WURUNDJERI WAY ROAD CLOSURE AND COLLINS ST
BRIDGE DECLARATION30/08/2013
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THE SITE
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• Parcels A & B are freehold
• Parcel C - Wurundjeri Way Road & Reserve
• Parcel D owned by Public
Transport Development Authority
• Parcel E - Collins Street Bridge
“BUNJIL” THE EAGLE
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• Feature of Wurundjeri Way since 2002
• Sculpture is 25m high & weighs
approx. 20 tonnes.
• Sits on a concrete base thought to weigh 90 tonnes.
• Designed by artist Bruce Armstrong
• Movement of the Eagle will require
agreement and consent between:- The Wurundjeri Council- Melbourne City Council- Vic Roads- Places Victoria- Bruce Armstrong
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT BY LEND LEASE
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• Lend lease has won the tender to develop the entire site
• The proposed development will include 100,000m² of office space
• 600 Apartments in 7 towers
• Construction of a public plaza
• Approximate construction cost of 1.5 billion dollars
• I’m not allowed to show you any impressive plans
• Approval for the development will be by the Minister for Planning , The Hon. Mr Matthew Guy………… not Melbourne City Council
KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND INTERESTED PARTIES
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PLACES VICTORIA- Land Owner- Developer
PUBLIC TRANSPORT VIC- Land Owner
MELBOURNE CITY COUNCIL- Referral Authority
- Professional advice
BEVERIDGE WILLIAMS- Surveying Services (Road Closure)
- Professional Advice for Places Victoria
MADIGAN SURVEYING- Surveying Services (Subdivision)
- Professional Advice for Lend Lease
LEND LEASE- Developer
- Key financier
VIC ROADS- Land Owner
- Professional Advice
LOT IN AIRSPACE
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• Lot has been designed as a series of sloping and tilting planes
• Lot design maximises the amount of developable land in airspace
• The lot in airspace must not breach the 5.9m minimum clearance to the constructed road
LOT IN AIRSPACE(CONTINUED)
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NOT SO TYPICAL CROSS-SECTIONS
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• Multiple Sections required to clarify lower limits of the lot
• Reduced levels computed to accord with intersection of the relevant section with the outer edge of each tilted plane
NOT SO TYPICAL CROSS-SECTIONS(CONTINUED)
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• The creation of the lot was designed and computed by Madigan
Surveying and verified by Beveridge Williams
CREATION OF FREEHOLD TITLE TO BE INSERTED INTO MADIGANS STAGED SUBDIVSION
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• Discontinuance of Wurundjeri Way will take place under Section 12 of the
Road Management Act 2004 by notice in the Government Gazette
• Some confusion on who the land vests in after its discontinuance- Crown has absolute property in Land over which there is an Arterial Road or Freeway (Schedule 5 (1a) RMA 2004)
YET………
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- If VicRoads has discontinued the use of a road or part of a road, it may in accordance with this clause sell the land on which the road or part of the road was located (Schedule 5 (15)(1) RMA 2004)
• Legal Advice has been sought and the Victorian Government Solicitor has advised: - VicRoads can transfer land to a third party purchaser or - Include this land within a Plan of Subdivision under Section 35 of the Subdivision Act 1988
FUTURE WORKS – CONSTRUCTION PHASE
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• Bridge deck will be constructed to sit within the airspace lot (1.5 billion dollar development will lie on top of the bridge deck)
• Columns and Pile Caps will have to be sunk and constructed into Wurundjeri Way to support the bridge deck:
- Who is going to be responsible for them? - Are titles for the supports required?
• Possible solutions included:
- Leave the columns under the control of VicRoads - Create a Section 173 agreement that covers maintenance - Create (In conjunction with the O.S.G.) C.A.’s for the area covered by the deck and
columns.
FUTURE WORKS – CONSTRUCTION PHASE(CONTINUED)
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• The agreed solution:
- The columns and pile caps within the road will be located and discontinued
- The titles will be inserted into the Madigans Staged Subdivision and become Common Property along with the deck that they support.
- Owners Corporation will be responsible for maintenance of structure within Common Property
- Owners Corporation must be fully funded, have the appropriate rules, regulations, insurance and procedures from its inception
COLLINS STREET BRIDGE DECLARATION
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• Collins Street Bridge has been accepted by the public and is on Melbourne City Councils public register of roads
• The bridge was incorrectly declared as Docklands Hwy (Wurundjeri Way) in 2000
COLLINS STREET BRIDGE DECLARATION(CONTINUED)
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• Declaration Survey of Collins Street Bridge Required:- Thorough search of Land Status- As-constructed survey of the bridge deck and piers- Search of historical design drawings for the bridge
COLLINS STREET BRIDGE DECLARATION(CONTINUED)
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• A best fit of our as-constructed survey with the design drawings for the bridge revealed that one of the pile caps encroached into Wurundjeri Way
• This is of particular importance as:
- We do not want to discontinue any part of the Collins Street bridge structure
- We do not want to sink columns (required for Lend Lease Development) into pile caps
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• Varying Depth and Height Limitations for Collins Street Bridge Declaration
SIMILAR PROJECT…… DIFFERENT PROCESS
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• Jolimont Railyards- This project has been in the pipeline for years - Construction of a deck over the Railyards opens up Federation Square to the Yarra
THANKYOU
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QUESTIONS?
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