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A SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE

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• Presenter:

William M. McIntosh B.E.(Hons), M.Sc., MAusIMM(CP)

• Background:
• Engineer educated in Melbourne and Canada,
• Over 45 years experience in mining and infrastructure,
• Minor involvement in City Loop preliminary works in Y1969
• Designed, managed and built infrastructure in Australia, Indonesia, Colombia,

and Bangladesh

• Advised multi‐nationals on rail and port infrastructure world‐wide
• Reputation for problem solving in complex situations

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THE DOMAIN OVERVIEW

FROM TOORAK ROAD TO DORCAS STREET

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Problems:

• Requires removal of 200+ mature trees in the World’s

Most Liveable City. Replacements will take 25 years (a generation) to mature

• Vandalises Melbourne’s Premier and World‐Famous

Boulevard – a tourist icon. In the direct vicinity of The Shrine

• Construction will seriously impact the flow of peak

hour vehicular traffic along a main access route to and from the City. Effectively reduced to one lane, and none when a tram stops to discharge/load passengers.

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Problems (continued):

• Will divert traffic onto Queens Road/Kings Way or

Punt Road/Hoddle Street, which are already stop/start at Peak Hours. This will add significantly to Travel Times for all, and cause major delays with incidents

• Impacts tram and bus travel times along St Kilda Road

for many years, particularly at Peak Hours

• Markedly increases the risk of injury to tram

passengers alighting along a section of St Kilda Road for years. Added road rage will increase this risk

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Problems (continued):

• Places the many, and increasing, bicycle commuters

along St Kilda Road at much higher risk of vehicle collisions with greater traffic pressure, and road rage increase

• Increases the risk of injury to pedestrians & students

from two major schools with loss of Safe Tram Stops

• Damages the Boer War Memorial Park
• Wastes the $ Millions spent on the Domain Tram

Interchange

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QUOTE: “St Kilda Road is a key transport corridor with 41,000 vehicles and 3,000 cyclists using the road each day and 31,000 pedestrians using this section of road during the morning and afternoon peaks. Between 2010 and 2015, 122 accidents involving cyclists and 74 involving pedestrians were reported. Two lives were lost and 33 crashes resulted in serious injury.” VicRoads, August 2016

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Problems (continued):

• Requires some 300,000 cubic metres (over 500,000

tonnes) of excavated material to be hauled away, adding to traffic congestion and road damage.

• Above construction impacts will continue for 3 – 5

years

• AND

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• Will cost about $500 million to complete (excluding

value of travel time impacts for all users). Issues:

• The complex site, with all the provisions of

continued traffic usage, and the many utilities to be relocated, are large added costs

• The difficult working location will add a large

percentage to the costs of excavation and construction

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Partial Solution:

• Use cavern method for excavation

This will:

• Only reduce the abovementioned impacts partially,

as large surface works will still be required

• Could cost an additional c.$200 million

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Domai Domain St Station ion But it is worse than that!

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A SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE

EXCAVATION RIGHT UP TO BUILDINGS EXCAVATION IN SHRINE GROUNDS TRAM AND ROAD LANES DIVERTED SEVERAL TIMES ROUTE #8 TRAM TRACKS RE‐LAYED IN TOORAK ROAD NORTH DOMAIN TRAM INTERCHANGE DEMOLISHED

Alternative Station

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Al Alterna rnative – P – Park St Station ion

Solution:

• Locate UG rail station along the northern edge of

Fawkner Park adjacent to Toorak Road

• Exit points from UG could be provided at St Kilda

Road (via an UG travelling walkway), at Park Street, and on the northern side of Toorak Road

• The former will directly connect with all present St

Kilda Road trams. Including Tram #55, for which trackage exists for continuation to Toorak Road

• The Park St exit connects to Tram #8 along Toorak

Road to South Yarra and beyond

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Solution:

• The Park Street Exit is only 400 metres walk from the

western end of the South Yarra commercial sites.

• It is less than 1 km (tram or walk) to the South Yarra

Station – negating the case for an UG station there

• Only 800 metres from the Alfred Hospital
• It is only 400 metres from the Shrine Reserve along

quiet side streets, or a short tram ride at frequent intervals

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#8 Tram PARK STATION CONCEPT

CURRENT LOCATION JUST NORTH OF HERE

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PLACEMENT CAN MINIMISE THE NUMBER OF LARGE TREES LOST CONSTRUCTION SITE CAN BE LARGELY OFF ROAD, MINIMISING DISRUPTION VERY MINIMAL SERVICES AND UTILITIES NEED TO BE RELOCATED

A RELATIVELY CLEAN SITE

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A SUBTERRANEAN PEDESTRIAN PLAZA/CROSSING IS NOT REQUIRED, REDUCING EXCAVATION DEPTH/VOLUME SIGNIFICANTLY EXISTING TENNIS COURTS AND KINDERGARTEN CAN BE TEMPORARILY RELOCATED NEARBY

PARK LAND and INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE RESTORED AND IMPROVED DIRECTLY OVER STATION

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#8 TRAM PARK STATION SERVICES NEEDS BETTER ALBERT PARK ST KILDA ROAD OFFICES AND APARTMENTS SOUTH YARRA COMMERCIA DISTRICT AND STATION THE SHRINE AND BOTANIC GARDENS ALFRED HOSPITAL A MINOR MOVE, VAST IMPROVEMENT SCHOOLS SCHOOLS SCHOOLS ALL OTHER TRAMS SCHOOLS

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Benefits:

• Minimises Loss of Mature Trees
• No loss of “image” for Melbourne
• Minimises disruption to Vehicular Traffic
• Eliminates disruption to Tram Services, waste of expenditure
• Eliminates risk to cyclists and pedestrians
• Virtually no Services/Utilities encountered/relocated
• Significantly reduced depth of Excavation required
• Over 100,000 cubic metres less excavation
• AND

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Will:

• Cost $200 – 400 Million less, whilst,
• Requiring a significantly less Build Time

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A good (?) idea at the time, but the detail has shown that it has many drawbacks: Costs Environmental Impacts Risks

Park Station

A small change, but, the logical decision!

Thank You!

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