Soil contamination has resulted in the proponent and builder of the $6.7b project arguing if the contract can be terminated. Transurban’s builders of the West Gate Tunnel, John Holland and CPB Contractors, laid off 137 workers last month in a dispute about liability for contaminated soil. The state government, joint-venture builders CPB Contractors and John Holland, and Transurban have suspended work on the tunnel which is set to open by 2022. Digging up this amount of soil to build the West Gate Tunnels will be a 24/7 operation at our Northern Portal site in Yarraville. The subcontractor was still working on the West Gate Tunnel … Search the West Gate Tunnel project agreement between Transurban and Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas and you will find a thumping 125 references to “contamination” in the 1465-page document. Residents in a community west of Melbourne are "extraordinarily" disappointed that a controversial plan to dump contaminated soil from the West Gate Tunnel Project near their town has been approved. Although a decision on where the West Gate Tunnel soil will go is yet to be made, this approval means Cleanaway can construct a soil management and reuse facility specifically to accept and process contaminated soil. West Gate Tunnel Project Report of Andrew Kalitsis 1 Introduction My firm Golder Associates Pty Ltd (Golder) prepared the technical report titled West Gate Tunnel Project, Technical Report B – Impact Assessment Contaminated Soil and Spoil Management 1521107- The West Gate Tunnel, originally known as the Western Distributor, is a four kilometre toll road currently under construction in Melbourne, Australia, to link the West Gate Freeway at Yarraville with the Port of Melbourne and CityLink at Docklands via twin tunnels beneath Yarraville, as well as a bridge and elevated road section.. A statement from Brimbank City Council Mayor, Cr Ranka Rasic: “Council is very concerned that planning approval has been granted for the Metro Regional Landfill in Ravenhall to accept contaminated soil from the West Gate Tunnel project. Construction of the West Gate Tunnel project is being overseen by a Westgate tunnel layoffs due to contaminated soil More than 100 workers constructing part of Melbourne’s West Gate Tunnel will lose their jobs because of contaminated … Managing rock and soil from the West Gate Tunnel To build the West Gate Tunnel, approximately 1.5 million cubic meters of rock and soil will need to be removed. Statement – West Gate Tunnel soil decision. Contaminated soil delays Melbourne West Gate TBMs 23 Apr 2020 Jonathan Rowland, TunnelTalk Two 15.6m diameter Herrenknecht TBMs procured by the CPB Contractors-John Holland JV to excavate the twin tubes of the West Gate highway in Melbourne are assembled but lying idle following issues with the management of contaminated soil. The development consortium responsible for building Melbourne’s West Gate Tunnel has taken inadequate measures to protect workers and the public from toxic contaminants, including asbestos and perfluoralkyl substances (PFAs), according to the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU). “I’m absolutely shocked that the … The project is currently facing potential cost blowouts after the discovery of contaminated soil at the site in Melbourne's industrial west. The case of the West Gate Tunnel.