Melbourne Zoo seeks assurances about East West Link construction - ABC Local

Posted October 04, 2013 12:35:59

Melbourne Zoo is seeking assurances that the East West Link tunnel construction will not have an impact on the animals.

The western entrance of the tunnel will be a few hundred metres from the zoo.

Melbourne Zoo director Kevin Tanner says he wrote to the Linking Melbourne Authority (LMA) to highlight the potential issues.

"We initially started to look at what impacts may affect us and they're things like ground vibrations or sudden noise, vehicle emissions or the continuity of our business," he said.

"We would like to be assured that the vibrations or sudden noise that impacts on our animals is taken into consideration."

Mr Tanner says the Oregon Zoo went through a similar project when a subway was built under the zoo.

"They found there was no affect whatsoever upon the animals either before, during or after the construction of their tunnel," he said.

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