Refresh Vaucluse and Diamond Bay

New amenities at Parsley Bay by mid 2025

Sydney Water has awarded the contract to construct the new amenities at the Caretaker’s Cottage to Gartner Rose, an experienced construction company with expertise in renovating heritage buildings. Gartner Rose is coordinating construction work and site access with the Parsley Bay pump station main work contractor Abergeldie Complex Infrastructure (ACI) to minimise our impacts to the surrounding community. Both Delivery Partners will be working together to schedule heavy vehicle movements to and from the site, minimise worker parking in local streets, minimise changes to pedestrian access and combine construction progress update for the local community.

Although actual construction work is planned to start later, the site establishment will commence week starting Monday 14 October 2024. The new amenities building is expected to be completed in mid-2025, weather permitting.

For more information please access the notification distributed to residents on Friday October 11, 2024.

The project has reached significant milestones in September 2024.

In Parsley Bay we will be demolishing the existing amenities in preparation for constructing the new pump station, starting construction of the new amenities at the Caretaker’s Cottage and closing one of the pedestrian access paths from Hopetoun Avenue and the access path from Parsley Road to ensure public safety.

In Carlisle St Rose Bay, we are preparing for construction of a new wastewater pipeline in Rose Bay. This includes service investigation and potholing work along Carlisle Street and Dover Road. This work is scheduled to start in the week commencing 30 September 2024 and will last up to two weeks, weather permitting. To minimise traffic impacts, we are planning this work during the school holidays.

We have issued notifications to residents in the Rose Bay and Vaucluse area to advise of our work.

You can read the Parsley Bay notification in full and the Carlisle St notification here.

We thank you for your patience during our construction work.

Thanks for meeting us on Saturday September 7, 2024.

On a beautiful Spring Day in Parsley Bay, we met community members at the Parsley Bay Reserve to update everyone on our construction progress.

Thanks to everyone who attended and asked us questions about the purpose of the project, our construction schedule and how we will minimise construction impact to the community.

We will continue to meet with the community throughout the construction period and provide updates on our progress to build the new pump station and new amenities on the ground floor of the Caretaker’s Cottage. Temporary amenities will be available adjacent to the kiosk before the old amenities block is demolished.

Throughout construction visitors will continue to have access via to facilities at Parsley Bay including the children’s playground, park and beach. Access to Parsley Bay will be maintained via Horler Avenue, Fitzwilliam Road, The Crescent and the additional northern access path on Hopetoun Avenue.

Many thanks for your patience during our construction work.

We would like to provide you with an update on the progress of the project and invite you to meet the team in Parsley Bay Reserve on Saturday 7 September 2024.

Please follow the link here to read the latest newsletter.

We look forward to meeting you on Saturday, September 7 between 10am and 12pm in the Reserve near the Kiosk.

As we start construction in the Parsley Bay car park we are undertaking initial vegetation removal, tree pruning and weed management from August 16, 2024 for 2 -3 days. This involves around 17 trees including a mix of mature and juvenile trees in proximity to the existing toilet block. We will protect adjacent trees to ensure there is no impact to their root systems.

From September 2024, the existing toilet block will be demolished in preparation for the new pump station and the excavation for the pump station will start in October 2024. You will be able to access temporary toilet and shower facilities in the park prior to the demolition of the existing toilet block.

Our work hours

Monday to Friday from 7 am to 6 pm and on Saturdays from 8 am to 1 pm. If we need to work outside these hours, we will notify residents in advance.

The Reserve remains open to visitors, and you can access Parsley Bay via Horler Avenue, Fitzwilliam Road, Hopetoun Avenue and The Crescent.

Thanks for your patience during our work.

You can still grab a drink, lunch or a snack at the Parsley Bay kiosk!

To access the Parsley Bay Reserve please use the pedestrian tracks on Hopetoun Avenue, Fitzwilliam Road and The Crescent.

Find out what’s happening at Parsley Bay

Sydney Water’s delivery partner Abergeldie Complex Infrastructure has started work at Parsley Bay to build a new wastewater pumping station and supporting infrastructure that will redirect untreated wastewater away from one of Sydney’s last three remaining ocean outfalls.

We are inviting you to pop in for a chat with the team from Sydney Water and Abergeldie to learn more about this important project.

In May 2024, Sydney Water published an Addendum to the project Review of Environmental Factors which includes recommendations from the Specialist Ecology Services Report.

Both documents are available to the community here.

On Wednesday May 29, 2024 our project team will establish the construction site in the car park at Parsley Bay. From this date we will close the car park and Horler Avenue to vehicles and install boom gates, pedestrian signage and site fencing.

From the end of May for the next few months we will carry out investigations to locate underground power and water services in Horler Avenue, relocate services, connect to high voltage power lines in Parsley Road and Fitzwilliam Road and prepare the site for construction activities.

To complete these works we will:

• deliver materials and equipment
• install a truck turntable in the car park
• take away spoil from the site using vacuum trucks
• install erosion and sediment controls around the car park
• realign Horler Avenue to allow trucks to enter and exit
• widen the car park entry (removing sandstone blocks and replacing them on completion of work)
• relocate existing street lighting on Horler Avenue
• prune the fig tree adjacent to the toilet lock and trim trees on private property
• install temporary toilets and shower facilities in the park

From September 2024, the existing toilet block will be demolished in preparation for the new pump station. Temporary toilet facilities will be provided throughout construction.

During construction, you will continue to have access to the reserve using tracks existing and paths and tracks on The Crescent, Hopetoun Avenue and Fitzwilliam Road.

You may notice:

• vehicles entering and exiting the car park
• trenching, saw cutting the road and rock breaking (if required)
• installing pipes and conduits with site vehicles and equipment on the road and verges
• limited clearing of vegetation in the pump station site area.

All our work areas will be reinstated after work is completed. When you visit Parsley Bay, please be aware that we have your safety in mind, so we request that you follow the directions of traffic controllers and our project team.

Managing our construction impacts

We will minimise impacts as much as possible through active monitoring of noise, dust and vibration, our selection of machinery, considering the hours we conduct our high impact activities and training and supervision of our workforce. Management plans are in place for each stage of work.

On May 1 2024, our delivery partner Abergeldie Complex Infrastructure notified residents in Vaucluse and surrounding suburbs about the closure of the car park and Horler Avenue to vehicles in Parsley Bay from May 29, 2024 to late 2026.

The closure of the car park will keep our workers and the public safe as the site construction site is established and we continue site investigations. The amenity block will remain open until we set up temporary amenity facilities in the Reserve.

What you need to know

During construction community members will have access to:

• pedestrian tracks/paths on Fitzwilliam Road, and The Crescent
• pedestrian and pram access on Horler Avenue
• pedestrian access from Hopetoun Avenue, which may change during construction
• toilet and shower facilities within Parsley Bay Reserve
• Parsley Bay Cafe Kiosk, until we start construction of the new amenities block in the Caretaker’s Cottage
• the children’s playground, beach, and bay area.

Traffic control and pedestrian signage will be in place on Parsley Road and Horler Avenue to assist pedestrians to move safely past our work sites and into Parsley Bay Reserve during work hours. Parking will be available in nearby streets.

Work hours

Our work hours will be Monday to Friday, from 7 am to 6 pm and on Saturdays from 8 am to 1 pm. We will not work on Sundays or Public Holidays. If we need to work outside of these hours, we will inform you in advance.

The map below shows pedestrian access to Parsley Bay Reserve during construction.

We thank you for your patience during construction work.