Scotch College

• A strip of land up to 2.85 metres wide on the southern boundary of the Hawthorn campus will be acquired compulsorily to accommodate an extra lane of the southern link of the tollway. The loss of this land will significantly reduce the available playing space on the Melville Oval. An additional strip, about 11 metres wide, will be used for temporary construction purposes.
• New pylons for the elevated roadway will be built on the Scotch site and Gardiner´s Creek.
• The profile of the Gardiners Creek levee bank will be changed.
• Scotch is considering a request from Transurban/CityLink for construction vehicles to access the Scotch site as early as August. This would allow the most disruptive part of the construction work (i.e the driving of piles for the pylons) to be done during the September holidays, rather than during the final school term.
• Transurban/CityLink has undertaken to reinstate the land and vegetation damaged during construction. Scotch College is presently evaluating options for reinstatement of the affected area.
• The construction of the widened tollway will mean the loss of a significant number of mature native trees, including river red gums. Transurban/CityLink claims fewer than 10 trees will have to be removed. Scotch College´s expert adviser estimates more than 100 trees are at risk. Scotch will demand full compensation for this considerable loss of vegetation assets and loss of amenity.
• Transurban/CityLink intends to increase traffic volumes on the expanded tollway from approximately 160,000 vehicles per day to approximately 300,000 vehicles per day.
• The speed limit on the widened tollway that borders the Scotch College campus will be reduced to 80 kilometres per hour.

Proposed tollway works area bordering the Melville Oval

Endangered trees next to the Melville Oval

Levee bank looking towards Glenferrie Road