Substation Equipment Removal – Bowen Lane

Please be advised that CitiPower will be carrying out essential works on their substation located on Bowen Lane, Melbourne. The works involve the removal of redundant substation equipment.

Works Schedule

Date: Tuesday, 8 September 2026

Time: 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Location: Bowen Lane, Melbourne

What to Expect

• Traffic management will be in place to safely guide pedestrians and cyclists around the work area.
• Minor traffic delays may occur.
• Access to local properties, homes, businesses and car parks will be maintained at all times.
• No power outages are planned as part of these works.
• Some of the works may be noisy.
• Works may take longer than expected or may need to be rescheduled due to weather or other factors outside CitiPower’s control.

Who Is Carrying Out These Works?

These works are being delivered by CitiPower, the electricity distributor for Melbourne’s CBD and inner suburbs. The works are being undertaken as part of the maintenance and upgrade of the local electricity network.

More Information

Phone: 1300 301 101

Email: majorprojects@citipower.com.au

Website: citipower.com.au/major-projects

Interpreter Service: 13 14 50

Important for Botanica Residents

At this stage, no power interruption is planned and access to properties and car parks will remain available during the works.

We are sharing this notice to ensure Botanica residents are aware of the works taking place in the immediate area

Installation Schedule & Availability

We highly recommend factoring a few extra minutes into your daily routine when leaving your apartment during this period, as wait times will inevitably be longer than usual.

⚠️ Safety Advisory: Basement Car Park

Throughout the six-month project, construction crews, materials, and heavy equipment will be operating in the basement car park area. For everyone’s safety, we kindly ask that you:

• Stay alert when walking through the basement.
• Drive at a very low speed.
• Exercise extra caution when parking and when entering or exiting the building.

Thank you in advance for your patience, understanding, and cooperation as we work to upgrade our building. The temporary inconvenience will absolutely be worth the long-term results!

Following the recent security incident already reported, where an unauthorised person entered the building, further CCTV review has identified that the same person had also entered the building the week before that incident.

In that earlier event, the person moved through the upper car park, later re-entered through the lobby, then went down to the basement, and was seen leaving with a bag containing items that cannot be clearly identified from the footage, as well as an electric scooter.

This earlier incident has now also been reported to Police as an update to the existing matter.

The identified method of entry has already been addressed, and further measures are being taken to strengthen building security.

Video of the earlier incident: March 2026 Break in.mp4

Please continue to take care with building security:

• Only grant intercom access to people you know.
• Ensure doors close securely behind you.
• Keep vehicles locked and valuables out of sight.
• Keep storage cages locked at all times.

Earlier in the week someone managed to get into the building and access the lobby and top car park and then exited.

It has been reported to the Police.

We have determined how the person evaded the security system and that ‘hole’ has been filled.

It does not seem like he took anything but did check for unlocked cars and cages.

If you store a bipper to open the roller door, please get Esteban to make that device set to ONLY open the roller door. In some nearby buildings, cars have been broken into to get bippers to access the other floors of the building.

Here is a video of him in the car park https://tinyurl.com/Intruder400

Here is video of lobby

https://tinyurl.com/Intruder4002

The Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens asked us to circulate this to you all.

There is more info here