{"id":391,"date":"2020-11-16T01:08:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T14:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neumanndredging.com.au\/projects\/lake-illawarra-channel-entrance-dredging\/"},"modified":"2021-09-30T15:38:58","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T05:38:58","slug":"lake-illawarra-channel-entrance-dredging-channel-maintenance-dredging","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/neumanndredging.com.au\/projects\/lake-illawarra-channel-entrance-dredging-channel-maintenance-dredging\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Illawarra Channel Entrance Dredging"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"391\" class=\"elementor elementor-391\" data-elementor-post-type=\"projects\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7be1010e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7be1010e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58fc0c51\" data-id=\"58fc0c51\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e0dc96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e0dc96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Channel Maintenance Dredging in Lake Illawarra Channel Entrance<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d73797 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d73797\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Overview of Project<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95bf22a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95bf22a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Lake Illawarra project involved dredging the channel entrance to create a 1050m long x 100m wide channel.\u00a0 Sand dredged from the entrance was used for beach nourishment at the southern end of Warilla beach. 1.5 km away.\u00a0 Additionally, a sand island was to be created as a roosting area for local and migratory birdlife.<\/p><p>The entrance expansion aimed to help address and resolve issues of poor water quality within the lake.\u00a0 The quality of water had diminished due to a combination of development, introduction of nutrients and the overall constrictive nature of the entrance channel. Creating a larger entrance, which The team could maintain, would allow increased and more constant flushing of the lake.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4046b76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4046b76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scope of Works<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74aafd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74aafd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Dredging of a 1050m long by 100m wide channel.<\/li><li>Formation of a sand island within the entrance providing a compensatory bird roosting habitat.<\/li><li>Use of 200,000m<sup>3<\/sup> of 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