Clapham Yard construction update - December 2025 and January 2026
In October and November 2025, UNITY Alliance commenced structural steel installation for the Clapham Yard Maintenance Facility (CMF) and continued works including retaining wall construction, signalling, fencing installation, and overhead electrical works.
During December 2025 and January 2026, earthworks, drainage installation, conduit installations for services, bridge construction, structural steel installation for the CMF, signalling and overhead electrical line works will continue at Clapham Yard. Early works for Moorooka station will continue with service location and site establishment.
Details of Work
The following activities are scheduled to occur between 6:30am and 6:30pm, Monday to Saturday in December 2025 and January 2026, weather and construction conditions permitting:
- Continue earthworks and retaining wall construction
- Commence construction of Moolabin Creek rail bridge
- Continue installation of drainage, service conduits and pits for electrical, communications and cable routes
- Continue installation of foundations and masts for overhead electrical equipment and wires
- Commence signalised crossing construction including service location works near Unwin Street and Chaucer Street
- Commence site establishment early works (e.g., deliveries to site) on Ipswich Road (refer to map below)
- Continue rail corridor and boundary fence installation requiring intermittent single lane closures on Fairfield Road outbound (refer to map below).
Out of Hours Work
Work activities scheduled during planned track closures (when trains are not operating) or outside the project’s standard working hours are outlined below, weather and construction conditions permitting.
At Clapham Yard and Fairfield Road, Yeerongpilly, and between 6:30pm and 6:30am intermittently in December 2025 and January 2026, the following works will occur:
- Public utility investigations for water and sewer services
- Delivery of equipment and materials to site including concrete, gravels and building supplies.
At Clapham Yard and Fairfield Road, Yeerongpilly, and between 12:00am Saturday 6 and 3:10am Monday 8 December 2025, between 2:00am Saturday 13 and 2:00am Monday 15 December 2025, between 2:00am Saturday 20 and 2:00am Monday 22 December 2025, and between 2:00am Saturday 3 to 10:00pm Monday 26 January 2026, the following works will occur:
- Excavation, earthworks and drainage
- Moolabin Creek rail bridge construction
- Installation of foundations and masts for overhead electrical lines and removal of old structures
- Drainage and sewer works near the Muriel Avenue rail bridge, requiring intermittent lane closures on Fairfield Road and Muriel Avenue (refer to map)
- Geotechnical testing including excavation and trenching
- Signalling testing and commissioning.
We appreciate your patience during construction and will continue to update you as work progresses.
Construction Work Areas and Traffic Changes
What to expect
During these works, you may notice some intermittent disruptions such as:
- Intermittent single lane closures on Fairfield Road (outbound) in December 2025 and January 2026
- Intermittent single lane closures on Ipswich Road (including night shifts) in January 2026
- Intermittent lane closures on Muriel Avenue with Queensland Police and traffic control to assist. Please allow extra travel time
- Light vehicles, trucks and machinery including excavators with rock breakers and jackhammers, graders, rollers, water carts, front end loaders, mobile cranes, piling rigs, drilling rigs, vacuum excavation 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
- Some noise, vibration and dust associated with the use of heavy machinery and equipment.
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