You should have seen this document in your letterbox

2017 07 MM NOTIFICATION 030717 Service Relocations Update[37827]

It outlines some major work that will impact us greatly.  Essentially John Holland will be digging up the footpath from Bowen Crescent to Bowen Lane, immediately next to our wall.  They need to do this to move all of the telecommunications cables that run under the footpath – essentially moving them further from the road edge (and effectively further from the edge of the new station).

More information will be coming out from John Holland soon.

Be aware

• There will be a outage of around 4 hours when no access will be available to/from the basement car park.  We have suggested to lowest impact is likely to be 10am-2pm on a Tuesday or Thursday.  They will give us notice beforehand
• There will be no street parking immediately outside our building
• The work will commence around next Monday and take around one month
• We have stressed safe access for pedestrians is essential.

Don’t forget to check out the ongoing photos of the tram work here

I have had discussions with Metro Rail about their method of sending LOTS of flyers but not providing much clarity.  The flyers have been very ‘project focused’ and not ‘customer focused’.  I don’t really care if the lane closures are for gas work, sewer work or tram work – I want to know what is closed and when.

They have now done this summary

It is MUCH better and gives a summary by each road area.  A few things to note:

• Domain Rd will be closed at St Kilda Rd from July 11 for about 5 years – yes that’s right.  Five years
• Toorak Rd West eastbound will be closed from 5am Tuesday June 13 for at least 2 weeks.
• St Kilda Rd in the vicinity of Botanica will have lots of closures from  June 24 until July 12

On another matter, I know that Botanica residents had a letterbox drop late last week about night works on June 14 and 15.  It had an error, it shows the work immediately outside Botanica but calls it 420 St Kilda Rd.  I have notified Metro Rail but assume the work is going to occur outside Botanica.

Don’t forget that there is a ‘drop in’ session tonight at 6:30pm at the Royce

Details here

Metro Rail have finally released this document.  My interpretation of this document is that it forms the basis of the terms in the contract with the winning bidder.  In that regard it is the minimum requirement, covering acceptable noise and vibration levels, relocations and the like.

I feel it is better than the previous versions that were tabled at the EES and more in line with best practice – London’s Crossrail project.

MM-POLICY-Residential-Impact-Mitigation-Guidelines-20170310[29389]

Metro Rail have finally released this document.  My interpretation of this document is that it forms the basis of the terms in the contract with the winning bidder.  In that regard it is the minimum requirement, covering acceptable noise and vibration levels, relocations and the like.

I feel it is better than the previous versions that were tabled at the EES and more in line with best practice – London’s Crossrail project.

MM-POLICY-Residential-Impact-Mitigation-Guidelines-20170310[29389]

Apologies for the multiple emails updates, I’ve been away and just catching up myself.

As you should all know, the Number 8 tram is going to be re-routed from Domain Rd to Toorak Rd West.  This web site has LOTS of details.  My understanding is that the change will happen during the July school holidays.