Bicentennial Park Riverbank Restoration
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Stormwater management and bank stabilisation works to a stretch of riverbank and adjacent parkland.
The total length of land adjacent to the riverbank under investigation is approximately 600m with active bank retreat erosion along approximately 300m of the bank adjacent to Bicentennial Park.
This section of the Ross River is classified as an estuary and the entire reach is influenced by tidal processes (regular low flow water level fluctuation, water and sediment movement in two directions, saltwater interactions) with the section of the river the focus of planned works supporting a variety of estuarine and terrestrial flora and fauna and a significant stand of mangroves and associated mudflats.
The project was aimed to prevent further bank erosion at this site and reduce the risk of exposed landfill waste and upper bank slumping by reinstating site overland flow drainage paths and provision of protected flow paths out letting to the Ross River.
The works also included relocating a section of pedestrian path and bridge to accommodate the drainage systems.
The total length of land adjacent to the riverbank under investigation is approximately 600m with active bank retreat erosion along approximately 300m of the bank adjacent to Bicentennial Park.
This section of the Ross River is classified as an estuary and the entire reach is influenced by tidal processes (regular low flow water level fluctuation, water and sediment movement in two directions, saltwater interactions) with the section of the river the focus of planned works supporting a variety of estuarine and terrestrial flora and fauna and a significant stand of mangroves and associated mudflats.
The project was aimed to prevent further bank erosion at this site and reduce the risk of exposed landfill waste and upper bank slumping by reinstating site overland flow drainage paths and provision of protected flow paths out letting to the Ross River.
The works also included relocating a section of pedestrian path and bridge to accommodate the drainage systems.
