Merrimac station construction update

Major construction

The below works will occur within the standard construction hours of 7:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Saturday, and 8:00am to 1:00pm Sunday (where required).

Throughout July and August 2025, works will include:

• Ongoing retaining wall construction, including concrete pours and back-filling
• Ongoing platform enabling works, including screw piling, pile caps, concrete pours and installation and excavation
• Lift shaft and services works, including concrete pours, steel installations, pile cap excavations, break back of piles and jackhammering
• Ongoing construction of environmental management controls, environmental monitoring, surveying, sediment fencing and drainage channels, including culvert installations, concrete works and pipe installations
• Station platform works, including steel installations, platform coping, roofing of the platform canopy and installation of pre-cast concrete columns
• Ongoing ground treatment and strengthening activities
• Ongoing works on public utilities, cable hauling and electrical conduit and pit excavation
• Sewer activities including intermittent dewatering works using electric pumps, including out of hours activity where required
• Ongoing minor vegetation clearing in accordance with all relevant approvals, with fauna spotter / catchers in attendance
• Ongoing earthworks activities, including stockpiling of materials, excavation, heavy vehicle movements and pre loading

Above: station platform steel taking shape

Gooding Drive / Station Access Road roadworks

Works will continue on Gooding Drive in both directions (weather and program permitting). Works will be undertaken between 7:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Saturday, and 8:00am to 1:00pm Sunday (where required).

Gooding Drive activities include

• Ongoing ground treatment and strengthening activities, including earth removal and replacement works to facilitate retaining wall construction and concrete pours
• Demolition of existing drainage lines, footpath and kerb, to enable installation of services including drainage, water main and utilities
• Road barrier movement and installations.

Intermittent night works will continue on Gooding Drive and site entrances over the coming months. These activities can only be undertaken at night due to safety and traffic management requirements. Residents located near these activities will receive direct reminders prior to works.

Rail corridor works

From Gooding Drive overpass to Red Ash Court, rail corridor works (including night works) are planned to occur outside normal working hours during scheduled track closures, pending construction and weather permitting. Activities will be completed during day and night shifts, 24 hours day.

Works will include excavation of pile caps, oversized load deliveries, concrete pouring, installation of platform coping and steel works for platforms and lift shafts; pre-cast concrete column installation. Overhead wire works and the installation of signalling equipment will also be undertaken.

Activities are planned on the following dates:

• From 6:00am Saturday 26 July 2025 to 6:00pm Sunday 27 July 2025
• From 6:00am Saturday 9 August 2025 to 6:00pm Sunday 10 August 2025
• From 6:00am Saturday 30 August 2025 to 6:00pm Sunday 31 August 2025

Queensland Rail will carry out track works over the July weekend (Petherbridge Avenue to Kingarry Cct), including ballast, rail cutting and resurfacing works during the day. Rail maintenance works will occur at night with hand tools and hi-rail excavator.

For enquiries relating to Queensland Rail track maintenance activities email [email protected].

Work areas and vehicle movements

What to expect

• Construction activities may generate increased levels of heavy vehicles, noise, vibration and dust in the area. Every effort will be made to keep these to a minimum
• Construction activity and heavy vehicle movements will continue to transport materials to the site via Gooding Drive eastbound and westbound
• Ongoing temporary changes to pedestrian access and movements around Gooding Drive (both directions) and Entry Drive
• Ongoing intermittent parking changes on local roads
• Intermittent daily single lane closures, speed reductions and short-term delays on Gooding Drive in both directions, between Ghilgai Road and Bourton Road
• Traffic management and road signage will be in place to assist and direct motorists
• Workers and light vehicles accessing site via Entry Drive, Crelga Court, Nisbet Place and Willunga Place
• Intermittent use of mobile lighting towers and safety lighting within the rail reserve and Gooding Drive (both directions). Every effort will be made to position light sources away from properties
• The use of machinery including trucks (including water and fuel carts), graders, excavators, vac trucks, cranes, chainsaws, drill rigs, earth moving machinery, piling rigs, rollers, chainsaws, boom lifts, concrete machinery, vibration hammers, cable hauling equipment and hand-held tools.

Changes to the way you travel

There will be track closures and travel changes on the Gold Coast and Beenleigh lines during July and August 2025, including an extended track closure from Saturday 28 June to Friday 18 July.

We encourage you to consider your travel options, plan ahead and allow extra travel time by using any of the links below:

• Download the MyTranslink app
• Visit the Translink website; or
• Call 13 12 30

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

• Works Notice – Merrimac station construction update – July and August 2025