Even better would have been to use this extra space to give an entrance/exit to Sydney road. However, the plans for a new apartment
block - presumably approved as there were 70% of these sold, would put the kibosh on that.

Regards

Dudley Horscroft
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mal Rowemal.rowe@... [TramsDownUnder]" TramsDownUnder@...>
To: TramsDownUnder@...>
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2017 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Sydney Rd Moreland Rd this weekend

> On 18/11/2017 4:14 PM, Bramleybrammers@... [TramsDownUnder] wrote:

>> Thanks Mal. The works notice said they were removing 'redundant rail'.

>> Do you know what that meant? Are they removing the crossover north of

>> Moreland Rd?

> Quite likely - they were digging out the crossover today and I didn't

> see a new crossover set around anywhere. Pic attached.

>>

>> I also noticed almost all of the storefronts in Sydney Rd in front of

>> the depot shed were empty. Does YT/VicTrack have some plans for these,

>> or is it just coincidence?

>

> I don't know, but think that might just be a sympton of a bit of 'small

> retail malaise' in the area. The 'vibrant' part of Sydney Rd is a bit

> further south.

>

> Yarra are facing a severe shortage of depot space. Brunswick is one of

> the few depots to have a bit of spare land.

> See:

> https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.7572101,144.9624265,221m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!17m1!1e1?dcr=0

>

> One possibility could be to build a new depot addition south of the

> existing depot - and put staff car-parking on the roof of that depot.

>

>

> Mal

>

>