Upcoming site investigations
From Monday 16 June, site investigations will begin at the southern end of Yan Yean Road near Kurrak Road and progressively move north toward Tallis Grove. These investigations are expected to be completed in mid-August.
Working hours and traffic impacts
To minimise the impacts to the community, we'll work between 9.30am and 3pm, Monday to Friday. If we need to work longer hours we'll let you know.
To keep our workers and the community safe, traffic management will be in place at times, including:
- temporary lane closures
- stop/slow traffic control
- speed limit reductions to 40km/hr.
Please allow for additional travel time of up to 5 minutes.
Site investigations explained
These investigations involve detecting, tracing and mapping underground services including gas lines, sewer assets, stormwater drains and electrical services.
The first stage of investigations involves using hand held equipment to locate the underground services without digging up the ground. Lids on existing pits may be opened up to confirm the location of these services.
The next stage uses a technique called non-destructive digging (NDD) to precisely locate underground utilities. NDD uses high pressure water to safely dig the ground around the service, and vacuum to recover and hold the material. This NDD process reduces the risk of damage to underground services.
Following this, we may need to return to some areas with additional machinery to dig larger holes to locate services.
Once investigations are complete, pit lids will be replaced and the ground or surrounding area will be returned as near as possible to its original condition.
Some of these works are weather-dependent and can only be completed in dry weather conditions or may be impacted by unexpected ground conditions. If we need to reschedule, we’ll let you know in advance with another update.