Media Release: Monorail removal at the halfway point The Sydney Monorail project has reached the half way mark with 50 per cent of track and stations removed, a Transport for NSW spokesman said today. “Work to remove the monorail infrastructure only started in August this year and already half of the 3.6km track and 153 steel support columns have been safely removed,” the spokesman said. “Crews have been working through the night to minimise disruption to traffic and pedestrians in Sydney’s CBD. Each morning Sydneysiders have been waking to find the monorail gradually disappearing. “The weather we’ve had over the past month or so has meant the crews are moving through the city without any major delays, allowing works to progress at pace. “Sydney businesses, residents and the community have been very cooperative, and satisfied with the level of consultation, which has meant we can continue getting on with the work to remove this infrastructure.” The spokesman said although the half way mark has been reached, some of the more complicated parts of the project are still to come. “Over the coming weeks, track and columns will be removed along Liverpool and Market streets, as well as the Galeries Victoria station in Pitt Street,” he said. “Work will also commence to remove the track from above the Western Distributor. This section of track, which stretches from Market Street to the city end of Pyrmont Bridge, will close the Western Distributor briefly over two weekends. “This is the most difficult section of track to remove and will require some intricate and complicated lifts.” Major demolition work is expected to be finished late this year with other works scheduled through until March 2014. The target of recycling at least 90 per cent of the monorail infrastructure is also on track with various components being reused across Sydney. “There are carriages going to Google for use in their new offices, the Powerhouse Museum in Castle Hill, and the Electric Train Society,” the spokesman said. “Over 1,000 metres of monorail steel track will also be re-used on a temporary road bridge as part of the North West Rail Link project. “This amounts to more than 500 tonnes of steel. It’s a win-win situation for both the community having this infrastructure reused in a sustainable way, and for recipients like the constructors of the NWRL project giving them an immediate source of steel for the project.” The monorail removal contractor will deliver lengths of beam to a steel fabrication company in Rooty Hill. Seventy-four lengths of steel from the monorail will be delivered for the North West Rail Link in total, with the longest measuring around 30 metres in length. transport.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/monorail-removal-halfway-point
Posted on: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 03:41:38 +0000
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