Sixth Avenue Pump Station
and Emergency Relief Structure Upgrade in Rosebud
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Early investigation works in your area starting in March 2026
Over the last few years we updated some of the station’s parts to improve the odour issues from our pump station in Sixth Avenue, Rosebud. We're now ready to further upgrade the pump station and connecting Emergency Relief Structures (ERS) to enhance the reliability of the sewerage network allowing for future growth in the area.
We're working with our Industry Partner Beca, Fulton Hogan, Interflow (BFHI) to help us, so you might see us around. Here's what to expect while we get the job done.
What we’re doing
We’re planning an upgrade of Sixth Avenue pump station and connecting emergency relief structures (ERS) to enhance the reliability of the sewerage network allowing for future growth in the area.
This major upgrade will involve works at:
- Our Pump Station in Sixth Avenue, near Point Nepean Road
- The corner of Sixth Avenue and Point Nepean Road
- Eastbourne Road Pump Station and ERS (next to Chinamans Creek between Eastbourne Road and Point Nepean Road)
- Foreshore car park opposite Murray-Anderson Road
Investigative works will locate and expose underground services and cables through non-destructive digging (NDD) using pressurised water to break up and vacuum soil. We’ll also conduct geotechnical investigations by taking soil samples to assess ground conditions.
You shouldn't notice any change to your water or sewer services while we work.
When’s it happening
Early investigation works are planned from Monday 30 March for around 2 weeks. We'll pack up our equipment over the Easter public holidays and will do our best to complete investigation works at the foreshore car park before the holidays to minimise impacts.
We'll be in touch when we schedule construction. Depending on the outcomes of our early works and further design, we expect it to take around 5 months to complete construction works at all locations (depending on the weather).
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 for safety, technical or permit reasons.
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:
- 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, depending on the outcomes of our early investigation works. 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