A contract has been awarded to remove boom gates at two inner-west Melbourne level crossings. The alliance of Acciona, WSP, Metro Trains Melbourne and VIDA Rail will carry out work at Anderson Street in Yarraville and Hudsons Road in Spotswood. The state government says the Anderson Street crossing has seen one fatality and four serious injuries since 2006. The Yarraville project will close the western part of Anderson Street to traffic, create a pedestrian plaza and add parking. Construction starts next year, with completion due in 2029. The Hudsons Road crossing is expected to be removed by 2028.
Williamstown CYMS and Footscray United both lost close matches in the Isaac Howarth Shield. The CYs were defeated by Sunshine after a rain delay, while Maribyrnong Park St Marys edged out the Bulldogs. Seddon dominated, bowling out the Tigers for 58 and winning by eight wickets. The Druids secured their first win of the season against Aberfeldie. In the senior division, Yarraville Club beat St Albans, and Altona North's match with Airport West St Christopher’s was abandoned.
A contract has been awarded to remove the Anderson Street and Hudsons Road level crossings in Melbourne's west. Construction is expected to begin in 2027 and finish in 2029. The project aims to improve safety and reduce delays in Yarraville and Spotswood. Two new accessible underpasses will maintain connections for pedestrians and cyclists. Plans also include new public space and additional car parking near Yarraville Village.
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NEXTDC shares fell 42 per cent in a single day after the company said delays in getting power to its inner-west Melbourne data centre expansion would cut its future earnings by a third. The delays followed residents in Yarraville blocking power company Jemena's crews from working in Sanderson Street, forcing them to abandon the holes they had dug. Separately, the planned listing of AI data centre company Firmus, valued at about $44 billion, fell apart after large investors refused to pay $11 a share.
Shares of NextDC, Australia's largest listed data centre developer, fell 40.2 per cent to an eight-year low of $5.48 in early trading on Wednesday. The company said community opposition led power operator Jemena to suspend electricity grid work at its M3 data centre in West Footscray. Jemena has told NextDC it does not intend to resume work before February. NextDC has removed the affected M3 contracts from its 2026/27 earnings guidance and plans to cut capital expenditure by $750 million.
House prices in Hobsons Bay dropped sharply over the September quarter, according to Real Estate Institute of Victoria data. Williamstown led the fall, with average prices down 24.8 per cent to $1.3 million, their lowest since the Covid-19 pandemic. Newport fell 13.4 per cent to $1.1 million, and Altona dropped 10 per cent to the same average. Seaholme and Altona North were the only suburbs to record noticeable rises, of 9.8 and 8.1 per cent. Seaholme now matches Williamstown as the highest-priced suburb in the inner west.
Comedian Shaun Micallef will attend a free community screening of his documentary Going for Broke at the Sun Theatre in Yarraville on Thursday 29 October. The evening includes selected clips, a panel discussion and a question and answer session. Hosted by Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay councils and IPC Health, the event runs from 6pm to 8pm and explores gambling harm through lived experience, research and community voices. A qualified counsellor will be on site, and bookings are essential.
Point Cook has become the most expensive Wyndham suburb for houses, according to quarterly median data from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria. Its median house price fell 1.2 per cent in the September quarter to $850,000, still more than $100,000 above Williams Landing. Williams Landing's median dropped 20.9 per cent to $740,000. Across metropolitan Melbourne, median prices softened 0.7 per cent, with the median house price at $943,000. Mount Eliza recorded the strongest quarterly house price growth, rising 9.1 per cent to $1.8 million.
A free oral health session for parents and carers of children aged 0-2 returns to Yarraville next month. Dentist Dr Bill Madytianos will run the Healthy Smiles session at Yarraville Community Centre on Thursday 12 November, from 2.30 to 3.30pm. Topics include teething, brushing routines, preventing tooth decay, first dental visits and dental emergencies. Dr Madytianos said early habits can have a lasting effect on children's oral health. Places are limited, and an optional take-home pack will be available.
A renovated five-bedroom home in Moonee Ponds sold for $2,817,500 after it passed in at auction on Saturday. The vendors, who are moving to Queensland, cut their price hopes. In Yarraville, a converted shopfront home sold for $1,265,000 after drawing three bidders. In Kingsville, a renovated cottage sold for $1.34 million in post-auction negotiations. Agents say renovated homes in good locations are still transacting well, while unrenovated stock is struggling more.
