Channel Deepening Project update - Office of the Environmental Monitor
Channel Deepening Project weekly update 18/07/2008 | ||||||||
| The Office of the Environmental Monitor (the Office) provides an independent and transparent view on the environmental performance of the Channel Deepening Project. The Office takes its duty to provide an independent opinion of environmental impacts on the Bay from the Channel Deepening Project seriously and will do this by alerting key decision-makers of any major incidents or breaches. To do this, the Office monitors the CDP closely to ensure all work undertaken conforms to the Environmental Management Plan, the ‘rule book’ for the Project. The Weekly Project Update gives stakeholders and the community a snapshot of what dredging works have happened in the past week and what works are planned for the future. It also details information on the Project’s conformance with set environmental limits and includes progress information on the Project. Information on the page will be updated weekly or as required. | ||||||||
To view the Channel Deepening Project schdeule visit the | ||||||||
| Port of Melbourne Corporation website | ||||||||
| Compliance with environmental limits | ||||||||
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| Progress of Channel Deepening Project | ||||||||
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| Previous week’s activity | ||||||||
| 11 to 18 July, 2008 | ||||||||
| The Queen of the Netherlands remained in port for routine maintenance from Monday until leaving port on Thursday for the Bay Entrance where it carried out dredging and clean-up works on the Rip Bank. The CoZa dredged uncontaminated silts in the Yarra and sand in the South Channel on Monday, then continued with dredging contaminated silts in the Williamstown Channel and Yarra before returning to port for maintenance on Thursday 17 July. The Goomai continued dredging silts in the Yarra River. The barges Resolution, Endeavor and Discovery continued to assist the Goomai with transporting dredged materials to the Port of Melbourne Dredged Material Ground. | ||||||||
| Upcoming activity | ||||||||
| The Queen of the Netherlands is expected to continue dredging and clean-up works on the Rip Bank. The CoZa will undergo maintenance before returning to dredging next week. The Goomai will continue dredging contaminated silts around underwater services in the Yarra River. |
