutive year last financial year, despite the state reporting a 30 per cent increase in infrastructure spend to a record $9.2 billion.
A property developer has launched legal action against the Public Transport Authority over a block of land in Midland that was compulsorily acquired for use in the Metronet project.
A $1.1 billion proposal to build Perth's first elevated rail as part of Metronet has hit a snag, with the Town of Victoria Park council recommending it be rejected.
Commuters battling their way onto freeways from Perth CBD in peak hour may be in for some relief, with Infrastructure Australia endorsing early-stage plans to ease the infamous congestion.
State government decisions to sign two new Metronet contracts despite the projects failing economic and social benefit assessments were “extravagant and vain”, the opposition says.
The state government is trialling a 12-month pilot that will require suppliers to provide their gender equality credentials as part of the procurement process.
Rising costs for the Yanchep and Thornlie to Cockburn rail lines, and two new investments, have helped lift the state government's bill for 18 Metronet projects to $9.1 billion.
Hundreds of management and system control weaknesses have been found across state government departments, with a record number of red marks from auditors.
Peter Woronzow has been formally appointed director general of the Department of Transport, one of five DG roles the state government has needed to fill.
The state government is aiming to award about five per cent of all contracts in the transport sector to Aboriginal businesses over the next five years.
Perth's Local Development Assessment Panel has given the green light to major changes to a $122 million plan to refurbish the ageing Elizabeth Quay bus station and surrounding precinct.
The state government's new $25 million Transport Operations Centre has been given the green light this morning, a development expected to form the nerve centre of Perth's rail system.
