Construction update Mayne Yard North

Details of work

During October and November 2024, the following activities are scheduled to occur between 6:30am and 6:30pm,
Monday to Saturday, weather and construction conditions permitting:

• Continue installation of fencing and inground services within Mayne Yard East
• Continue construction of the new rail bridge over Breakfast Creek
• Rock excavation and earthworks
• Road pavement works including asphalting and line markings
• Installation of foundations and masts for overhead electrical wires
• Ongoing installation of cable routes and pits within the rail corridor
• Rail track construction for the new Cross River Rail lines, including formation works, ballast placement, sleeper and rail construction, resurfacing works and welding works.

Out of hours work

Additional activities will occur outside the project’s normal working hours, as outlined below.

At Mayne Yard, Bowen Hills, and intermittently between 6:30pm and 6:30am throughout October and November 2024, the following works will occur:

• Excavation, including rock breaking for the installation of inground services such as stormwater drainage
• Concrete works including placement of formwork, steel fixing and concrete pours
• Delivery of materials to site
• Installation of cable conduits and pits, and pulling new cables
• Track work and maintenance.

At Mayne Yard, Bowen Hills, and intermittently between 6:00am Monday 7 October and 2:00am Wednesday 16 October 2024, the following works will occur:

• As part of this track possession, rock excavation using large machinery such as excavators with hydraulic hammers will be undertaken during both day and night shifts from Monday 7 to Sunday 13 October 2024. See map below for location.

At Mayne Yard, Bowen Hills, and between 2:45am Saturday 19 October and 12:00am Sunday 20 October 2024, the following works will occur:

Day and night shift

• Rock excavation and earthworks in Mayne Yard East
• Removal of redundant structures within the rail corridor
• Earthworks and service installation
• Track removal and installation
• Installation of masts and foundations for overhead electrical wires
• Signalling testing and commissioning, pulling cables and foundation works.

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

Mayne Yard construction access points and work areas

What to Expect

During these works you may notice some intermittent disruptions such as:

• Light vehicles, trucks and machinery including excavators with hydraulic hammers, augers, vacuum trucks, piling and drill rigs, concrete trucks, small power tools, 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
• Delivery trucks and workers’ vehicles entering Mayne Yard North via the existing access road at Lanham Street and Mayne Road, Bowen Hills and via Grafton Street and Mill Street, Windsor
• Some increased levels of noise, vibration and dust associated with the use of heavy machinery and equipment
• Due to the construction of a new rail bridge, a section of Breakfast Creek near Grafton Street, Windsor has been temporarily closed to all boats / vessels until late-2024. The construction area boundaries will be marked with buoys on the water within Breakfast Creek.

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

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

• Works Notice – Mayne Yard construction update -October and November 2024