Good afternoon everyone,

Welcome to our Friday look-ahead for construction activities in and around Anzac Station next week.

Overnight Works:

The rain last night means that the asphalting that was to happen on Thursday night couldn’t go ahead and will now happen tonight Friday 31 May
We’ll be working from the Toorak road tram stop heading north towards Bowen Lane.

If time permits, while the asphalt crews are out on site, we’ll also asphalt the bike lane adjacent to the Albert Road Station entrance – we’ll also look to asphalt the path on Domain Road adjacent to Melbourne Grammar, which should see the path reopen early next week.

Works next week

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

This week we poured the concrete for the stairs that are adjacent to the Albert Road Reserve station entrance (next to the Windsor Oak in the park) as well as the concrete base directly next to the entry.  No surprise that next week is pavers, pavers and more pavers – with the crews working their way along. We expect to see a mid-week concrete pour on the forecourt, followed by – you guessed it. More pavers.

Shrine Entrance and Domain Road (Works until 1am)

Because we can’t get enough of paving, next week we’ll pour the first part of concrete slab around the station entrance on the Shrine of Remembrance side to be closely followed by bluestone paving.

A heads up that we’ll also start demolishing the hardstand where the big white covered canopy was, this will be using excavators with hammers, as will allow works to commence on the footpath on this eastern side and the landscaping  leading up to the Shrine grounds

Out on Domain Road, the tram platform base is complete with works to start next week on the tram platform structure.

Edmund Herring Oval (EHO) Demolition

Nothing new at EHO, with the breakout of the hard-stand continuing this week, we’ll also continue the removal the substation from Edmund Herring Oval. This will be taken away in parts, and as mentioned previously, at least one of these parts is an oversized load – which means it will need to be removed from site after-hours to comply with VicRoads requirements. No set date on this at the moment, but I’ll advise when this is happening.

Centre Island – St Kilda Road
The fresh new look for the central island is now in place, adding a nice touch of greenery to the area. Following tonight’s asphalting, we’ll have the green light for City of Melbourne to come through and plant the trees within the central median. Tree planting on the western side will be carried out by City of Port Phillip, we’ll advise when we have some dates for this planting.

Footpath RectificationStarting next Monday we’ll be in front of The Botanica during the day to rectify some low-points in the footpath asphalt. While we do this, pedestrian traffic will be temporarily diverted into the bike lane. Once we finish these works, we’ll be able to open the bike lane and open the St Kilda Road on-street parking in front of Botanica (400 St Kilda Road)

Friday Flashback

For today’s Friday Flashback we are heading to the intersection of Bowen Lane and St Kilda Road, where in March 2019, our clam shell excavator was digging the 20m deep diaphragm walls that form the station box.

Have a great weekend

Thanks, Rob