Hey Guys,
Have any of you heard about what's going on at Kyeemagh with the Desalination plant going in.

This web site says that area will be shut down for 25 months eek!

Right on Cook Park where we sail.

http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/asp/pdf/07_0054_chap9.pdf

gregfarq,

The work is well underway, and a large area is fenced off to the north of where we sail. If it remains as it is now, there will be minimal impact. Additional parking has been installed to compensate for the lost parking facilities in the construction area.

The situation may turn out to be beneficial, since a lot of the grassed area near cook park that is used for bbq'ing is unavailable, so maybe there will be less picknickers, and therefore less hassle finding a parking space.

Regards,
Harrow.

gregfarq said...

Yeah I know the other lot of construction has been going for ages now, but a mate heard something in the news about it being closed down for a while, and those documents suggest it too, but now looking at the maps we should be ok :)
apart from dredging.

Thanks for the input

When they talk about closing Kyeemagh beach - they are primarily talking about the bathes.
It might get a little interesting on the water once they have the platform is out there with a big exclusion zone around it.

http://www.sydneywater.com.au/EnsuringTheFuture/Desalination/pdf/B6-ThePipeline-BotanyBay.pdf#Page=1

It will be moving at approx 96m/day at around 6km thats about 2 months to cross the bay. From Kyeemagh we only use about half of it - so hopefully aonly a little inconvienenced.
We can always go and annoy the kiters at Dolls Piont for a weekend or two!

Peak NE season is what the're waiting for - What else.[}:)]

Seriously - you would think they would programme it in for the doldrum's time of year -(Autum) when the wind would have less impact (resulting from inclimate weather) on their construction programme - they do (or did) have a 2 year window....

there will a **** load of weed to sail through while they stir up the bottom of the bay.