Tuesday 31 July 2012

Inside the big green shed - Transcity Community Liaison Group Meeting 12 - Minutes and Slides

Wondering what's happening inside the very big green shed at the western worksite in Toowong. Take a look at the photos in this document of the tunnel boring machines being assembled, ready for action in September 2012.

http://www.transcityjv.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Presentation-westernCLG-July2012.pdf 


Western Community Liaison Group - Minutes and Slides
http://www.transcityjv.com.au/community/community-liaison-groups

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Tunnel boring machine. Image: Transcity

Tunnel boring machine. Image: Transcity
Inside green shed, tunnel boring machine. Image: Transcity

Friday 27 July 2012

Transcity's ACCIONA brings the exhibition "Portrait of Spain: Masterpieces from the Prado" to Queensland Art Gallery

ACCIONA, one of Spain’s largest corporations and part of the Transcity consortium, formed by ACCIONA (Spain), BMD Constructions (Australia) and Ghella (Italy) have sponsored the exhibition “Portrait of Spain: Masterpieces of the Prado”. The exhibition will be open to the public from 21 July to 4 November 2012 at the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane.

Exhibition advertisement on side of large green shed at Legacy Way western worksite Toowong. Inside the tunnel boring machines are being assembled for tunnelling to begin in September 2012.

http://www.acciona.com/news/acciona-sponsors-the-exhibition-portrait-of-spain-masterpieces-of-the-prado-in-australia

Friday 13 July 2012

Community Liaison Group Meeting 12 - Wednesday 18 July 2012

Transcity Legacy Way Western Connection Community Liaison Group Meeting 12 - Wednesday 18 July 2012 - email Friends of ANZAC Park Toowong CLG Representative if you have questions or matters to raise with BCC and/or Transcity about the tunnel project: faptoowong@gmail.com

Thursday 5 July 2012

Media: Residents could face health risks from Legacy Way emissions according to QUT professor Lidia Morawska

http://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/central/residents-could-face-health-risks-from-legacy-way-emissions/comments-fn8m0qb4-1226416472191

More information on Ventilation Outlets in the Coordinator-Generals Conditions Appendix 1
Schedule 1 at 4. Making a Material Change of Use for ERA 51 - road tunnel ventiliation stack operation.

(a) Prior to the commencement of operation of the environmentally relevant activity (ERA), prepare and implement an Operational Air Quality Environmental Management Plan to mitigate and manage the potential impacts on air quality arising from the operation of the tunnel ventilation system.

(b) The ventilation system must be designed so that it does not prevent the possible future installation of filtration equipment to remove small particles and possibly oxides of nitrogen from vitiated air before it is released to the ambient environment during tunnel operation.


(c) The western ventilation outlet for the project is to be situated adjacent to the Centenary Motorway at the location indicated in the EIS1, and must be at least 20 metres in height above natural ground level in that location, or no less than RL 67metres, whichever is the higher.

Take the below link:


http://www.deedi.qld.gov.au/cg/resources/project/northern-link-tunnel/nlrt-cg-report-appendix-01.pdf

Wednesday 4 July 2012

Legacy Way Workforce Parking Proposal - Lower Sir Samual Griffith Drive - Comment Period


Friends of ANZAC Park supports the below proposal. In fact this solution to the parking issue was suggested by us in our submission dated 24 November 2010 to the Co-ordinator General in relation to the Project.


Brisbane City Council is inviting community input on a proposal to use the lower section of Sir Samuel Griffith Drive, adjacent to Scenic Drive, for temporary workforce parking on Legacy Way. Please find attached a notification about the proposal.


Transcity, the contractor building Legacy Way, requires additional car parking for its workforce over the next two years, as construction activities continue. Under the proposal, the lower section of Sir Samuel Griffith Drive will close temporarily, for approximately two years, to through traffic and cyclists. This section of the road will be converted to one central lane with 150 car spaces to be line-marked on the existing road surface. It is important to note that access to and from the Brisbane Lookout at Mt Coot-tha, via Scenic Drive, will not change and will be maintained at all times.


The comment period for the parking proposal runs from Monday 2 July to Tuesday 17 July 2012. Members of Council's Legacy Way project team are available to meet throughout this period. To have your say, find out information or to arrange a meeting with the team, you can:


· visit the website and view the preliminary design at www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/legacyway

· phone the project team on 1800 692 333

· email the project team at legacy.way@brisbane.qld.gov.au

· write to:

Legacy Way Project Team

Brisbane City Council

GPO Box 1434

Brisbane Qld 4001