No word on our parking bays out the front

No word on trees in the middle or out the front

No word on releasing the parking bays in Albert Rd

No word on the wrong sign

…..and have a good long weekend – surely not another one?!?!?!

Good evening everyone,

Not an overly productive week this week, with the public holiday, RDO and intermittent rain.
Despite this, we still managed to get a bit done around the site.
See below for the lookahead of all things construction in Domain next week

Overnight Works:

The only possible nightworks next week is some minor line-marking works on St Kilda Road. The team wont need to close any roads or driveways, so they’ll take the opportunity when the weather is right from Sunday next week. The works are minor and aren’t expected to generate any disturbance.

Looking further ahead, we will have some overnight works in the first week of July. This is the asphalting of the left turn from St Kilda Road into Domain Road.
While we’re out and about that night, we’ll also install the permanent tactiles at the south western pedestrian crossing to the tram stop (near Bowen Lane) as well as remove the temporary fencing that runs alongside the tram tracks.

Works next week

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

I’m running out of interesting ways to say that we’ll be doing bluestone paving, but rest assured, there is more bluestone paving ahead of us.

Elsewhere though, we’re about to start work on a retaining wall that delineates Albert Road South from the station concourse. This started this week and will continue into next week, with some formwork and concrete pours.

Meanwhile, the South African Soldiers’ Memorial continues to make its way upward.

Shrine Entrance and Domain Road (Works until 1am)

At the Shrine entrance, its more of the same, with breakout of the concrete working surface adjacent to the new lift shaft. This area has cleared out nicely though, and we’ll begin the surface preparation shortly for the new footpath connection into the Shrine grounds, as well as the landscaping in the area.

Out on Domain Road, work continues on the installation of the dual tram/bus platforms.

Edmund Herring Oval (EHO) Demolition

As mentioned last week, we’re all but done on the breakout of the main hard surface on EHO. All that remains is the roadway that is in place, as well as the base that currently sits underneath the old substation on EHO. This is progressively being dismantled and removed, to be taken off site and re-used elsewhere. Once its gone, we’ll break out the final section of concrete base that it was sitting on.

Friday Flashback

For today’s Friday Flashback we are travelling back to November 2021 and a cross section look at Anzac Station. This logistic void in the station roof stretched down from surface, past the concourse level and down to the base slab and provides us with a good look at the scale of the structure underneath St Kilda Road.

Have a great long weekend

Thanks, Rob