Construction update Mayne Yard

Details of work

The following activities are scheduled to occur between 6:30am and 6:30pm, Monday to Saturday, during June 2021, weather and construction conditions permitting:

• Construction of a new rail bridge over Breakfast Creek
• Earthworks and installation of stormwater drainage
• Installation of new stabling yard perimeter security fencing
• Installation of new public utilities (power, water and sewer) to accommodate new train crew facilities
• Pilling and concrete works for retaining walls, necessary for the construction of new access roads and overpasses
• Pier protection for existing rail overpasses within Mayne Yard
• Ongoing installation of cable routes and pits within the rail corridor
• Surveying and investigating underground services, such as water, electricity and gas.

Out of hours work

Additional activities will occur outside the project’s normal working hours but are timed to take place within planned track closures, as outlined below.

At Mayne Yard in Bowen Hills, and intermittently between 6:00pm and 6:30am throughout June 2021, the following works will be occurring;

• Concrete works including placement of formwork, steel fixing and concrete pours
• Ground improvement and retaining wall piling
• Removal of spoil and placement of steel cages and liners into place
• Installation of conduits and pulling new cables
• Track work and maintenance.

At Mayne Yard in Bowen Hills, and intermittently between 2:00am Saturday 5 June and 2:00am Monday 7 June 2021, the following works will be occurring;

• Earthworks, formwork and steel fixing for the construction of the Breakfast Creek rail bridge northern abutment
• Earthworks and drainage
• Undertrack crossings and directional drilling
• Piling for bridge pier protection works
• Relocation of public utility services
• Installation of conduits and pulling new cables
• Track work and maintenance.

Mayne Yard North access and work areas

What to expect

During these works you may notice some intermittent disruptions such as:

• Light vehicles, trucks and machinery including excavators, augers, vacuum trucks, piling rigs, concrete trucks, small power tools, drills, saws, minor vibrating equipment and mobile lighting towers to light the work areas at night
• Changes around your local area such as construction vehicles, traffic management signs and personnel
• Delivery trucks and workers’ vehicles entering Mayne Yard North via the existing access road at Lanham Street, Bowen Hills and Grafton Street, Windsor
• Some increased levels of noise, vibration and dust associated with the use of heavy machinery and equipment
• During construction of the new rail bridge, a section of Breakfast Creek near Grafton Street, Windsor will be temporarily closed to vessels until July 2022
• The construction area boundaries will be marked with buoys on the water within Breakfast Creek.

We appreciate your patience during construction and will continue to update you as work progresses.

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

• Works Notice – Construction update Mayne Yard – June 2021