Good afternoon,

Welcome to this week’s update on all things Metro Tunnel construction in the Anzac Precinct.

Overnight Works:

No overnight works planned.

Works next week

Albert Road Reserve forecourt and Station Entrance

The pavers at the base of the South African Soldiers Memorial are nearly done, and next week the team should move on to complete the footpaths through the reserve. All going well, we should also kick off some of the soft landscaping works around the memorial next week. The DDA parking bay adjacent to the passenger lift should also see some paving action next week.

Shrine Entrance and Domain Road

Today we poured the concrete for the stairs that lead from the station forecourt, up towards the McPherson Robertson Fountain. Next week should see the last of the retaining walls poured around the forecourt – as well as the excavation of the second last strata vault for the project (the final one is further up Domain Road on the Melbourne Grammar side)

Edmund Herring Oval (EHO) Reinstatement

Out on the oval, trenching starts next week ahead of the laying of irrigation.

Smoke Testing at Anzac Station

The smoke testing at Anzac Station went very well on Monday night. To those on the tram stop it might have looked like our entire workforce had starting vaping on the concourse at once. Rest assured the station is a vape and smoking free zone – and all the extraction systems performed well on the day.

Friday Flashback

In this week’s Friday flashback we travel back in time precisely two years, to the day.

As you can see, St Kilda Road is entirely located on the west side of the canopy, which is still very much under construction. Both the eastern entrance and the Albert Road Reserve station entrance are still just plans on a page. A lot has taken place in the two years since this was taken!

Have a great weekend

Thanks, Rob