The Western Corridor Recycled Water Project is surging ahead as construction continues through Camira, Gailes and Goodna.One pipeline has already been constructed through the grounds of the Wolston Park Golf Course and across Brisbane Terrace near Woogaroo Creek.
That pipe will be extended to Woogaroo Street where it will travel west to Layard Street and meet the eastern pipeline from Luggage Point coming through Camira and Gailes.
The eastern pipeline comes past the Camira State School, across Newman Street at Gailes and through Kippen Park - the home of soccer in Goodna - then via Mill Street to Leslie Park, opposite the BP Service Station.
The 6 metre deep access hole - almost big enough to fit a truck in -
at the corner of Woogaroo and Layard Streets Goodna, as part of a
tunnel boring operation for the Western Corridor Recycled Water Project.
It will then go under the Ipswich Motorway and the Ipswich to Brisbane Railway line in a massive tunnel boring operation.
It then emerges at the corner of Woogaroo and Layard Streets where it will run parallel to the first pipeline, across Layard Street, under the Goodna netball courts and into Evan Marginson Park.Cr Paul Tully (right) and Cr David Morrison inspect the Western Corridor Recycled Water Project at Goodna as a crane lowers a pipe into the massive 6 metre deep pit.
At present, there is a massive entry hole constructed at the corner of Woogaroo and Layard Streets - 12 metres deep with an underground mechanical digger inching its way under Layard Street over the next few weeks.
The pit is 12 metres deep and a laser beam guides the operator - one of two little guys from Thailand - who sit for 12 hours at a time inside the 1.5 metre piping guiding the unit through the heavy clay.
A new section of pipe is added after the digger makes a little more progress with this delicate and highly-skilled operation.
The pipe will become the outer casing for the actual water recycling pipe.
It is a slow and meticulous 24 hour a day operation.
This is part of the third largest recycled water pipeline project in the world and the largest in the southern hemisphere.
It is the State Government's answer to the worst water crisis on record in southeast Queensland.
Local residents have been very patient with the associated traffic and personal disruptions created by this project which is forging ahead as the southeast corner is "drought-proofed" for future generations.The recycled water pipelines for southeast Queensland all converge at Goodna in the biggest construction project ever seen in the suburb.
Map of where the tunnel boring is occurring at Woogaroo Street Goodna.
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