Salisbury station construction update - July 2024

During July 2024, UNITY Alliance will continue early works as part of the Cross River Rail, Salisbury station accessibility upgrade.

The eastern Salisbury station commuter car park (corner of Lillian Avenue and Olivia Avenue) will close to customers from 6:30pm on Friday 28 June until 10:30pm on Sunday 7 July. Following this closure, the top half of the car park will remain closed to customers as UNITY Alliance utilise this area to establish site offices to support ongoing construction works at the station.

Details of work

The following activities are scheduled to occur between 6:30am and 6:30pm, Monday to Saturday during July 2024, weather and construction conditions permitting:

  • Installation of site offices, roofing and temporary fencing in the top half of the carpark on the corner of Lillian Avenue and Olivia Avenue
  • Installation of traffic barriers and signage on Dollis Street
  • Continue construction of the gantry crane to assist with lifting construction materials over the rail corridor
  • Continue the installation of inground services and drainage including excavation, steel fixing and concreting.

 

Out of hours work

The following activities will occur outside the project’s normal working hours, as outlined below.

At Salisbury station and in the rail corridor and intermittently between 6:30pm and 6:30am during July 2024, the following works will occur:

  • Location of inground services including the use of vacuum trucks
  • Installation of safety barriers within the rail corridor and on Dollis Street using power tools including hammer drills
  • Delivery of materials to the rail corridor via Dollis Street, Fairlie Terrace and Lillian Avenue.

At Salisbury station and in the rail corridor and between 12:10am Saturday June 15 and 2:00am Monday 8 July 2024, the following works will occur:

  • Earthworks including the use of excavators and vacuum trucks in preparation for the new station platform and drainage installation
  • Site office delivery to the upper Lillian Avenue / Olivia Avenue carpark
  • Signalling work including the installation of foundations for overhead electrical line masts
  • Cable service installation including excavation and trenching
  • Precast concrete panel installation and concrete works.

 

Work locations at Salisbury station July 2024

 

Map showing work areas, temporary traffic changes on Fairlie Terrace and Dollis Street, Salisbury.

 

What to expect

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

  • Closure of the Lillian Avenue / Olivia Avenue commuter car park during the extended rail possession from 6:30pm Friday 28 June to 10:30pm Sunday 7 July
  • Closure of the top half of the Lillian Avenue / Olivia Avenue commuter car park from 6:30pm Friday 28 June until the completion of construction at Salisbury station. Alternative parking is available at the Lillian Avenue commuter carpark on the western side of the rail corridor during this period (see map above).
  • Intermittent single lane closures on Olivia Avenue, Fairlie Terrace and Dollis Street to access the rail corridor (see map above). Traffic control and signage will be in place to direct motorists, pedestrians and cyclists around work areast
  • Light vehicles, trucks and machinery including excavators with jackhammer and rock breaker, bobcat, vacuum trucks, trucks, concrete pump trucks, mobile cranes, small power tools, drills, saws, minor vibrating equipment and mobile lighting towers to light work areas at night
  • Changes around your local area such as construction vehicles, traffic management signs and personnel
  • Increased levels of noise, vibration and dust associated with the use of heavy machinery and equipment.

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

From Saturday 15 June to Sunday 7 July, there will be track closures and travel changes across the train network to undertake
crucial Cross River Rail and Queensland Rail works. There will be significant changes to train services on the Beenleigh and Gold
Coast lines over the 23-day period.

If you are planning to travel during this time, we encourage you to consider your travel options, plan ahead and allow extra travel time by using the links below:

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