Yeerongpilly station construction update - December 2024 and January 2025
In December 2024 and January 2025, UNITY Alliance will continue to fit-out station buildings, canopies and the station entrance, landscaping and construction of the Wilkie Street commuter car parks. Major works at the station are nearing completion with the station due to reopen to customers once all works and testing and commissioning activities are complete in early-2025.
Details of work
The following activities are scheduled to occur between 6:30am and 6:30pm, Monday to Saturday during December 2024 and January 2025, weather and construction conditions permitting:
- Continue Wilkie Street station entry works including installation of inground services (e.g. electrical) and fit out. These works require the ongoing closure of the Wilkie Street stairs and intermittent closures of the Wilkie Street lift throughout December and January. Pedestrians may experience a delay of up to 15 minutes during lift outages. Additional notification will be provided prior to any lift outages
- Continue carpark construction, station fencing installation, signage installation and landscaping works
- Continue fit out of station buildings, platforms and canopies, installation of station drainage, concrete finishing, patching, painting and sealing
- Continue identification and disconnection of services, installation of new station services, cable service relocation works within the rail corridor and testing of services (e.g. electrical, communications).
Out of hours work
The following activities will occur outside the project’s normal working hours, weather and construction conditions permitting as outlined below.
At Yeerongpilly station and in the rail corridor, and intermittently between 6:30pm and 6:30am during December 2024 and January 2025, the following works will occur:
- In-ground services (e.g., electrical), cable service route and drainage installation including excavation using excavators and vacuum trucks
- Formwork, steel fixing and pumping concrete for station platforms, asphalting, Wilkie Street carpark and station entry construction.
At Yeerongpilly station and in the rail corridor, and between 12:00am Saturday 14 and 3:00am Monday 16 December and between 2:00am Saturday 11 and 12:00am Sunday 19 January 2025, the following works will occur:
- Cable service route works including excavation, concreting, drainage and installation of under track crossings for services (e.g., water, electrical)
- Fit out of station buildings, platforms and canopies, installation of station drainage, concrete finishing, patching, painting and sealing
- Formwork, steel fixing and pumping concrete for station platform, Wilkie Street carpark and station entry construction.
Work areas and pedestrian access at Yeerongpilly station
What to expect
During these works you may notice some intermittent disruptions such as:
- Traffic and parking changes on Wilkie Street between Cardross Street and Station Road. Access will be maintained to properties located within the road closure extents under traffic control guidance
- Light vehicles, trucks and machinery including excavators with rock breakers and jackhammers, mobile cranes, trucks, vacuum trucks, concrete trucks, pump trucks, loaders, concrete saws, power tools, generator to power site offices (day and night) and mobile lighting towers to light work areas at night
- Ongoing temporary closure of the Wilkie Street stairs
- The Wilkie Street lift will close intermittently during December 2024 and January 2025 (up to 15 minutes). During closures, alternative access over the rail corridor is available via the Cardross Street overpass
- Increased 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.
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