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Clean-up Project at Historical Gasworks Complete

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Melbourne, Vic., Sep. 24, 2020 /Medianet/ --

A project to clean-up Newcastle’s former Clyde Street gasworks is now complete, after leading energy infrastructure company, Jemena, finalised its remediation works at the site.

Jemena acquired the Clyde Street gasworks in 2006 as part of a larger corporate transaction, and has invested over $11.5 million to remediate – using a cap and contain methodology – historical contamination at the site. The site was an operational gasworks from 1913 to 1985 – prior to Jemena’s acquisition of the site. 

Project Director, Oliver King, said the project will now move into a monitoring phase.

“Our next step is to demobilise the site, retaining a skeleton staff who will monitor the effectiveness of the controls we’ve put in place. The monitoring data will be provided to the independent EPA-accredited Site Auditor as part of the Statutory Audit process,” said Mr King.

Jemena has remediated the Clyde Street site to a commercial-industrial standard using an EPA approved cap and contain methodology. Mr King said that while Jemena has not yet made any plans in relation to the future use of the site, it was open to discussing with local businesses or developers how the site could be repurposed.

The remediation project at the Clyde Street gasworks commenced in October 2019, following several years of planning and investigations, community consultation, and the granting of consent from the New South Wales Government.

Activities taken throughout the remediation period involved the installation of a 510 metre subterranean wall to redirect groundwater flow away from contaminated materials.

At its peak the project created 44 jobs, including many for members of the Hunter region.

Mr King said Jemena had worked closely with the local community and businesses throughout the project. 

“The support of the community was paramount throughout the project and we thank them for their patience and understanding over not just the last eleven months, but over a number of years as we worked to plan and implement remediation works.”

Mr King also thanked Ford Civil Contracting, Jemena’s remediation contractor appointed for the works.

The Newcastle Gasworks site is located adjacent to Clyde Street and Chatham Road in Hamilton North. It is approximately 7.4 hectares in area.

Photography and videography of the site is available here.

Jemena Media Contact
Michael Pintabona
0428 742 804 

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