As many of you know, the Metro Tunnel guys have encountered some asbestos.  Here is the troublesome pipe

From the close up photo is actually looks like  it could have housed an old power cable??  But I don’t know….and given they were under the treed area, they have been there a long time.

Here is a time lapse video of a stack of prep work from yesterday.

And here is a few shots of today’s work

and then make safe, wash down and head home

This is from Cross Yarra Partnership (CYP) on the asbestos issue adjacent to The Botanica

• Last Friday, asbestos was discovered in a pipe under the southbound lane of St Kilda Road during works on the Metro Tunnel.
• The discovered pipe was made of ACM (asbestos containing material) and is 70m in length and 100mm in diameter.
• This area is in the construction work site that has been fenced off from the public since 14 February.
• Since the discovery, the construction team has obtained specialist advice which determined the pipe should be left undisturbed, as the asbestos within the pipe was identified as non-airborne.
• The material has been contained, and there is no health or safety risk to the public or workers.
• Preparations for its removal started yesterday.  Plastic sheeting has been established around the site and air monitoring is in place as standard practice.
• It will be safely removed over the coming days (they’re expecting it to take 2-3 days).
• Asbestos was regularly used in construction until the 1980s, so discoveries like these are not uncommon or unexpected.
• The asbestos is being safely removed in accordance with strict statutory requirements by licensed experts.

If you have concerns you can call their 24 hour hotline on 1800 105 105

If you have a mobile number registered with SE Water, you should have been notified that there is a water outage from 9pm tonight until 6am tomorrow.

It also means some possible noisy works tonight