Tuesday, 3 March 2026
Adjournment
Suburban Rail Loop
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Adjournment
Suburban Rail Loop
Meng Heang TAK (Clarinda) (19:15): (1556) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for the Suburban Rail Loop, and the action I seek is for the minister to provide an update on the works at the future Suburban Rail Loop stabling site as we prepare for the tunnelling to start this year. Major construction is ramping up on the city-shaping Suburban Rail Loop project, with crews building a massive tunnel-boring machine launch site in Heatherton. In December, with you, Deputy Speaker, we had the 78-tonne tunnel-boring machine cutterhead arrive at Heatherton ready for tunnelling to kick off this year. The cutterhead will be used to carve the southern section of the tunnel between Cheltenham and Glen Waverley. Four tunnel-boring machines will be launched from Clarinda to dig the tunnels between Cheltenham and Glen Waverley. Two will travel south to Cheltenham via the train stabling facility at Heatherton and two will head north to Glen Waverley. The Suburban Rail Loop East trains will take passengers in 2035, slashing travel times, easing congestion and making it easier for young Victorians to find and buy more homes within walking distance of services, jobs and new world-class stations. I thank the minister and look forward to her response.