Site establishment at Gormans Hill Road from 3 July

Site establishment for the water harvesting works will commence on Gormans Hill Road and Russell Street on Monday, 3 July.

Partial road closures will occur from 3 July through to 14 July to allow for trenching and laying of pipes across Gormans Hill Road at the intersection of Gormans Hill Road and Waterworks Lane, and at the intersection of Russell and Alpha Streets.

Traffic control will be on site from 7.00am to 5.00pm and outside of these hours the road will fully reopen. Once the trenching has been completed on Gormans Hill Road the works will then move to Waterworks Lane under traffic control.

Once the works at the intersection of Russell and Alpha Streets have been completed further works will occur along Alpha Street under traffic control.

The water harvesting project will boost the city’s water security by providing extra drinking water supply. The scheme will include a 36 megalitre storage pond off Morrisset Street to capture stormwater runoff from drains and catchments and an 8 megalitre storage pond at the Water Filtration Plant.

The NSW Government has provided $20 million in funding to Council for water security projects including the Water Harvesting Scheme and the Winburndale pipeline project.