Bank Street

This is expected to be the last month of construction, progressing to handover, weather permitting. There are myriad tasks to be completed across sebveral construction disciplines.

• Energisation of the electrical Substation
• Installation of the land side sewer and connection to the street sewer
• Finalisation of the waste room
• Installation of the fixed security bollards, public domain lighting,
• Completion of landscaping, site signage,
• Commissioning of the floating pontoons, the marina and land based services such as fire, sewer and electrical
• Restoration of the Banks St road and footpath as a result of the cabling works
• Completion of works and handover of the site.

The Bank Street marina and wharf facilities will be built to provide an alternative site for the displaced Blackwattle Bay Marina which was moved from Pyrmont Bridge Road, Glebe to accommodate the development of the new Sydney Fish Market.

The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment held a public consultation session about the project in 2017. For details of the project history, as well as the consultation, visit the Major Projects webiste.

NSW Maritime is now responsible for the delivery of the Bank Street Marina project.

The project will include building wet land and dry land facilities for a marina and wharf at Bank Street, Pyrmont.

• Wet land work will include a fixed wharf, floating pontoons and a publicly accessible timber walkway.
• Dry land work will include:
  • a demountable office building
  • a secured storage compound for LPG gas bottles to service stoves and BBQs on the vessels, 14 bins (3000 litres), and three ice machines
  • up to 11 storage single stacked shipping containers (approximately 50 cubic metres)
  • up to eight storage single stacked shipping containers (approximately 90 cubic metres),
  • wall-mounted business identification signage at the Bank Street frontage,
  • installation of a 5 kilolitre rainwater reuse tank,
  • protection measures for the ANZAC Bridge Pylon including fencing and bollards
  • a new vehicle crossover to Bank Street.

The facility has been approved for use of up to five years.

There will also be a boardwalk to give public access to the waterway which will form part of the Bays walk.

• MOD 3 Approval

  Bank Street - Blackwattle Bay Marina and public space.

• Architectural Drawings

  Bank Street - Blackwattle Bay Marina and public space.

• Navigational Impact Assessment

  Bank Street - Blackwattle Bay Marina and public space.

• Floating structure - General Arrangement

  Bank Street - Blackwattle Bay Marina and public space.

• Construction Environmental Management Plan

  Bank Street - Blackwattle Bay Marina and public space.

• Construction Traffic Management Plan

  Bank Street - Blackwattle Bay Marina and public space.

• Independent Environmental Audit - 6 March 2020

  Bank Street - Blackwattle Bay Marina and public space.

• Pre-Construction Compliance Report - Bank Street Wharf
• Construction Compliance Report - Bank Street Wharf
• Bank St-May 2020 Comms Report - All to 22 May

• 3 August 2020
  New commercial marina with public access to Sydney Harbour unveiled in Pyrmont.