Boggo Road and Southern Area construction update

Aerial image of Boggo Road station.
 

Boggo Road construction

Boggo Road to Joe Baker Street

The below works are ongoing and features both day and night work:

• Formwork, concrete pours, steel fixing and steel reinforcement within the station box and above
  ground level
• Concrete pours requiring compressor, concrete pumps, agitators, concrete vibrators and temporary
  intermittent stop-and-hold traffic arrangements
• Delivery of equipment and oversized materials via Boggo Road, Joe Baker Street and Peter
  Doherty Street requiring stop and hold traffic arrangements, movement of plant and crane lifts
• Mechanical and electrical service fit-out within the station box and delivery and installation of escalator segments, permanent structural steel, platform screen doors and blockwork
• Excavation and installation of utility connections into service pits adjacent to the Eastern Busway requiring site boundary barrier adjustments and partial lane closures
• Construction of a new retaining wall adjacent to the Eastern Busway.

Southern Portal construction

Kent Street to Railway Terrace

The below works are ongoing and features both day and night work:

• Crane lifts, movement of large plant and machinery including delivery of equipment and materials via Kent Street and Railway Terrace
• Installation of rail infrastructure within the rail corridor connecting into the dive structure
• Mechanical and electrical service fit-out including installation of cable trays, cable pulling and service walkways
• Service pit inspections, utility maintenance and road works including landscaping, vegetation removal, kerb reinstatement and asphalting requiring intermittent road and shared user path closures on Kent Street and Railway Terrace.

Aerial image of the Southern Portal area and Yamma Bridge.
 

Pedestrian and cycle bridge construction

Peter Doherty to Kent Street

The below works are ongoing and features both day and night work:

• Ongoing works including deck concrete pours, installation of safety frames and screens, overhead canopy segments, and handrails
• Concrete pours requiring concrete pumps, agitators and vibrators
• External and internal painting of the bridge requiring sandblasting equipment, scaffolding and containment sheeting, and changed traffic conditions
• Delivery of equipment and materials via Boggo Road, Joe Baker and Peter Doherty Street in the west, as well as Kent Street and PA Hospital access road in the east
• Intermittent road and shared user pathway closures on surrounding streets
• Landscaping, vegetation removal and pruning work on the western approach adjacent to Peter Doherty Street and the eastern approach adjacent to Kent Street.

General construction hours:

• Boggo Road station construction hours are 24 hours Monday to Friday and 6:30am to 6:30pm on Saturdays unless advised. Some work may be required over the Christmas and New Year period however work hours may be reduced where possible
• Southern Tunnel Portal and pedestrian and cycle bridge construction is undertaken 24 hours, seven days a week. This includes work during weekend rail corridor closures

What to expect during construction:

• Increased levels of noise, dust and vibration
• Construction vehicles travelling to and from the worksite via Boggo Road, Joe Baker Street and Peter Doherty Street, Rawnsley Street, Railway Terrace, Dutton Street and Kent Street
• Delivery of materials and equipment to the worksite at night

If you want to know more, all of this information is available in PDF form:

• Works Notice – Boggo Road and Southern Area construction update – December 2024 and January 2025