A road realignment allowing for further works on the new Metronet station at Forrestfield has been completed, enabling greater safety around the site for workers and motorists.
Following its realignment Dundas Road in Forrestfield is once again open to traffic. However, the section of Dundas Road between Maida Vale Road and Imperial Street – Forrestfield Station and the associated feeder roads are to be located – will close.
The recently completed work will allow the 300-metre-long retaining wall for Forrestfield Station to continue.
89 of the 93 panels for the retaining wall have been erected. The remaining four panels will be installed once the multi-service vehicles no longer require access to the tunnels.
More than 100 counterforts are being used to keep the 8.2-metre-high wall in place. The counterforts support the 18 tonne wall panels and the backfilling required to raise the ground level at the station by up to six metres.
“To the west of Dundas Road is the dive structure where the two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) began tunnelling. The dive structure is 260m long and up to 22m wide,” state transport minister Rita Saffioti said.
“To the east of Dundas Road is infrastructure vital to the operation of the TBMs. The site is operating 24 hours a day to support tunnelling activities, including processing excavated soil and treating water for re-use in the tunnelling process.
“The backfilling at Forrestfield Station will allow future passengers to transit around the station precinct more easily and safely, including from the car park to the station entrance.”
Work is also continuing south of the site with the installation of services for the stowage yard. The stowage yard will be the end of the Forrestfield-Airport Link, where trains will be cleaned and maintenance will be undertaken.
Work continues at the south of the site, where services for the stowage yard will be installed. The yard, located at the end of the Forrestfield-Airport Link, will be where where trains will be cleaned and maintenance carried out.