Eley Road Sewer Project
What's involved in the works?
We're constructing a new sewer pipeline in 3 stages:
- Stage 1, from January to August 2025
Within Eley Road, from Westminster Close to the entry to Eley Park
- Stages 2 and 3, from May 2025 to April 2026
Within Holland Gully Reserve:
– from Royton Street to the shared pathway entry at Sartori Street
– from Sartori Street to the Holland Road playground.
When we’re working in Holland Gully Reserve sections of the park and its shared pathway will be closed to the pedestrians and cyclists, based on our work program.
Our contractor, MFJ Constructions, is doing this work for us. Their site office is set up at Eley Park, off Obrien Crescent.
Eley Road project notice November 2024 (327 KB)
Eley Road project notice December 2024 (262 KB)
Eley Road project notice February 2025 (302 KB)
Map showing our new pipeline alignment and stages
What to expect
- Working hours will be Monday to Friday, 7 am to 5 pm, and some Saturdays from 7 am to 3 pm, if necessary.
For your safety the speed limit along Eley Road will be reduced and we will manage traffic on Eley Road, from Westminster Close to the entry to Eley Park, with signs and traffic controllers onsite:
- 7 am to 9 am one lane will be closed
- 9 am to 4 pm, Eley Road will be closed to through traffic, with local access only. Detours will be in place.
- After 4 pm we will reopen the road to allow traffic flow in both directions.
- We’ll work with residents on Eley Road to manage access to driveways and bus operators to maintain services.
- Some of our construction activities will be noisy, dusty, and disruptive.
We don’t expect any interruption to your water or sewer services while we construct this pipeline.
Contact us
For more information about this project, please contact Frank Spykers, Project Manager, on 9872 1937 or email [email protected].
For all construction-related questions or concerns, please contact Karl Neate, MFJ Constructions, on 0421 779 048 or email [email protected].
Project Updates
Early investigations - 2022 to 2023
As part of our plannng for a new sewer pipeline in Blackburn South, we completed a range of investigations from late 2022 to mid-2023. These investigations included service proving, topographical, geotechnical and ecological assessments and the findings were used to inform the detailed design for our proposed new sewer.
We distributed project notices to residents who live near the investigation sites and we'll continue to share more information as this project progresses.