I am very pleased to say that Bowen Lane has reopened to vehicles and pedestrians this afternoon.
This week we also completed the resurfacing of Kings Way / Albert Road intersection and the section of St Kilda Road between Albert Road and Park Street. Fresh road and line marking on Albert Road pictured below.
You may have caught on the news that we hosted Premier Jacinta Allan at Anzac Station yesterday for a press conference about hiring workers for the new Metro Tunnel stations. She was accompanied by the new Minister for Public and Active Transport Gabrielle Williams and the Member for Albert Park, Nina Taylor.
It’s another big week coming up in Domain following, the RDO on Monday, with five weeks remaining until we finish for the year. Let’s take a look at what is happening.
Upcoming major works: Toorak Road Resurfacing 29 November to 1 December
We will be resurfacing the city bound lanes of the Toorak Road / Kings Way / St Kilda Road intersection from Sunday 26 November to 1 December. These works must take place overnight to minimise traffic disruption to this busy intersection. The works will take place from Arthur Street all the way to Bowen Crescent and involve removing the existing road surface, laying a new road surface and line marking – Think of the works that took place at Kings Way this week, and move it along to the next intersection. Keep an eye out for more information on these works, they will be hitting letterboxes soon.
Park Street to Albert Road
We have started the cladding through this section. Planting and irrigation install to take place next week. The east/west pedestrian crossing from Park Street to the gardens remains closed.
Albert Road legacy construction
On Wednesday, the westbound lane of Albert Road will be closed off peak for a few hours while we mulch the reserve. Majority of the sheds are gone with the remaining to come out next week. Once all the sheds are moved, we will rejig the pedestrian movements around this area slightly, shifting the crossing by a 20m or so. Soft and hard landscaping continues in the linear park.
Albert Road Reserve forecourt and Station Entrance (works until 1am)
Forming, tying reinforcement and concrete pours continue at the entrance until 1am with the final roof pour scheduled for Tuesday 21 November. Once cured, we will start to remove the form work.
The first section of the roof has now been waterproofed and backfilled. You’ll start to see roadworks through here as we construct the second lane of St Kilda Road, the underground services the bike lanes.
Station Fitout
Back and front of house service installation and commissioning continues within the station. We’re working on getting the oculus watertight so that tiling can commence in the main area (where the press conference was held in the image above).
Eastern site – Shrine Entrance and Domain Road (Overnight works)
Services continue to be installed in the shrine entrance along with works on the lift (structure pictured below). The steel for the canopy is nearing completion.
We have started to demolish parts of Domain Road in preparation for the road reinstatement and tram works next year.
Underground services install continue between Park Street and Melbourne Grammar School within the site. Telstra finished their scope today. We will start the drainage works next week.
St Kilda Road between Park Street and Bromby (Overnight works 21-23 Nov)
As mentioned in the November construction update, we need to install conduits under St Kilda Road. This will take place Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night next week under a closure of St Kilda Road southbound (from Dorcas to Toorak). The work areas are located near the tram stop and across from Bowen Crescent and will involve saw cutting, non destructive digging and hand tools. We expect the first night to be the most disruptive when we cut though the road.
St Kilda Road – Bowen Crescent to Bowen Lane
Northbound side (Towards City)
As mentioned above, Bowen Lane has reopened. Thank you for your patience as we worked with the tangle of services through that area.
From Tuesday 21 to Saturday 25 November, Bowen Crescent will be closed at the intersection of St Kilda Road while we start the works to build a raised pedestrian crossing, new kerbs and install underground services. On Saturday, the exit from Bowen Crescent to St Kilda Road will reopen with the left turn in from St Kilda Road to stay closed until December.
Next week we will also be installing a LV conduit down Bowen Crescent, which requires a day time closure of local driveways.
St Kilda Road Bowen Crescent to Toorak Road
Southbound side (Away from City)
Unfortunately the laneway closure has been extended until 1pm tomorrow after an underground asset was hit on Monday, delaying works until the all clear was given by WorkSafe. We are still confident that the remaining drainage and bike lane installation are on track to be completed by the end of this month. Next week we will continue to install the remaining drainage in a tight and tricky section with multiple existing underground services keeping the crew on their toes.
Have a great weekend,
Rob and Rem
The Botanica 