Good afternoon everyone,

Welcome back to the weekly update after a brief hiatus over the ANZAC Day long weekend.

See below for an update on what is happening around the site – and a reminder that next Monday is an RDO on site with no works happening.

Overnight Works:

No overnight works planned for next week. The next major set of works will likely be the following week when we will look to remove the remaining concrete barriers and temporary fencing adjacent to the tram corridor to the south of the tram platform.

This will be followed later in the month by the final asphalting of sections of St Kilda Road including the northbound lane between Toorak Road and Bowen Lane – as well as southbound, with the left turn from St Kilda Road into Domain Road. We might also knock over the bike lane adjacent to the Albert Road Reserve entrance while we’ve got hot asphalt on site.

Works next week

Albert Road Reserve forecourt and Station Entrance  (Works until 1am)

The South African Soldiers’ Memorial now has a scaffold around it as the team start to install blocks further up the monument.

Adjacent to the monument the ground preparation works are continuing around the perimeter of the station. We’ve laid some of the new bluestone pavers adjacent to the future bike lane and the cabinets hosting the station services. The last of the waterproofing around the public lift shaft is done and concreted over. Just adjacent to the service goods lift shaft, we’ve nearly completed the steelwork for a small bit of formwork for the final structure of the station. We’ll be aiming to pour this as early as tomorrow, or if not, Tuesday next week.

Shrine Entrance and Domain Road (Works until 1am)

The Shrine entrance works are also progressing well, the drainage and service connections are making their way into the ground, while on Domain Road the bulk of the new tram poles are in, which means next week we’ll start work on the foundations for the new tram platform in Domain Road.

Edmund Herring Oval Demolition

Further up Domain Road we’ve started to remove infrastructure from Edmund Herring Oval. This week it commenced with the removal of some of the storage sheds. On Tuesday next week we’ll commence the breakout of the concrete surface that supported the tunnelling, and has more recently been home to the storage area for the project construction.

We’ll be using hammer attachments on large excavators, which will generate loud noise.

Centre Island – St Kilda Road

Landscaping has now commenced in the southern area with the laying of topsoil through the area, this will be followed by irrigation installation and before the end of the month we’ll see low level planting through this area.
As mentioned in the opening of this update, we’ll then remove all the traffic barriers and temporary fencing through this area.
The tree planting will be in a similar timeframe – City of Melbourne are procuring and planting trees through the middle area of St Kilda Road, I’ll provide some information on these dates once confirmed.

Have a wonderful weekend

Thanks, Rob

Friday Flashback

With Edmund Herring Oval demolition works commencing this week, today we’ve featured a flashback to 2019, when the site was being prepared to handle the spoil removed from the tunnel boring machines. (To the left of the photo is Domain Road)