Improving harbour water quality

Stormwater upgrade: Councillor Aaron Bhatnagar with the new tunnelling machine.

From City Scene, published on 15 February, 2009.

The Lumsden Green stormwater upgrade project reached an important milestone recently with the addition of a tunnelling machine that will dig 30 metres below Newmarket, around Davis Crescent and Short Street.

This upgrade will help to resolve the flooding issues in Newmarket, as well as separating waste and stormwater, which is good news for our beaches, streams and harbours.

"The same technology was used on a larger scale to help construct the Hobson Bay pipeline, a Watercare project advocated by the mayor in his last term, 2001-2004," says Councillor Aaron Bhatnagar, chairperson of the City Development Committee.

"Now in its final stages, this particular project demonstrates the council's support and commitment to improved beach and harbour water quality."