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| Garden Island News |
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| Garden Island Maintenance Dredging |
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| 14April2010 |
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| The sea bed for which the maintenance dredging is proposed is owned by the NSW Government, administered by the NSW Maritime Authority, and leased by the Department of Defence. Proposed works The works comprise maintenance dredging of Fleet Base and Garden Island wharves to maintain function for Naval requirements. The works require mechanical dredging plant, including a barge-mounted bucket excavator, and three to four barges, which would be located predominantly at wharves along the western side of Garden Island. The dredging plant will excavate sediment from the sea bed and load it into awaiting barges. Maintenance dredging is expected to commence in late April, and will occur between 7 am to 6 pm Monday to Saturday, with no works occurring on Sundays or public holidays. Due to Naval operational requirements, Fleet Base and Garden Island wharves will remain fully operational during the proposed maintenance dredging. Potential Impacts on Surrounding Areas; Maintenance dredging operations could cause some minor temporary impacts to residents and businesses in vicinity of Garden Island. These include:Temporary increase in traffic movements for the first six to eight weeks of dredging. Temporary noise emissions from dredging plant and equipment,have the greatest impact at Woolloomooloo Finger Wharf during dredging along Fleet Base wharves
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