Uploaded June 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
A massive shed that will be at the heart of activity for building the West Gate Tunnel is complete, as the project gets ready for tunnelling to start soon.
The shed will make sure noise and dust is kept to a minimum for nearby residents and businesses while 1.5 million cubic metres of rock and soil is excavated to build Melbourne’s alternative to the West Gate Bridge.
Over 12,000 work hours have gone into building the shed, which is 180 metres long and 90 metres wide, and bigger than the Altona Bunnings.
It will be connected to the tunnel by a conveyer system that will be 15 kilometres long by the time tunnelling comes to an end.
Rock and soil will be taken from underground on the conveyer to the launch site for the tunnel boring machines, over the top of Somerville Road on covered conveyer, and then into giant bins before being trucked away.
The conveyers will move at 12.6 kilometres per hour and at the peak of activity will move 9000 tonnes of rock and soil a day.
A massive shed that will be at the heart of activity for building the West Gate Tunnel is complete, as the project gets ready for tunnelling to start soon.
The shed will make sure noise and dust is kept to a minimum for nearby residents and businesses while 1.5 million cubic metres of rock and soil is excavated to build Melbourne’s alternative to the West Gate Bridge.
Over 12,000 work hours have gone into building the shed, which is 180 metres long and 90 metres wide, and bigger than the Altona Bunnings.
It will be connected to the tunnel by a conveyer system that will be 15 kilometres long by the time tunnelling comes to an end.
Rock and soil will be taken from underground on the conveyer to the launch site for the tunnel boring machines, over the top of Somerville Road on covered conveyer, and then into giant bins before being trucked away.
The conveyers will move at 12.6 kilometres per hour and at the peak of activity will move 9000 tonnes of rock and soil a day.
