Community Liaison Group

Joint Group Meeting

24 July 2019

Time # Item Detail

5.30pm 1 Welcome, introductions, apologies and actions

5.40pm 2 Actions from previous meetings

5.55pm 3 Report from CLG community members

6.10pm 4 Construction update

6.30pm 5 Questions from CLG members on construction update

6.40pm 6 Tea Break - Reconvene in 15 minutes.

6.55pm 7 Schools Engagement Program – West Gate Kids

7.10pm 8 CLG Landscape Update

7.20pm 9 West Gate Tunnel Authority Update

7.30pm 10 Actions arising and close

JIM WILLIAMSON

Introduction and open actions

Report from CLG community members

Construction update

TUNNEL ZONE

ANDREW SHEPHERD

North Portal Precinct Overview

TBM Assembly

TBM Assembly

North Portal

North Yarra Main Sewer

Tunnelling Hub

Southern Portals

WEST ZONE

CHARLES FAIRBAIRN

Williamstown Road Interchange

Fogarty Avenue and The Avenue

Muir Street Pedestrian Overpass

Millers Road Interchange

Paringa Road

West Gate Freeway – Chambers Road to Grieve Parade

Kororoit Creek Bridge

M80 Interchange

EAST ZONE

JACQUES LE SUEUR

Maribyrnong River and river bank

Footscray Road & fish market site

Lynch’s Bridge

Dynon Road area

Questions and discussion from CLG members on upcoming

works

Tea break

School Engagement Program -West Gate Kids

BETH BEAVEN

School Engagement Program

• West Gate Kids is the school engagement program of the West Gate Tunnel Project

• Targeting schools in Melbourne’s west• Created for primary and secondary students aged 10 to

14• West Gate Kids links directly to the school curriculum

and promotes the study of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths (STEAM) subjects.

• Promotes real-world learning, using challenges from the project as a basis for its activities.

• Sessions are delivered by award winning scientist Dr Lorien Parker of SciencePlay Kids.

• Students are immersed in the world of science via a variety of hands-on experiments related to how cities work, involving electricity circuits, bridges, tunnels and more.

• To date 776 students have been engaged in 10 schools.

• By the end of 2019, West Gate Kids expects to have engaged over 1000 students across 15 primary and secondary schools in the western suburbs.

Delivery and Statistics

CLG members are invited to attend a 90-minute West Gate Kids session and watch Dr Loz and the kids in action as they enjoy the ‘Engineering our City’ program at the project Info Centre.

• Date: Friday 13 September 2019

• Where: WGTP Info Centre, Yarraville

• When: 3 sessions are likely - spread throughout the day – (exact timing TBC)

Please note: The date and time are tentative at this stage and are subject to change. Further confirmation and information will be provided once the booking is confirmed.

CLG Invitation

West Gate Kids Video

CLG Landscape Update

BETH BEAVEN

West Gate Tunnel Project (MTIA) Update

LIZ EVANS

National Tree Day

• Sunday 28 July 2019

• Property bounded by DohertysRoad, Grieve Parade and Kororoit Creek, Altona North

• 10am tree planting

• 12pm BBQ with special guests

• CLG members encouraged to attend.

CLG Recruitment

• Expression of Interest closed on Friday 7 June 2019

• Interviews for potential members commenced last week

• New members to be appointed by the next North and West CLG Meetings

Actions arising and close