A large, 'Bunnings-style' shed will be built near the Shrine of Remembrance in mid-2019 to contain dust and noise as excavations begin on the five Metro Tunnel stations.

The Anzac station site on St Kilda Road will be the starting point for a giant tunnel-boring machine's dig between southern Swanston Street and South Yarra for the Metro Tunnel project.



About five million tonnes of rock and soil are expected to be excavated from beneath Melbourne during the building of the twin nine-kilometre tunnels and the new underground stations.

A large acoustic shed will be built over the northern part of the Metro Tunnel site near St Kilda Road. Credit:Nell O'Shea

The acoustic shed will be constructed after the walls and concrete roof slab of the Anzac station have been laid – the station will be 300 metres long and 22 metres deep.