Pimpama station construction update - July 2024

ADCO Constructions is continuing major construction activities along Kosciuszko Circuit and site compound activities on the corner of Mebbin Street and Gainsborough Drive. Further construction work will also continue within the rail corridor.

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. There will be intermittent 5.30am starts to set up equipment during this time.

  • Installation of overpass steel stairs and preparation works for the fit out of the new pedestrian overpass
  • Installation of platform structural steel canopies
  • Installation of concrete slabs, stairs, and block walls for the station building
  • Construction of structural retaining walls both east and west for station building.

 

Major construction

Throughout June 2024, major construction activities will continue at the Eastern works area (EWA) (adjacent to Kosciuszko Circuit and Great Sandy Circuit), Western works area (WWA) (corner of Mebbin Street and Old Pacific Highway), and in the main site compound (corner of Mebbin Street and Gainsborough Drive).

Works will be undertaken between 6:30am until 6:30pm Monday to Saturday. Truck movements and temporary traffic holds will be reduced during peak hour periods to minimise impacts to motorists.

Throughout July 2024, major construction activities will continue including:

  • Delivering structural steel, materials and equipment and removal of materials from site (EWA and site compound)
  • Installation of structural steel platform canopies, roofs, and stairs, including welding and grinding works (EWA)
  • Installation of structural slabs in the fare gate and plaza area. Works will include excavation, steel fixing for reinforcement and pouring concrete (EWA)
  • Assembly of stairs with use of rattle guns (EWA / WWA)
  • Station platform and station building works including concrete pours (WWA)
  • Excavation and concreting works for retaining wall for the fare gate (WWA)
  • Pavement preparation and services installation for carpark (WWA)
  • Installation of pits and pipes across the construction site (EWA and WWA)
  • Concrete preparation and steel fixing to reinforce concrete drainage (EWA)
  • Continuing drainage works
  • Vacuum trucks may be used during underground service installation.

 

Rail corridor works – adjacent to Kosciuszko Circuit, Great Sandy Circuit and Gainsborough Drive

Rail corridor works are planned to occur outside normal working hours during scheduled track closures, with high impact activities planned between the hours listed below where possible.

Rail corridor works (including nightworks) are scheduled, pending construction and weather conditions, for:

Key Dates

  • 6:00am Saturday 6 July to 6:00pm Sunday 7 July 2024
  • 6:00am Saturday 27 July to 6:00pm Sunday 28 July 2024.

 

Work areas and vehicle movements

 

Map of Pimpama work areas and vehicle movements for July 2024.

 

What to expect

  • An increase in steel work activity to install the platform canopy and overpass stairs, including regular use of rattle guns
  • Trucks and machinery including loaders, excavators, vacuum trucks, concrete trucks, mobile cranes, saws, small power tools, rattle guns, minor vibrating equipment, and mobile lighting towers at night / early morning, where necessary
  • Access to station construction site is restricted to construction vehicles only with traffic controls for the safe entry and exit of heavy vehicles
  • There may be times where oversized loads are on the roads during night / early morning deliveries
  • Traffic management will intermittently be in place on Old Pacific Highway and Bedford Road to manage deliveries of oversized vehicles including graders and cranes
  • The Mebbin Street footpath on the northern side (closest to the station worksite) will remain closed until September 2024. The southern footpath on the opposite side of the road remains open – see map above
  • Construction activities may generate increased levels of noise and dust in the area
  • Ongoing traffic movements with trucks transporting excavated material from the eastern rail corridor on Kosciuszko Circuit to the western works area and main site compound
  • Access to surrounding properties will be maintained during the works with possible delays due to truck movements via traffic control management. Truck movements and temporary traffic holds will be reduced during peak hour periods to minimise impacts to motorists.

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

Changes to the way you travel

Until 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.

On Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 July, buses will replace trains between Varsity Lakes and Beenleigh as Cross River Rail undertakes works at the new Pimpama, Hope Island and Merrimac stations. 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: