Work starts on garden and access to Darling Harbour update (and 15,000!)

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They've started work on the garden area on the east side of the building. It's been a concreted work area for two years, the place where the toilets and work sheds were initially located. Now the excavator has moved in to start the transformation. How different this will look once the trees and shrubs go in. Let's hope they remove the graffiti as well, and preferably, plant something growing up the wall under the road. Or maybe we do that later as a body corporate, when the owners can choose what the place looks like. The existing trees have survived the construction, and they will filter the light into some of the eastern apartments.

Most of you will know one of the great features of HM is its proximity to Darling Harbour. Not only this, but there is an easy to access walkway alongside the expressway, and then a lift into Darling Harbour. This lift is being replaced. It's currently the red dot, but because the Exhibition Centre is being expanded, it will move about 10 metres further into Darling Harbour, shown in the yellow dot. Long term, it's good to have a shiny new lift in a good location.

However, from the start of June until late July, when we are scheduled to move in (I have written to the developer asking for an update, no response yet), while they replace the lift, this access point will not be available for people who cannot use stairs. The blue and pink lines show the 'flat' alternatives, or take the light rail.