A former limestone quarry on the fringes of Melbourne’s northeastern suburbs is being transformed into a housing and retail development estate with the use of Volvo machinery from CJD Equipment.
Plans for the new suburb were first approved in 2017 and, since then, the former Lilydale Quarry site and surrounding farmland, spanning 163 hectares in total, has continued to be converted into allocated developments.
The area was one of the biggest vacant sites in the Melbourne metropolitan area and, once completed, will provide housing for up to 9,000 new residents, as well as retail