Pimpama station construction update

Major construction

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

• Excavation and earthworks within the eastern works area.
• Concrete pouring for support infrastructure and concrete curing within the eastern works area.
• Structural steel erection, shotcrete works and batter protection in the eastern works area.
• Capping beam construction to provide a foundation for suspended concrete slabs and to retain soil in the eastern works area.
• Investigation and relocation of underground utilities in the eastern works area.
• Bulk earthworks within the western works area for the station car park.
• Installation of a piling pad in the western works area.
• Continued piling works within the eastern works area and commencement of piling within the western works area in preparation for the new station platforms, overhead bridge, pedestrian lift, and overhead line foundations.
• Geotechnical investigations and monitoring of piling works.

Access to surrounding properties will be maintained during the works with possible delays due to truck movements via traffic control management.
 

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

Rail corridor works are scheduled to continue and are planned to occur outside normal working hours for the project. These are timed to take place during planned rail track closures. You may notice workers in the area before and after these works occur.

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

• 6am Saturday 10 June until 6pm Sunday 11 June 2023.

Rail corridor work in June will include:

• Excavation and earthworks within the eastern side of the rail corridor.
• Transport of excavated material from the eastern rail corridor to the western works area and main site compound.
• Piling activities on the eastern side of the rail corridor in preparation for the new rail station platform and associated infrastructure.

Early Works – station access road and drainage

Station access road construction and drainage works – within worksite and along the Old Pacific Highway between Pimpama Jacobs Well Road and Mebbin Street.

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.

The works will include:

• Pouring concrete and pavement restoration works on the corner of Bedford Road and the Old Pacific Highway.
• Pouring concrete and constructing base layers of the new station access road within the station site.
• Landscaping within the new drainage channel.
• Removal of median island along the Old Pacific Highway between Bedford Road and Mebbin Street.
• Electrical works in preparation for installing traffic lights for the new signalised intersection.
• Ongoing temporary changes to pedestrian movements around the work site.
• Ongoing temporary closure of access into Bedford Road from the Old Pacific Highway.

To enable construction to progress within the western work area, the temporary site office compound has been relocated to the corner of the Old Pacific Highway and Pimpama Jacobs Well Road. This includes:

• Installation of temporary fencing and site offices.
• Temporary equipment storage.
• Utilisation of part of the car parking area adjacent to Brian Houston Village Green for workforce parking.

Work areas and vehicle movements

Enquiries

If you have any enquiries or wish to speak with a member of the project team, please use the contact details below:

• Call 1800 010 875
• Email [email protected]

What to expect

• Increase in workforce vehicles around the temporary site office and car park on the corner of Old Pacific Highway and Pimpama Jacobs Well Road.
• Construction activities may generate increased levels of noise, dust and vibration in the area associated with the works being undertaken.
• Lighting will be required during the rail corridor works.
• Increase in workforce and construction vehicle movements around the station site for transport of materials, equipment, and machinery.
• Pedestrian and vehicle access along Kosciuszko Circuit, Great Sandy Circuit and Gainsborough Drive will be maintained during these works with traffic control in place to assist pedestrians and motorists.
• Increased traffic movements with trucks transporting excavated material from the eastern rail corridor on Kosciuszko Circuit to the western works area and main site compound.
• Please be aware of changed traffic conditions and adhere to reduced speed limits.

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

• Works Notice – Pimpama station construction update – June 2023

Changes to the way you travel

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