MONTHLY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE, STATE LIBRARY STATION
AUGUST 2019
Major construction is continuing in the northern end of Swanston Street at the site of the future State Library Station. Last month the project team also reached a major milestone, with the first tunnel breakthrough for the project. This involved roadheader ‘Jane’
breaking through rock under Swanston Street between A’Beckett and Franklin Street for the State Library Station cavern.
Construction snapshot
Construction works are continuing within the State Library Station precinct during August and will include:
• Piling and plunge column installation at the La Trobe Street site
• Tunnelling at the A’Beckett Street, Franklin Street East and La Trobe Street sites
• Deck construction and strutting at the Franklin Street West site
• Service investigation activities throughout the CBD
• Road surface works on Little La Trobe Street under road closure
• Relocation of tram poles on La Trobe Street under road closure.
Further information on these works can be found
at metrotunnel.vic.gov.au
WORKS IN YOUR AREA
Tunnelling works
Franklin Street east site
24/7, Monday to Sunday
• Shaft excavation and tunnelling works are continuing 24 hours a day inside the acoustic shed. Deck construction and strutting
Franklin Street west site 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday and 7am to 6pm, Saturdays, ongoing
• Construction of a steel deck and struts will involve steel deliveries and lifting steel using mobile cranes. These works will involve excavating,jackhammering and drilling using a small drill rig
• These works are expected to generate low to medium levels of noise. Oversized deliveries Franklin Street west site 7am to 3pm, Monday to Saturday 11pm to 5am, as required
• There will be oversized deliveries to the Franklin Street West shaft site to deliver large sections of structural steel for the acoustic shed and deck
• For the safety of the community and our workers, Franklin Street will be closed between Stewart and Swanston Street between 7am and 3pm from Monday to Saturdays as required
• Due to traffic restrictions some oversized deliveries will take place between 11pm and 5am. The steel will be lifted directly off the truck using a crane and placed into position
• Local access for residents and businesses will be maintained at all times
• Traffic management will be in place to safely guide pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists around the work areas. Installation of acoustic shed Franklin Street west site 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday and 7am to 1pm, Saturdays, from late-August
• Installation of an acoustic shed over the shaft site will commence in late-August and will involve road and footpath closures. More information will be available closer to the time. Installation of overhead gantry Franklin Street west site 7am to 6pm, Monday to Saturdays from 13 August
• Installation of an overhead gantry will commence with CitiPower installing services under the surface of the road at Stewart Street from 13 to 18 August
• Other preparatory works will take place on Franklin Street near Stewart Street to install footings, stairs and cladding
• Local access for residents and businesses will be maintained at all times. Line marking works Franklin Street west site 6pm to 12am, Wednesday 21 August 6pm to 12am, Thursday 22 August (contingency) Line marking works will take place on the corner of
Stewart and Franklin Street. This involves:
• Line marking using a line marking truck
• During these works a detour will be in place, residents of A’Beckett Tower and the Currie and Richards building will need to use A’Beckett Street to access their car parks.
• Traffic management will be in place to safely guide pedestrians, cyclists and motorists around the work area, and to and from the A’Beckett Tower car lift
• These works are expected to generate low levels of noise. Tunnelling works A’Beckett Street site 24/7, Monday to Sunday
• Tunnelling works are continuing 24 hours a day inside the acoustic shed. Line marking works A’Beckett Street site 6pm to 4am, Tuesday 20 August 6pm to 4am, Thursday 22 August (contingency) Road safety improvements will be made to A’Beckett Street between Stewart and Elizabeth Street. This involves:
• Installation of a zebra crossing
• Line marking at the U-turn and car space lines
• Street parking will not be available on the southern side of A’Beckett Street between Stewart Street and the U-turn, from 3pm Tuesday 20 August to 6am Wednesday 21 August
• Access to A’Beckett Tower car park and Currie and Richards building will be maintained from Stewart Street
• These works are expected to generate low levels of noise. Archaeological investigations Little La Trobe Street 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday
• Archaeological investigations involving the use of hand tools are nearing completion at the Little La Trobe Street site
• These works generate low levels of noise. Piling Little La Trobe Street 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday and 7am to 6pm, Saturdays, from late August ongoing until 2020
• Piling works will commence at the Little La Trobe Street site once archaeology is complete.
• There will be additional truck movements to deliver and remove equipment, construction materials and ground material
• These works are expected to generate medium to high levels of noise
• Further information is available at
metrotunnel.vic.gov.au.
Surface works, Little La Trobe Street 3pm to 10pm, Monday to Friday between 12 August to 16 August; 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday
between 19 August to 30 August; 24hr road closure between 19 August to 30 August
• Before piling commences, works are required on Little La Trobe Street to install and relocate services, create a loading zone and shared use thoroughfare for motorists, pedestrians and cyclists
• Little La Trobe Street will be closed to motorists travelling from Swanston Street during these works. Local access to Little La Trobe Street and Literature Lane will be maintained via Elizabeth Street
• The northern footpath on Little La Trobe Street will be closed adjacent to the work area for the duration of works. Please use the southern footpath during this time
• These works will generate medium levels of noise
• Further information is available at
metrotunnel.vic.gov.au.
Piling, La Trobe Street 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday and 7am to 6pm, Saturdays, ongoing until 2020
• Piling works will continue at the La Trobe Street site using piling rigs, cranes, and trucks
• There will be additional truck movements to deliver and remove equipment, construction materials and ground material
• These works are expected to generate medium to high levels of noise. Concrete pouring La Trobe Street 6pm to 10pm, Monday to Friday, ongoing
• Concrete pours for piles will occur out of hours and generate low level noise, these works will involve use of concrete trucks, pumps and additional lighting.
Tunnelling works, La Trobe Street 24/7, Monday to Sundays, ongoing
• Tunnelling under the La Trobe Street site to construct the station cavern for the State Library Station will continue throughout 2019
• There will be additional truck movements to deliver and remove construction materials and ground material
• Further information is available at metrotunnel.vic.gov.au.
Tram pole relocation La Trobe Street 24/7 Monday to Sunday, from 5 August
To facilitate the construction of the underground passenger connection between Melbourne Central Station and the future State Library Station, tram pole relocation works are required on La Trobe Street between Elizabeth and Swanston Street. This involves:
• Installing pad footing using a road cutter, vacuum truck and a concrete agitator
• Excavating standard footing using a vacuum truck and road cutter
• Installing plunge columns using a crane, excavators, concrete agitators and hand tools
• The La Trobe Street eastbound lane between Elizabeth Street and Swanston Street will be closed to motorists between 5 August and
18 August
• The northern La Trobe Street footpath and dedicated eastbound bicycle lane will remain closed during these works
• Traffic management will be in place to safely guide pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists around the work areas
• There will be high levels of noise during saw cutting and ground-breaking activities and during use of the vacuum truck. Some noisy works need to take place while the trams are not running between 1am to 5am
• Local access for residents and businesses will be maintained at all times
• Further information about these works are available on metrotunnel.vic.gov.au.
Oversized deliveries, All sites, 10pm to 6am, intermittently throughout August 2019
• In addition to regular deliveries to site during normal working hours, out of hours oversized deliveries will occur intermittently throughout August, to minimise traffic disruptions and for the safety of the public and our workers
• These works are expected to generate low levels of noise. Further information will be provided to
directly affected residents closer to the date.
Groundwater monitoring
Franklin, Victoria, and Therry streets
7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday and
7pm to 11pm, Sunday to Thursday
Swanston Street footpath well near Franklin Street 5am to 7am
• Intermittent testing of previously installed wells on Victoria, Franklin, Bouverie, and Therry streets on the road and footpath
• There will be intermittent partial closures of footpaths on Victoria, Franklin, Bouverie, and Therry streets to allow for monitoring of wells
• There will be intermittent overnight lane closures on Victoria, Therry, and Franklin streets to allow for monitoring of the wells
• Traffic management will be in place to safely guide pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists around the work areas
• These works are expected to generate low to medium levels of noise.
Geotechnical monitoring Various locations, CBD 9pm to 5am, Sunday to Fridays ongoing
• Ground monitoring instruments are being installed along Swanston and La Trobe Street to enable the monitoring of ground movement
during excavation and tunneling works
• Installation involves scanning the area, saw cutting, non-destructive digging, and the use of a drill rig to install the equipment
• Works at each site will take approximately two weeks to complete
• There will be changes to local traffic and pedestrians during works
• These works are expected to generate medium levels of noise.
Service investigations
Various locations, CBD
8pm to 6am, Sunday to Friday until 5 August to mid-September
• Service investigation works are required across the CBD.
• Setting up small localised traffic controls to guide pedestrians and cyclists around the work sites
• Service scanning, surveying and using CCTV trucks at various locations
• These works need to be carried out at night to minimise impacts to traffic
• Works between 5 August and mid-August will generate low levels of noise
• Works between mid-August and mid-September will generate high levels of noise during saw cutting and non-destructive digging using a vacuum truck
• Traffic management will be in place to safely guide pedestrians, cyclists, and vehicles around the work areas
• Access to residential buildings and businesses will be maintained at all times.
• Further information is available at metrotunnel.vic.gov.au
Traffic and transport impacts
• Eastbound lanes on La Trobe Street, between Elizabeth and Swanston Street will be closed from 5 August until 18 August for service
relocation works.
• The northern La Trobe Street footpath, adjacent to the La Trobe Street site, will be closed for the duration of the La Trobe Street
service relocation works
• The dedicated eastbound bicycle lane will remain closed on La Trobe Street during the La Trobe Street service relocation works
• Franklin Street will be closed between Elizabeth and Swanston Street between 7am and 3pm from Monday to Saturday and between 11pm and 5am for oversized deliveries as required
• Little La Trobe Street will be closed to motorists traveling from Swanston Street between 3pm and 10pm from 12 August until 16 August and from 7am to 6pm, and again, 24/7 from 19 August to 30 August. All vehicle access will be maintained via Elizabeth Street
during this time.
Ongoing
• Ongoing intermittent partial closures of footpaths on Victoria, Franklin, Bouverie, and Therry Street to allow for monitoring and
testing of wells
• Ongoing intermittent overnight lane closures on Victoria, Therry and Franklin streets to allow for monitoring and testing of the wells
and groundwater monitoring installation works
• The eastern entrance of Literature Lane was closed in July. This closure will remain in place for up to three years.