The plan to build a hospital in North Melbourne's Arden development zone was scrapped in Tuesday's state budget
government has been grilled over its decision to scrap the proposed site of what would have been "Australia's largest hospital project".after the government discovered electromagnetic interference from the rail station below.however reveal officials were aware of the problems relating to the train interference from the Metro Tunnel project three years ago.An aerial view of Arden Station in North Melbourne under construction.
" and noise issues may result in inefficiencies in operations, limitations on services that can be provided," said the risk register obtained byInstead of building the hospital in Arden, the government said they would redevelop hospitals in Parkville. Premier Jacinta Allan told reporters today that the final decision to change plans was only made while finalising the budget, despite train testing being completed last year."It made sense to take the advice of the engineers to be able to build a big new hospital investment," she said.
"To be able to build it on the Parkville site more quickly and better value for money... At the time, make the most out of the space at Arden by building more homes."
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