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The three kilometre section of busway between Constitution Road, Windsor and Sadlier Street, Kedron will be delivered with Airport Link to maximise benefits and minimise local impacts during construction. The works around Federation Street, Windsor will also be delivered with Airport Link. City North Infrastructure Pty Ltd (CNI) was established as a wholly government-owned company to manage the delivery of Airport Link and the Northern Busway (Windsor to Kedron) on behalf of the State Government. Expressions of Interest (EOIs) to build the joint projects were called from suitably qualified consortia in February 2007 and closed in April 2007. Four groups submitted their interest in delivering the two projects. A short list of three groups was selected to submit formal proposals on the projects. The private sector was asked to bid to construct Airport Link as a Public Private Partnership (PPP), with the busway component funded by government and returned to government ownership after construction. Following the close of bids in December 2007, an extensive evaluation was undertaken to assess the proposals in terms of engineering design, traffic benefits, environmental outcomes, community outcomes and value for money. On Monday, 19 May 2008, the premier announced BrisConnections had been selected as the preferred bidder. Construction of this section of the busway is expected to commence in late 2008 and will be operational by mid 2012. As part of BrisConnections' proposed design to construct the busway between Windsor and Kedron, some changes have been made to the concept design (developed during the planning phase).
Why are changes needed? In seeking a contractor to build the Northern Busway (Windsor to Kedron) and Airport Link the government encouraged innovation in the development of a detailed design proposal to minimise impacts on local communities. The changes made to the concept design (developed during the planning phase) have been made to:
While changes have been made the key features and functions of the busway design have been maintained. What will the busway between Windsor and Kedron look like? The Northern Busway (Windsor to Kedron) will connect Northern Busway (Royal Children's Hospital to Windsor) with Kedron and includes:
The section of busway between the northern end of the Federation Street connection and Constitution Road will be delivered separately when needed. View the proposed design. The section of busway between the northern end of the Federation Street connection and Constitution Road will be delivered separately. What are the key changes?
The key changes to the concept design in this area are: Lutwyche section The key changes to the concept design in this area are: Busway station Truro Street Kedron section (including Gympie Road) The key changes to the concept design in this area are: Access changes Key operational changes to the busway concept design include:
Lutwyche Kedron Project delivery changes The construction of the Northern Busway and the Airport Link are proposed to be closely coordinated, resulting in the majority of the busway worksites being shared with Airport Link. The key changes to project delivery at worksites specific to the Northern Busway are described below:
Worksites Spoil Urban mitigation Property changes The initial concept design included impacts to 144 properties at surface level and two properties at a volumetric (below ground) level. These properties included commercial, residential and government owned properties. The detailed design by BrisConnections has altered the anticipated property impacts of the busway infrastructure and worksites. Locations The changes in property impacts are generally located in the vicinity of:
Property owners affected by changes to the concept design have been contacted by the City North Infrastructure (CNI) Land Team. CNI and the TransLink Transit Authority are committed to keeping property owners informed as the projects progress. By delivering these projects together and combining worksites, property impacts have been minimised. Why are the Northern Busway and Airport Link being delivered together? The Northern Busway and Airport Link proposals follow a similar corridor along Lutwyche Road between Bowen Hills and Kedron. The decision for the two projects to follow a similar corridor was identified after preliminary investigations showed that this corridor would maximise the benefits for the local community and minimise potential impacts for the individual projects. View more information on Airport Link. A report detailing the changes to the Northern Busway (Windsor to Kedron) concept design (developed during planning) was developed following the evaluation period. View the change report by chapter:
chapter 1: introduction (pages 12 - 14) (PDF, 42KB) chapter 2: changes to the Northern Busway project (pages 15 - 17) (PDF, 143KB) chapter 3: changes to the project design and effects (pages 18 - 40) (PDF, 6.9MB) chapter 4: changes to project delivery and effects (pages 41 - 51) (PDF, 2.3MB) chapter 5: conclusions (pages 52 - 58) (PDF, 70KB) chapter 6: glossary (pages 59 - 60) (PDF, 621KB). Alternatively you can view the Northern Busway (Windsor to Kedron) change report here:
change report (this document does not contain images) (DOC, 638KB). The Northern Busway (Windsor to Kedron) change report was made available for public comment between 31 May 2008 and 30 June 2008. Submissions were received from businesses, government agencies and the public. View the submissions assessment and reponses (PDF, 2.06MB).  Download Adobe Reader to display and print PDF files. This software is freely distributed by Adobe Systems Inc. While this department has taken every possible precaution with the creation of these files, they are downloaded and used at your own risk. Various tools to enable access to these files for people using screen readers can be found at www.adobe.com/accessibility. |
Windsor to Kedron (delivered with Airport Link)