Painted Hills Sewer Upgrade

We’re upgrading the sewer pump station and sewer main at Painted Hills Road to improve our sewer network's reliability in Doreen.

We'll be onsite to construct a new sewer pipeline and complete mechanical and electrical work at the sewer pump station in January 2025. We expect this work to take approximately 18 months.

A one-kilometre sewer pipeline will be constructed from our pump station site near Kyarra Drive to the Mernda and Doreen Recreation Reserve. Given the variable and difficult ground conditions, we’ll use a combination of open cut trenches and micro-tunnelling.
Our work will be completed in stages.
We'll also construct new maintenance holes so our maintenance staff can access the sewer, when required.
When we’ve installed the sewer main, we’ll complete the new pump station and decommission the existing one. This new pump station is being constructed near the intersection of Painted Hills Road and Kyarra Drive.

Our Project Partner, Jaydo, will establish 2 site offices and storage areas - the main office will be in the open space opposite Kyarra Drive and the other will be south of the Overland Drive roundabout.

The map shows the new sewer pipeline alignment, stages and construction methods.

What to expect

Normal working hours are Monday to Friday, from 7 am to 5:30 pm. If required, work on Saturday is from 7 am to 3 pm.
There will be construction noise, vibration, and dust, especially as we excavate the deep open cut trenches.
Sections of the shared path along Laurimar Creek will be closed. Pedestrians and cyclists will need to use the existing path on the east side of Painted Hills Road.
There will be restricted access to the Laurimar Creek Reserve Playground and the Nature Play area south of Overland Drive. Some shrubs will need to be removed.
There may be short traffic delays and interruptions as we bring heavy equipment to site. For your safety, please follow the directions of traffic controllers and signs.
There will be additional vehicles parked along local streets.

We don’t expect any interruption to your water and sewerage services.

View our Community Update November 2024