CBD roads to be closed for years as Metro Tunnel construction begins
Parts of the CBD will remain closed to the public for years on end as construction of the Melbourne's Metro Tunnel kicks off this week and continues well into the next decade.
Clay Lucas is city editor for The Age. Clay has worked at The Age since 2005, covering state politics, urban affairs, transport, local government and workplace relations for The Age and Sunday Age.
Parts of the CBD will remain closed to the public for years on end as construction of the Melbourne's Metro Tunnel kicks off this week and continues well into the next decade.
More than a decade after it was initially proposed, serious works on Melbourne's Metro Tunnel project begin from Monday – including the first tree removals near the Shrine of Remembrance, and two major street closures.
Tens of millions of dollars worth of public land - some of it cherished parks and reserves - are being prepared for sale by the Andrews government, as its agencies move to offload assets deemed "surplus".
Sitting in the planning department's office this week, reading through submissions to the Andrews government's public land sales committee, I felt for the 70-odd people who had written to ask that their open space not be taken from them.
One of Brighton's oldest mansions, a dilapidated home that was built in 1860, has been heritage listed - possibly blocking plans by an exclusive girls grammar to knock it down and build an indoor sports centre.
When Jenny Port and her partner spent around $4000 putting solar panels on their Collingwood home a couple of years ago, they thought it highly likely apartments might one day be built behind them.
A developer has brought in one of the country's biggest law firms to threaten an individual resident, over their amateur depiction of what a controversial apartment plan will look like.
The Andrews government will launch a costly High Court bid to block the Victorian Ombudsman from probing Labor's alleged rorting of parliamentary funds.
Handing a huge parcel of public land next to Docklands to Transurban – for toll road entry and exit ramps – will destroy a major urban renewal opportunity, a residents group says.
A new South Yarra railway station will not be built as part of the Melbourne Metro rail tunnel – but the Andrews government has conceded it may be needed in the future, after months of arguing it was not necessary.
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