Funding for Port Road Drainage Stage 3
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The City of Charles Sturt has secured up to $8.2million in funding from the Stormwater Management Authority (SMA) to continue Stage 3 of the Port Road Drainage Project. The remaining $16.3million will be funded through the City of Charles Sturt Long Term Financial Plan.
Stage 3 will deliver flood mitigation within the Port Road median from Park Street South to Minnie Street. These works will have long term benefits for the community in mitigating the risk of flooding to the area and will ensure that in a 1 in 100 year rainfall event, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital emergency entrance will remain accessible.
Included in this stage will be a 2.3km drainage upgrade and an underground detention tank to decrease flooding, the extension of our recycled water network, the upgrading of existing carparking including self-watering tree pits and DDA compliant parking spaces as well as the extension of the shared use path and lighting to both carparks and the shared use path.
Benefits of the Port Road Drainage Project Stage 3 will be:
Access to the QEH Emergency even in time of significant storm events Reducing flood risk for private and business properties along Port Road Reduced frequency of water flooding the Port Road carriageways during storm events Re-landscaped Port Road median with turf, trees and shrubs to improve the amenity of the area, with upgraded carparks and shared use path.As with Stage 2, the removal of some existing vegetation is required. Stage 3 will see the removal of 52 regulated or significant trees, as well as a number of smaller trees, bushes and shrubs. After the drainage installation, and as part of the landscaping works, more than 440 trees, 7,300 plants and nearly 60,000m2 turf together with associated irrigation will be installed, completing the upgraded median from Old Port Road through to King Street.
The City of Charles Sturt has been working with the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR), the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resource Management Board (AMLRNRMB) and the Stormwater Management Authority (SMA) for several years to provide a sustainable, non-potable water supply and reduced flood risks within the City of Charles Sturt area.
Charles Sturt, in collaboration with the Stormwater Management Authority (SMA), will commence work in April 2019 with an estimated completion date of December 2020.
For more information check out Port Road Drainage Stage 3.