Powells Creek Bank Rehabilitation

Purpose

Powells Creek was a concrete tidal waterway rapidly degrading due to age. As part of the renewal, 700m​ of waterway was naturalised to include vegetation, sinuous batters a boardwalk and improved parkland. An adjoining saltmarsh wetland also required protection for which AWC prepared a Review of Environmental Factors (REF).

Objectives

• Landscape design
• REF

Partners & Stakeholders

• Royal Haskoning DHV
• Diona

Project Facts

Client: Sydney Water

Challenges:

• Tight design time of 2 mths
• Access through salt marsh