The Sydney Metropolitan CMA has just signed a contract with the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW) to proceed with detailed designing of a constructed saltmarsh and remediation works on a small stream in Turrella Reserve near Wolli Creek.

Earlier this year, representatives from DECCW, City of Canterbury Council, Wolli Creek Preservation Society and the SMCMA meet on the banks of Wolli Creek to talk about the future of this much loved site. It was decided to engage a landscape design consultant to draw up a concept design for the planned environmental improvement works at Turrella Reserve. Building on the original Regional Park Plan of Management, the new concept design included installation of a GPT, remediation of Turella Creek, the construction of a saltmarsh and the potential for construction of a freshwater wetland in the future.

With the funding now secured by the Cooks River Urban Water Initiative Project, DECCW are currently assessing tenders for the detailed design of the saltmarsh and stream remediation elements of the design. It is expected the detailed design work wil be completed by the end of 2009 with construction of the saltmarsh early next year.

Similarly, the City of Canterbury is also moving ahead with plans for the installation of the GPT at the head of the Turrella Creek and is currently calling for tenders.

The concept plan for Turrella Reserve is available for download from the SMCMA website.