Kensington precinct work notifications
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Work is now underway in the Kensington Precinct to support construction of western tunnel entrance of the Metro Tunnel.
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| Timing | Where | What's happening |
|---|---|---|
During September and October 2020 | Kensington | Out of hours work to install new infrastructure. This involves the tunnel entrance construction, rail corridor works, compensatory flood storage soil nail wall construction, groundwater well installation and monitoring works and the egress building construction. Tunnel entrance construction:
Rail corridor works and tunnel entrance construction:
Compensatory flood storage soil nail wall construction:
Groundwater well installation and monitoring works:
Egress building construction:
For further details, see the September construction update (PDF, 2.1 MB) and the October out of hours notifcation (PDF, 3.0 MB). |
July to September 2020 | Tennyson and Derby streets | To undertake the concreting and steel works for the tunnel entrance safely, a concrete pump and crane will be positioned on Childers Street which will at times prevent construction vehicles accessing parts of the worksite. During these works, up to 10 construction vehicles per day will be detoured to access the worksite via Derby and Tennyson streets during normal hours. This is expected to be required for up to 14 days. Where possible, larger deliveries will be scheduled on days when there are no concreting works scheduled. Additional traffic controllers will be placed on Derby and Tennyson streets, to ensure safe vehicle movements. There will be periods of low level noise associated with construction vehicle movements. For further details, see the Tennyson and Derby streets traffic changes notification, July to September (PDF, 1.8 MB). |
August to late-September 2020 | Kensington | Extended work hours will be required until late September. These works will involve piling, tunnel entrance roof slab construction, capping beams and propping and tunnel entrance excavation. These works will occur: Roof slab, capping beams, propping and excavation works:
Piling works are expected to generate some periods of high level noise while drilling. Where possible, this activity will be minimised after 1pm on Saturday. Excavation, propping and concreting works will generate low levels of noise. Light towers will be required for certain activities. These lights will be powered by generators during the day, and will not generate noise while operating at night. For further details, see the out of hours work notification, August to September (PDF, 1.8 MB). |
September to October | Hobsons Road | A partial closure of the Hobsons Road car park will be required to undertake preparatory works in the area. 25 car spaces will remain open for public use. These works will occur:
A delivery of an oversized machine is expected in late-September. To minimise traffic disruptions, oversized deliveries are required to take place at night along major arterial roads. These works are expected to generate medium levels of noise. |
Ongoing to early 2021 | Arden Station site to Kensington | Works to construct the four cross passages between the Arden Station site and western tunnel entrance at Kensington continue. These works will occur:
These works are not expected to be audible at surface level. For further details, see the September construction update (PDF, 2.1 MB). |
Ongoing until October 2020 | Lloyd Street | Lloyd Street reinstatement works will continue until October 2020. Some work is required outside of normal construction hours. Access to and from the Lloyd Street Business Estate will be maintained at all times. Intermittent overnight closures of Lloyd Street may be required. |