In November 2016 Smedley Technical & Strategic was engaged by the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance to provide PPP Specialist Technical Advice to the State on the Outer Suburban Arterial Road Program (OSARs Program).
The OSARs Program involves the design and construction of several arterial road upgrades, and the rehabilitation and maintenance of a large proportion of Melbourne’s arterial road network over the next 25 years under a PPP model; the first of its kind in Australia. The Program has been separated into a number of packages with the $1.8 billion Western Package currently in development. This package is set to cover 700 lane kilometres of Victorian roads stretching from Werribee to Footscray.
Smedley Technical & Strategic is providing a range of specialist advisory services including, primarily, the development of technical documentation for the Western Package. Other advisory services Smedley Technical & Strategic is providing includes:
- Refining and improving upon previous Project Scope and Requirements (PSRs) documentation;
- Technical inputs into the Project Deed;
- Assistance with the development of KPI’s, availability abatements and performance requirements for the project; and
- The review and evaluation of submissions.