Community benefits
Although flooding cannot be eliminated entirely, the Elwood Main Drain Duplication project will reduce flood risk for the Elwood community and help to address our future challenges of continued urban development and climate change impacts. The project will provide an improved drainage system with capacity for future stormwater flows whilst ensuring local amenity, environment, heritage and community interests are protected and enhanced during delivery of the project.
Managing impacts
We’re working with the City of Port Phillip and Bayside City Council to minimise large disturbances to our communities in Elwood and Brighton as much as we practically can.
Like any major project, there will be some disruptions during construction. These disruptions will vary in their timing, duration and degrees of impact. We’ve been speaking with people who will be the most affected, and we’ll continue to plan for and manage local impacts by working closely with councils, residents, businesses, Elwood Park sports clubs, Elwood Croquet Club and others.
Keeping you informed
We will inform the local community, impacted residents and businesses through a variety of communications and engagement activities. This will include signage, community newsletters and notifications, door knocks, social media and more. We'll provide more information, including the timing of activities, as the project progresses and more details become available.
Visit the project's Let's Talk page to view frequently asked questions, ask the project team a question and sign up to receive email updates.
Contact the project team
1800 841 444
[email protected]
