Many of you would be aware that we have been working very hard to ensure that the Metro Tunnel project meets their commitment of ‘no reversing beepers’.  The commitment was that vehicles would have the much less intrusive squawkers.

It has been a long a difficult road, we have been told several times that “we are trying really hard to stop it but it is very hard”.

Last weekend I understand that a check by CYP found a large number of concrete trucks with beepers and had them changed out for squawkers.  Thank you.

Today I saw this sign – and even better, saw a truck driver park his truck and walk to the gate and say…”I’ve got beepers, what do I do?”  The gatekeeper worked out a way for him to do his job and not activate his beepers.  Was hard for the driver – hopefully he has learnt his lesson

Cross Yarra Partnership is offering all owners at The Botanica a free ‘pre-condition survey’ at no cost.  I am very aware that work has already commenced, you should be aware that we have been lobbying for this for some months.

Owners should have been contacted by now but you can use these forms if you want

MM LETTER PCS Offer_400 St Kilda Rd_Owner [25515]

400 St Kilda Rd_Apartment PCS – Permission Form

Completed forms need to be sent to CYP.property@metrotunnelcyp-dc.com.au

It is completely voluntary but I would strongly recommend getting it done.

As previously noted, it will be a period of great activity in the next few weeks.

Here are the details

and remember about the info sessions this afternoon and Monday – both are at 4-6 pm at The Seasons.  If you have questions…go along and ask

Now that the asbestos has gone, there is a lot of action getting the earthworks done before the tramworks happen over Easter

This is a cool remote controlled device

Here, you can see the end of the drainage works and the start of the earthworks

Disappointed to see this truck heading out without a cover over his dusty load

Here are the Minutesand Presentations from the latest Community Reference Group (CRG).  I attend on behalf of The Botanica

Note

1.  The Transport part of the presentation was deferred and we did not see those slides at the meeting
2. The info on Bowen Cres is now dated and my update yesterday is more accurate

I have just been told by the Engineer responsible for the works in Bowen Cres, that we will again have access to St Kilda Rd by the end of March.  They found some Telstra cables that were higher than they thought and that meant some changes to their plans!!

He did admit that he had been telling me for 6 weeks that it will be done in 2 weeks…but he’s pretty sure this time

Many or all owners should have received a formal letter late last week from Metro Rail.

What does it mean?

I am not sure but my layman’s interpretation is that if we want to do any major work to The Botanica we would need to make sure it does not impact the construction or operation of the new train tunnel.  So if we decided to knock the building down, dig a big carpark underneath the new building…then we’d have to get some sort of sign-off to say it won’t cause the train tunnel to collapse.

As I say, I am no expert in the field but that’s what I think it means

There is a lot of action taking place on our doorstep….if you want to ask questions about any of it, here is your chance

Good afternoon,

We would like to invite you to come along to our upcoming drop-in information sessions and find out more about upcoming works in April on St Kilda Road and Park Street, South Melbourne.

Metro Tunnel staff will be available to answer your questions.

Details:
Thursday 22 March and Monday 26 March
4:00pm – 6:00pm
Garden Room, Seasons Botanic Gardens, 348 St Kilda Road, Melbourne 3004.

Kind regards,

Hannah
Communications and Stakeholder Relations
Melbourne Metro Rail Authority

I have just received this….MM NOTIFICATION 20180314 St Kilda Road extended hours March

Good evening,

Please find attached a works notification that has been distributed to the Domain email database and is currently being distributed to residents and businesses in the area.

Works are currently underway on St Kilda Road, as notified for in the March construction notification. These works were briefly halted due to the recent discovery of asbestos in a pipe underneath St Kilda Road, so that the asbestos could be safely removed by licensed experts.

These works will now need to be temporarily extended to 10pm each evening, from Wednesday 14 to Wednesday 28 March. This is so that the disruption to the road and tram network can be minimised.

We would like to apologise for the late notice for these extended hours

If you would like to ask any further questions, please contact the Metro Tunnel Information Line on 1800 105 105.