Powells Creek Bank Rehabilitation

Landscape Design and Ecological Reporting

 

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