We have recevied this from Rob at CYP this afternoon

I wish there was more I could do to solve these issues sooner, I do understand it has to be frustrating being stuck in the house and having these issues happening at the same time.

I’m confident we can reduce the number of trucks by 50% very soon with the introduction of the Alexandra Avenue route.

City of Melbourne have said they are going out tomorrow for a physical inspection of alternative return routes.

There is a lot of action at CYP/RPV and Council to make a change here.

Similarly the issue of the vibration generated by EHO – everyone is working hard to find a solution here.

It’s small comfort I know – but I assure you that it is the number one priority for myself and many others.

Thanks, Rob

A number of you commented on how bad the trucks and vibrations were around 11pm last night.

I had a look and just before 11pm we had a bank of trucks all flying past. I had previously recorded my own car going past at 40kmph yesterday. I’ll let you decided if the trucks were speeding.

Note that the three clips are out of order, the first 3 trucks together seemed to be the fastest of the three sets.

After a month of investigating and testing theories about what is causing our very disturbing vibration – we’re back to square one. They have confirmed it is coming from Edmund Herring Oval and they made an adjustment to some equipment – to no avail.

So the new plan…James is arranging a meeting with Herrenknecht on Thursday to run through other options.

I’ve asked if that means we are a week, a month or a year from a solution…they don’t know.

Trucks – Not much better. Their reply below

City of Melbourne and RPV have given in-principle support to the egress route to the Westgate involving a left turn from Linlithgow onto Alexandra Avenue.  Both parties have requested a few minor things to be done that we’re pushing through as quickly as possible. City of Melbourne have committed to coming back to us on some options for the trucks returning to EHO – but I’ve yet to hear back.

In the interim I’ve also been advised that we’ll be conducting some compliance checks on the trucks on St Kilda Road in the coming days.

We are talking to CYP almost every day to try and reduce the noise and vibrations. Last night was particularly bad. Here’s a short sample…it has the full site of noises. A fairly quiet empty truck, noise from Edmund herring Oval, a squealing tram and a loaded truck.

This is happening every five minutes.

It is worth noting that the camera has a mike designed for picking up sounds within 5 metres.

In this morning’s post, I promised to show you the current route that is being used. Here it is…

So for trucks to go between the Westgate and Edmund herring Oval, they go along Kings Way to Toorak Rd, the full length of St Kilda Rd to the NGV corner. Turn right there and along Linlithgow/Birdwood Avenues. Then down Dallas Brooks Drive. and Return.

Madness and impacting on a LOT of peple.

Further to the post almost a week ago, there have been a number of developments.

Vibration

The vibration and odd noises in apartments. We have had various experts check things and today received this message from CYP…

….Kim and the Enviro team adjusted the vibration monitors on the Botanica to pick up the frequency Kim had monitored in your apartment – this will provide the baseline to measure against any differences following adjustments made. Andreas has asked Herrenknecht to make the adjustments to the filters ASAP this week – so we’ll be able to measure whether this makes a difference.

I’ll let you know the timing and get your thoughts as to whether you feel it has made a noticeable difference

Trucks

Despite being told that the trucks may be coming from the CBD site of CYP…..I didn’t believe it and checked on my late night walk for exercise. They are all going to and from Edmund Herring Oval. Unbelievable.

There is now a meeting scheduled today between the various councils to see if they find a less impactful route.

Later today I’ll post a map of the route they are currently using – beforehand I’d ask you to think about the route you think would make most sense. You need to get trucks from the Westgate to and from Edmund Herring Oval.

Here is a v short video of just one truck going past – between 2-3am we had 18 go past the other night. And this is the noise on the 7th floor, imagine how bad on the lower levels.

Our rainwater collection system (also called footpath) is being repaired today. It’s slow work but you can watch it live here

It’s not boring if you simply sat and looked at the sky, stay safe

There was a bentonite spill at around 1am.

The presence of fire and police personnel on site is part of the clean up. Those noisy sucker trucks are back to try and recover some of the bentonite.

The good news is that the trucks stopped

BIG plans for the area are well underway. Details are here