Winsor Reserve will be used to support tunnelling from Watsonia to Bulleen.
The acoustic shed is nearing completion and will be around 140m long, 80m wide and 18m high.
We’re also building a large, enclosed conveyor belt over Greensborough Road, with the 35-metre bridge structure over Greensborough Road now installed.
When the tunnel boring machines (TBMs) start tunnelling from mid-2024, the dirt and rock that is removed will be carried on this belt from the launch site at Watsonia over Greensborough Road and into the acoustic shed at Winsor Reserve. The dirt will then be safely loaded onto covered trucks and taken off-site. Truck wheel wash stations will be installed on site at Winsor Reserve to reduce dirt and rock making its way on roads.
You’ll see an increase in truck movements once tunnelling starts to keep pace with the TBMs digging underground. To manage this, we’ve installed traffic lights on Greensborough Road, between Somers Avenue and Torbay Street, and linked to other nearby lights, ensuring trucks exiting Winsor Reserve have minimal impact on traffic flow.
The playground and walking path at the back of Winsor Reserve near Tuckfield Court will remain open for local use. Once works are complete, the reserve will be reinstated and returned to the community for public use.
Find out more
Read our fact sheet Tunnel construction in Watsonia and Macleod
Read our construction update Construction ramps up from Yallambie through Watsonia