Karabar Water Mains Replacement
Announcement
Contractors will start work on Cooma Street mid-October. Disruptions are expected to include reduced speed limits, lane closures, footpath closures and detours. Consider using alternative routes in this area.
- Project typeCapital Works
- Project value$3.7 million
- Project scheduleTo be completed by March 2025
- Contractor nameKillard Group
The water mains in the Karabar area around Cooma Street are aging. As a result, they have failed several times in recent years, and each of these failures has disrupted water supply, traffic movement and public safety.
To fix the problem, we are constructing replacement water mains in some streets of Karabar. The streets and impacted area are shown below:
- Cooma Street (between Bulbar and Lochiel Streets)
- Kenneth Place
- Montebar Place
- Oleria Street
- Lily Place
- Alanbar Street
We engaged Killard Group to undertake the works. They are a specialist pipe construction company with a strong commitment to quality and safety.
Upcoming work
The contractors took possession of the carpark between Gary Place and Bradbury Street on Monday 12 August to begin investigations.
Killards began construction in earnest in mid-September.
We expect that work will continue until March 2025 (weather permitting) and it will generally be undertaken one street at a time.
Week ending 1 November
- Monday 28 October - road cut on Cooma Street/pipe laying on Kenneth Place
- Tuesday 29 October - pipe laying on Kenneth Row
- Wednesday 30 October - pipe laying on Cooma Street
- Thursday 31 October - continue pipe laying on Cooma Street
- Friday 1 November - continue pipe laying on Cooma Street
Week ending 8 November
- Monday 4 November - continue pipe laying on Cooma Street
- Tuesday 5 November - continue pipe laying on Cooma Street
- Wednesday 6 November - continue pipe laying on Cooma Street
- Thursday 7 November - continue pipe laying on Cooma Street
- Friday 8 November - continue pipe laying on Cooma Street
How will this affect me?
- Traffic changes and disruptions
- Changes to pedestrian paths and routes
- Short term impacts to access to properties
- Short term impacts to water supply
- Increased heavy vehicle movements
- Localised noise and vibration impacts
- Earlier than usual garbage collection – please ensure you put your bin out the night before
- Closure of the carpark between Gary Place and Bradbury Street for the duration of the works
Killard will also provide information to residents about specific impacts. Discussions with any properties losing short-term property access or water supply will be undertaken prior to the specific works.
Impacts from the works cannot be eliminated entirely, and there will be some inconvenience while the works occur.
Map of extent of works
Location
Cooma Street (between Bulbar and Lochiel Streets), Kenneth Place, Montebar Place, Oleria Street, Lily Place, Alanbar Street, Karabar 2620 View Map
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Cooma Street (between Bulbar and Lochiel Streets), Kenneth Place, Montebar Place, Oleria Street, Lily Place, Alanbar Street ,
Karabar 2620
Cooma Street (between Bulbar and Lochiel Streets), Kenneth Place, Montebar Place, Oleria Street, Lily Place, Alanbar Street ,
Karabar 2620
Karabar Water Mains Replacement