Dredging - Office of the Environmental Monitor

Dredging Port Phillip Bay

Dredging of Port Phillip Bay to deepen the existing shipping channels began on 8 February 2008. Dredging and associated works were completed in November 2009.

The Office of the Environmental Monitor brings an added layer of scrutiny to the Port Phillip Bay Channel Deepening Project. The Office provides an around-the-clock, independent and transparent view of the environmental performance of the dredging project to the regulators and the Victorian community.

Led by the Environmental Monitor, Mick Bourke, the Office uses a wide range of information and monitoring data to assess whether or not the project has followed the rules set by the Environmental Management Plan.

Data from more than 20 monitoring programs operating across Port Phillip Bay is routinely examined by the Office to detect any changes to its health.

The results from these programs are made available to the community on this website, which aims to be a one-stop-shop for all data, information, reports and advice on the project.

Second Annual review of Channel Deepening Project released

On 29 January 2010 the second annual review of the Channel Deepening Project was publicly released.

The review considered hundreds of thousands of hours of monitoring data and more than 400 monitoring reports. It found that following the completion of dredging, the Bay's good health, as a whole, remained and was consistent with that seen in the previous decade.

Read the review.

View the media release.

Dredging - Office of the Environmental Monitor

Dredging Port Phillip Bay

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