Project update - September 2024

We’re making steady progress in building infrastructure to support the growth of our rural communities.

Although we’ve experienced some delays – mostly due to wet weather and the resulting impact of groundwater – we’ve now laid over 33,000 metres of pipe, and foundational construction has commenced on 17 new maintenance holes in the area.

We’re now underway in installing the rising wastewater main pipeline in Lot C of our plan, along Fairwater Drive up to Bong Bong Road. This is open-trench work and will have some temporary impacts to the roadway and traffic in the area.

We’ve started work on the new drinking water main on the Southern end of Cleveland Drive and are about to start another section at Fairwater Drive near the Fowlers Road intersection. The new pipeline’s is being installed by a process called micro-tunnelling, whereby a remotely controlled excavation drill is placed belowground to work on tunnelling the new pipe’s placement, while the aboveground roadway remains intact.

In addition to the above, October will amplify our progress even further, when we begin construction on the 365 metres drinking water main pipeline at Lot A1 on Bong Bong Road.

There’s still a way to go and the many sections we’re working on concurrently, along with the construction of other services can look a bit daunting. We’re committed to our purpose of improving the liveability of the West Dapto and are mindful of the impact our work can have to get to the end goal. For this reason, we’d like to extend a big thank you to the community for your patience and understanding so far.