Roma Street station construction update

Stormwater installation and civil works

Night works are continuing in the Roma Street precinct to construct new stormwater and civil infrastructure.

Throughout 2025, work will continue to install the underground stormwater infrastructure including pipes, manholes and gully pits on Roma Street in front of the Roma Street station.

Due to traffic requirements, construction will take place outside of standard construction hours – Monday to Saturday, 6:30pm to 6:30am.

This work will require temporary lane closures and footpath diversions along Roma Street and in the intersection of Roma Street and Makerston Street. Throughout this work, pedestrian access to Roma Street station will be maintained. Motorists and pedestrians are advised to allow extra travel time and follow directions of traffic control.

Map of stormwater work area indicative only – work area may expand further on Roma Street pending access requirements.
 

Work will involve:

• Open-cut trenching and pipe installation using road saws, jackhammers, excavators, vacuum excavation trucks, generators, mobile cranes, lighting towers and hand tools
• Minor road and asphalt works for temporary road removal and reinstatement
• Vegetation removal and/or pruning with electric chainsaws and mobile elevated work platforms.

Service installation work is also required on Roma Street at the Western Services Building over the coming months. Further details will be provided when available.

What to expect

Roma Street station construction hours are 24 hours Monday to Friday and 6:30am to 6:30pm on Saturdays unless advised. Some activities may be required to take place outside of these hours.

During construction, you may notice:

• Increased levels of noise, dust and vibration
• Construction vehicles travelling to and from the worksite via Roma Street
• Delivery of materials and equipment to the worksite including at night
• Temporary traffic and pedestrian changes on Roma Street and surrounding streets.

Roma Street construction update

Construction activities outside of the Roma Street station site will increase in the coming months.

This will include:

• Barrier movements with minor changes to pedestrian movements on Roma Street
• Footpath and pavement work requiring temporary pedestrian detours
• Road reinstatement work on Roma Street
• Final service and sewer installation works requiring lanes closure and night work

Information about upcoming works will be shared with the community in advance of works commencing. Sign up to project updates to kept up to date with changes to pedestrian access or road conditions.

Main station entrance building and existing station

Roma Street – Opposite Makerston Street

The below works features both day and night work:

• Oversized deliveries to and from site and the busway. Deliveries may occur at night
• Installation and fit-out of external cladding and architectural and glass panels
• Adjusting hoarding and scaffolding requiring hand tools and steel fixing
• Intermittent short-term pedestrian stoppages, partial lane closures, footpath diversions and adjustments to pedestrian gantries along Roma Street
• Installing steel, roof sheeting, guttering and fit-out activities to construct the platform canopy

Services building

Roma Street – Opposite Garrick Street

The below works features both day and night work:

• Testing and commissioning services including tunnel ventilation systems, communication and control systems and energisation of services
• Construction of driveway and service utility connections involving concreting activities, installation of scaffold, drainage and use of vacuum trucks
• Heavy plant movement including use of cranes and oversized deliveries to site
• Concrete demolition of temporary internal walls and slabs requiring hand tools and jackhammers
• Commencement of service investigations and installation for sewer line and utilities on Roma Street.

Surrounding streets and footpaths

Roma, Herschel, Makerston and George streets

The below works features both day and night work:

• Installation of permanent underground stormwater and sewer infrastructure including drainage pipes, manholes and gully pits along Roma Street
• Temporary road works including asphalt works, road removal and traffic changes. Please follow directions of traffic control.

Underground cavern

Acoustic shed, corner of Roma Street and Parkland Boulevard

The following works features both day and night work:

• Fit-out of mechanical and electrical services, architectural panelling, ceiling material and tiling
• Commissioning of tunnel ventilation systems, communication and control systems and energisation
• Construction of egress building requiring concrete trucks and pumps.

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

• Works notice – Roma Street Station site – August & September 2025