Bathurst Regional Council - Perthville FRM Project


7th March 2017

FMA Member Bathurst Regional Council has closed tenders for the implementation of Perthville Flood Mitigation Works, with Council currently assessing.  Construction is anticipated to commence April 2017 and be completed December 2017.   Funding has been made available through the Floodplain Management Program administered by the Office of Environment and Heritage on a 1:1:1 Local: State : Federal basis.
 
Perthville is a village located approximately 10km south of Bathurst, on the Queen Charlotte's Vale Creek, a tributary of the Macquarie River.
 
The Perthville Flood Mitgation Plan was developed as part of the Bathurst Floodplain Management Plan as adopted by Council in 1995 and is the last stage planned structural works for Bathurst.  
 
Perthville has 25 residential properties which suffer overfloor flooding during a 1% AEP event.  The completion of the Perthville FMP will see the protection of 24 of these properties on the eastern side of the Queen Charlottes Vale Creek to the 1%AEP level plus 1m freeboard.  One home will remain unprotected on the western side of the Creek.
 
The Floodplain Management Plan identifies required work as widening and deepening of the Queen Charlottes Vale Creek, the widening of the existing Perthvile bridge by way of additional box culverts and the construction of a 1.5km long levee.  The culverts will be a 4 cell, 3.6x3.6m box culvert, and the levee will be a combination of earthern and reinforced concrete wall, with two stormwater flood pumps of 1,500L/s capacity each.
 
The challenges of the project include:
  • Perthville Bridge is a NSW Heritage Listed bridge.
  • Aboriginal remains have been discovered on an adjacent property within 20m of the project footprint, requiring considerable aboriginal heritage investigations.
  • Eucayptus Aggregata trees require removal. These are threatened species and required Species Impact Statement to be submitted to OEH, for concurrence prior to Council approval for their removal.
A memorial to Sergeant Paul Quinn, a NSW Police Officer who was killed at Perthville in 1986 whilst carrying out his duties, requires relocation.
 
For more information on Bathurst Regional Council, visit http://bathurst.nsw.gov.au.

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