Sixth Avenue Pump Station
and Emergency Relief Structure Upgrade in Rosebud
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Upcoming works on Sixth Avenue, Rosebud:
Early morning works (4am - 9am) Thursday 30 July
We'll work from 4am for approx 5 hours within our sewer pump station at 3 Sixth Ave in Rosebud
Pump station upgrade - from 10 August for approx 3 months
Works within our sewer pump station and corner of Point Nepean Road. Local road closure and detours required. Read more below.
Sewer works in Rosebud & Capel Sound
We're upgrading our sewer pump station in Sixth Avenue in Rosebud and connecting Emergency Relief Structures (ERS) to improve the reliability of the sewerage network and cater for future growth.
These works are part of the Dromana to Portsea catchment pump station upgrade. We're working with our Industry Partner Beca, Fulton Hogan, Interflow (BFHI) to help us.
What we’re doing
This major upgrade will involve works at:
- Our Pump Station on Sixth Avenue, near Point Nepean Road in Rosebud
- The corner of Sixth Avenue and Point Nepean Road in Rosebud
- Eastbourne Road Pump Station and ERS (next to Chinamans Creek between Eastbourne Road and Point Nepean Road) in Capel Sound
- Foreshore car park opposite Murray-Anderson Road in Rosebud
You shouldn't notice any change to your water or sewer services while we work.
When’s it happening
We're currently working at the following locations:
Sixth Avenue, Rosebud:
Early morning works (4am - 9am, Thursday 30 July)
We'll work from 4am, Thursday 30 July for approximately 5 hours within our sewer pump station at 3 Sixth Avenue in Rosebud. This is to install flow monitors to help prepare for the upgrade.
Pump Station upgrade - 10 August for approx 3 months
Works within our sewer pump station at 3 Sixth Avenue, and near the corner of Point Nepean Rd.
We need to temporarily close a section of Sixth Avenue and the bike path on Point Nepean Road for up to 4 weeks to safely complete these works. Traffic detours will be in place, with ongoing access to footpaths, businesses, and bus stops in the area.
You can expect us to work Monday to Friday between 7 am and 6 pm. On the odd occasion, we might need to work at other times, including at night for safety, technical or permit reasons. We expect it to take around 5 months to complete construction works at all locations listed above (depending on the weather).
What might impact you
We’ll do our best to keep impacts to a minimum, however these are the kinds of things you might notice while we work:
- Temporary road closures with detours
- Noise and dust from construction machinery
- More trucks and vehicles on the streets around you
- Traffic control around our work zones
- Fewer car parks around our work zones
Our traffic management team will be around to make sure people, bikes and cars can move around safely. You'll continue to have access to footpaths and businesses in the area.
If we need to impact access to your driveway, we’ll be in touch in advance. We’ll do our best to keep impacts to a minimum.
Don’t miss these details
We're working with our delivery partner Beca, Fulton Hogan, Interflow (BFHI) to help us with this project.
We’re still planning the Dromana to Portsea Pump Station Upgrade and haven’t confirmed construction timelines yet. We’ll let you know when we plan to start construction.
When we’ve finished the job, we’ll leave things how we found them and make sure we return any areas we’ve impacted as close as possible to their original condition.
There are more of us living in the area now and with potential storm surges, floods and extreme weather events from climate change, we need to make sure everyone is protected from sewage surges or overflows. Sewage surges or overflows happens when the flooded sewerage network isn’t large enough and doesn’t have the pressure, to take sewage and additional storm water run-off to the local water recycling plant.
A sewer pump station is an essential piece of infrastructure which transfers wastewater to one of our water recycling plants.
Construction is expected to take around 5 months for all locations. We'll provide more detailed timeframes for each works locations when we schedule construction.
Normal construction hours are between 7 am and 6 pm Monday to Friday (weather permitting), however, occasionally we may need to work outside of these hours for safety, permit or technical reasons. Our contractor will keep the community informed of any work to be undertaken outside of normal construction hours.
During construction, you may notice:
- Construction crews in the area between 7 am and 6 pm, Monday to Friday (weather permitting)
- Increased truck movements
- Temporary site office and storage areas
- Traffic impacts around the work area