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The Victorian Government has fast-tracked the removal of the level crossings at Mont Albert Road, Mont Albert and Union Road, Surrey Hills. Construction is well under way with completion expected in 2023.
Around 22,000 vehicles travel through these level crossings each day, with the boom gates down for up to 40 per cent of the two-hour morning peak when up to 61 trains travel through them.
The crossings will be removed by lowering the rail line under the roads with a new premium station to be built between the existing stations at Surrey Hills and Mont Albert.
This will have a significant impact on the surrounding areas particularly during construction, due to the narrow rail corridor and the close proximity of adjacent streets like Lorne Parade, Beresford Street and Churchill Street.
Final open space and landscape designs released
We welcome the final open space and landscape designs which were released by the LXRP on 18 April 2023. View the designs on the LXRP website.
It has also been announced that the new Union Station is due to open on Monday 22 May 2023.
The latest community updates, fact sheets, designs and works notices can be viewed on the State Government's Big Build website.
Council Vision
Council has worked with Boroondara Council and the Mont Albert and Surrey Hills communities to develop a Vision for the area. The Vision is being used to advocate for positive outcomes from the level crossing removal project.
In response to the LXRP designs released in June 2022, the Mayor wrote to the Minister for Transport Infrastructure to express Council's concerns. View the July project update and Mayor's letter ( PDF 155.87KB).
Subscribe to stay up to date with Council's response to the Union Road and Mont Albert Road Level Crossing Removals.
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Whitehorse is very disappointed that LXRP has decided to compulsorily occupy the two northern sportsfields at Surrey Park for up to two years, including the baseball diamond from early 2023. Find out more in the media release.
Council will be working closely with the Level Crossing Removal Project (LXRP) team to ensure that the interests of our community are well represented. We have prepared and submitted a submission to the LXRP on the project ( PDF 788.86KB) on behalf of the City of Whitehorse. It took into account or included the submissions Council had received from our community.
The key issues we have heard from community members so far is that the project needs to:
- Provide safe and convenient connections for public transport users, cyclists pedestrians and motorists to nearby shops, cafés and workplaces
- Retain the Mont Albert Station building
- Not disrupt or occupy the nearby sporting grounds during construction
- Protect and enhance open spaces and surrounding amenities
- Enhance the public realm of precinct surrounding the new train station, including high quality urban design and landscape outcomes, and protect the heritage areas within the precinct.
Council is continuing to work closely with our community and LXRP to ensure our community’s needs are heard and the best possible outcomes achieved.
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