Before any formal process begins, SRLA sends letters to landowners advising that their property is in an area of interest for underground land divestment and that the tunnels could travel underneath, or in the vicinity of, their property.

If land underneath your property is required for tunnels or associated infrastructure, it will be divested by the publication of a Divestment Order in the Victoria Government Gazette. The Order is published under the Major Transport Project Facilitation Act 2009 (Vic) (MTPF Act).

Once the Divestment Order is published, the specified portion of underground land will vest in SRLA and it will become available to enable the construction and operations of SRL East. It is important to note you will no longer own that portion of the underground land.